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As of July 2019 the ASCL acquisition list is published monthly. The list includes (free) electronic documents, journal articles, books, films and radio programmes recently added to the collection of the ASCL Library and a link to the ASCL journal articles alert.

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New acquisitions - week 6 2017

Week 6 2017

Articles

Angola
The Okavango River Basin agreement : an analysis / Richard A. Marcantonio. - (Abstract available)
In: African Geographical Review : (2016), vol. 35, no. 3, p. 227-246 : fig., graf., tab
ASC Subject Headings: Angola ; Botswana ; international agreements ; Namibia ; rivers ; water management
http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/19376812.2016.1171157 (Restricted access)

Ghana
Longitudinal analysis of trends and patterns of crime in Ghana (1980-2010) : a new perspective / Martin Oteng-Ababio ... [et al.]. - (Abstract available)
In: African Geographical Review : (2016), vol. 35, no. 3, p. 193-211 : graf., tab
ASC Subject Headings: crime ; Ghana ; poverty ; social inequality
http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/19376812.2016.1208768 (Restricted access)

Ghana
Urban but off the grid : the struggle for water in two urban slums in greater Accra, Ghana / Raymond A. Tutu and Justin Stoler. - (Abstract available)
In: African Geographical Review : (2016), vol. 35, no. 3, p. 212-226 : krt., tab
ASC Subject Headings: Ghana ; informal settlements ; urban households ; water supply
http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/19376812.2016.1168309 (Restricted access)

Nigeria
Environmental impacts of oil production in the Niger Delta : remote sensing and social survey examination / Ayansina Ayanlade and Michael T. Howard. - (Abstract available)
In: African Geographical Review : (2016), vol. 35, no. 3, p. 272-293 : ill
ASC Subject Headings: environment ; environmental degradation ; Nigeria ; petroleum exploration ; remote sensing
http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/19376812.2016.1209121 (Restricted access)

Nigeria
Anti-corruption reforms and democratic change : Nigeria and Indonesia in comparative perspective / David U. Enweremadu. - (Abstract available)
In: Ibadan Journal of the Social Sciences : (2010), vol. 8, no. 1, p. 1-10 : tab
ASC Subject Headings: corruption ; democratization ; government policy ; Indonesia ; Nigeria

Nigeria
Effects of peer education on knowledge of AIDS, attitudes and sexual behaviour of undergraduates in South-west, Nigeria / Folajogun V. Falaye. - (Abstract available)
In: Ibadan Journal of the Social Sciences : (2010), vol. 8, no. 2, p. 126-137 : tab
ASC Subject Headings: AIDS ; health education ; Nigeria ; students

Nigeria
Effects of trade and exchange rate policies on imports and trade tax revenue in Nigeria / Adeolu O. Adewuyi. - (Abstract available)
In: Ibadan Journal of the Social Sciences : (2010), vol. 8, no. 1, p. 11-30 : graf., tab
ASC Subject Headings: exchange rates ; financial policy ; imports ; Nigeria ; public revenue ; tariffs

Nigeria
Estimating the effects of HIV/AIDS on orphanhood and school enroIment in sub-Saharan Africa / Roseline O. Ozegbe and M. Adetunji Babatunde. - (Abstract available)
In: Ibadan Journal of the Social Sciences : (2010), vol. 8, no. 1, p. 31-46 : tab
ASC Subject Headings: absenteeism ; AIDS ; Nigeria ; orphans ; primary education

Nigeria
Factors influencing sex education for in-school adolescents in lbadan, Nigeria / Ezebunwa E. Nwokocha. - (Abstract available)
In: Ibadan Journal of the Social Sciences : (2010), vol. 8, no. 1, p. 63-73 : tab
ASC Subject Headings: Nigeria ; parents ; secondary education ; sex education

Nigeria
HIV risk-taking behaviours as consequences of HIV knowledge and perceived risk of HIV among university undergraduates / Peter O. Olapegba and Victor Seun Ladeinde. - (Abstract available)
In: Ibadan Journal of the Social Sciences : (2010), vol. 8, no. 1, p. 91-98 : tab
ASC Subject Headings: AIDS ; Nigeria ; preventive medicine ; sexuality

Nigeria
Psycho-social predictors of satisfaction with formal mentoring relationship in the banking sector / David E. Okurame. - (Abstract available)
In: Ibadan Journal of the Social Sciences : (2010), vol. 8, no. 1, p. 99-111 : tab
ASC Subject Headings: banks ; Nigeria ; on-the-job training

Nigeria
Remote sensing analysis of the spatio-temporal growth of lbadan city between 1984 and 2006 / Olalekan John Taiwo. - (Abstract available)
In: Ibadan Journal of the Social Sciences : (2010), vol. 8, no. 1, p. 75-90 : graf., krt., tab
ASC Subject Headings: Nigeria ; remote sensing ; towns ; urbanization

Nigeria
Sociological investigation of the use of casual workers in selected Asian firms in Lagos, Nigeria / Emeka E. Okafor. - (Abstract available)
In: Ibadan Journal of the Social Sciences : (2010), vol. 8, no. 1, p. 47-62 : tab
ASC Subject Headings: Asians ; informal sector ; Nigeria ; private enterprises ; working conditions

Nigeria
Students' housing and academic performance in University of lbadan, Nigeria / Lekan Sanni and Oyinlola Olukemi Omotayo. - (Abstract available)
In: Ibadan Journal of the Social Sciences : (2010), vol. 8, no. 2, p. 138-150 : tab
ASC Subject Headings: academic achievement ; housing ; Nigeria ; students ; universities

Nigeria
Youth restiveness and entrepreneurial orientations in Ijora-Badia, Lagos, Nigeria : a development approach / Olayinka Akanle and Olukunle Babafemi Oladosu. - (Abstract available)
In: Ibadan Journal of the Social Sciences : (2010), vol. 8, no. 2, p. 112-125 : tab
ASC Subject Headings: employment ; entrepreneurs ; Nigeria ; youth

Uganda
An examination of historical and future land use changes in Uganda using change detection methods and agent-based modelling / Jingjing Li, Tonny J. Oyana, and Paul I. Mukwaya. - (Abstract available)
In: African Geographical Review : (2016), vol. 35, no. 3, p. 247-271 : ill
ASC Subject Headings: farmers ; land use ; Uganda
http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/19376812.2016.1189836 (Restricted access)

Zanzibar
Ngambo Tuitakayo : reconnecting the Swahili City / Antoni Scholtens Folkers ... [et al.]. -
In: International Planning History Society Proceedings, 17th IPHS Conference, History-Urbanism-Resilience, TU Delft 17-21 July 2016 / Carola Hein (ed. ). - Delft : TU Delft Open : (2016), [14] p
ASC Subject Headings: architectural history ; resistance ; Swahili ; towns ; urban renewal ; Zanzibar
http://dx.doi.org/10.7480/iphs.2016.1

Electronic documents

Africa
Troubled but not destroyed : African Theology in dialogue with HIV and AIDS / by Ezra Chitando. - Geneva : WCC Publications, 2009
ASC Subject Headings: Africa ; AIDS ; Christian theology
http://www.asclibrary.nl/docs/40840549X.pdf

Africa
Africa and development cooperation : successes, pitfalls and areas for further reforms / by Eveline Herfkens. - Harare : African Capacity Building Foundation (ACBF), 2008
ASC Subject Headings: Africa ; financial aid ; international cooperation ; international trade
http://elibrary.acbfpact.org/acbf/collect/acbf/index/assoc/HASH015b.dir/...

Ghana
Larabanga / prep. by Ghana Museums and Monuments Board and CRATerre-EAG ; with contrib. by the Larabanga Community. - Grenoble : CRATerre édition, 2004
ASC Subject Headings: Ghana ; guidebooks (form) ; mosques ; museums
http://craterre.org/diffusion:ouvrages-telechargeables/download/id/e1136...

Kenya
Dietary diversity and child malnutrition in Kenya / Teresia Mbogori. - Nairobi : Kenya Institute for Public Policy Research and Analysis, 2013
ASC Subject Headings: child health ; Kenya ; malnutrition
http://kippra.or.ke/index.php?option=com_docman&task=doc_view&gid=304&It...

Mali
Shared governance of peace and security : the Malian experience / Zeini Moulaye ; Mahamadou Niakaté. - Abuja : Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung, Regional Office Abuja, 2011
ASC Subject Headings: Mali ; national security
http://library.fes.de/pdf-files/bueros/nigeria/08972.pdf

Namibia
Indigenous peoples and climate change in Africa : report on case studies of Namibia's Topnaar and Hai//om communities / Land, Environment and Development Project, Legal Assistance Centre. - Windhoek : Land, Environment and Development Project, Legal Assistance Centre, 2013
ASC Subject Headings: climate change ; economic conditions ; Hai ; om ; Namibia ; social conditions ; Topnaar
http://www.lac.org.na/projects/lead/Pdf/climate_change.pdf

Nigeria
The role of Nigeria in regional security policy / W. O. Alli. - Abuja : Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung, Regional Office Abuja, 2012
ASC Subject Headings: foreign policy ; international relations ; Nigeria ; regional security
http://library.fes.de/pdf-files/bueros/nigeria/10253.pdf

South Africa
South Africa in Southern Africa : a perspective / Siphamandla Zondi. - Maputo : Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung, 2012
ASC Subject Headings: foreign policy ; international relations ; regional security ; South Africa ; Southern Africa
http://library.fes.de/pdf-files/bueros/mosambik/09403-no-8.pdf

Southern Africa
African approaches to maritime security : Southern Africa / João Paulo Borges Coelho. - Maputo : Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung, 2013
ASC Subject Headings: piracy ; regional security ; SADC ; sea ; Southern Africa ; territorial waters
http://library.fes.de/pdf-files/bueros/mosambik/10671.pdf

Sweden
The future of bilateral aid in Africa: size, flow, conditionalities and relative importance in countries budget / Kristina Svensson. - Harare : African Capacity Building Foundation (ACBF), 2010
ASC Subject Headings: development cooperation ; financial aid ; interviews (form) ; Malawi ; Mauritius ; national budget ; Sweden ; Zambia ; Zimbabwe
http://elibrary.acbfpact.org/acbf/collect/acbf/index/assoc/HASH01b6.dir/...

Uganda
Prosperity for all, transformation and peace : NRM Election Manifesto. - Kampala : NRM Secretariat, 2006
ASC Subject Headings: National Resistance Movement ; party programmes ; political parties ; Uganda
http://www.asclibrary.nl/docs/408353902.pdf

West Africa
Regional economic communities and peacebuilding in Africa : the experiences of ECOWAS and IGAD / Victor A. O. Adetula, Redie Bereketeab, Olugbemi Jaiyebo. - Uppsala : Nordiska Afrikainstitutet, 2016
ASC Subject Headings: African organizations ; conflict resolution ; economic integration ; ECOWAS ; Northeast Africa ; peacebuilding ; regional economic relations ; West Africa
http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:nai:diva-2103

West Africa
African approaches to maritime security : the Gulf of Guinea / Charles Ukeje ; Wullson Mvomo Ela. - Abuja : Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung, Regional Office Abuja, 2013
ASC Subject Headings: Central Africa ; illicit trade ; piracy ; regional security ; sea ; territorial waters ; West Africa
http://library.fes.de/pdf-files/bueros/nigeria/10398.pdf

West Africa
Organized crime, security threats and governance : the sustainability of European Union programmes in West Africa / Moses U. Ikoh. - Abuja : Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung Regional Office, 2013
ASC Subject Headings: development cooperation ; European Union ; national security ; organized crime ; West Africa
http://library.fes.de/pdf-files/bueros/nigeria/10865-20140805.pdf

Zambia
Traditional medicinal plant practice in Southern Africa : a situational analysis in Zambia and Zimbabwe / Enos Shumba ... [et al.]. - Harare : WWF-World Wide Fund for Nature, 2009
ASC Subject Headings: medicinal plants ; Zambia ; Zimbabwe
http://d2ouvy59p0dg6k.cloudfront.net/downloads/traditional_medicinal_pla...

Zimbabwe
A window into hope : an invitation to faith in the context of HIV/AIDS / ed. by Robert Igo. - Geneva : WCC, 2009
ASC Subject Headings: AIDS ; Christian orders ; Christian theology ; contraception ; Zimbabwe
http://www.asclibrary.nl/docs/408405279.pdf

Zimbabwe
Progressive Zimbabwe: sustainable growth and transformation / Zimbabwe Institute /1Cape Town. - Cape Town : Zimbabwe Institute, 2007
ASC Subject Headings: national planning ; sustainable development ; Zimbabwe
http://www.zimbabweinstitute.net/File_Uploads/docs/Progressive%20Final-R...

Books

Africa
Redefining the African Diaspora : expressive cultures and politics from slavery to independence / ed. by Toyin Falola and Danielle Porter Sanchez. - (Abstract available) - Amherst : Cambria Press, 2016
ASC Subject Headings: Africa ; African identity ; cultural change ; diasporas ; globalization ; postcolonialism

Africa
The Church in contemporary Africa : issues, problems and challenges in the eighties and nineties / Cuthbert K. Omari. - Neuendettelsau : Erlanger Verlag für Mission und Ökumene, 2006
ASC Subject Headings: Africa ; Christianity ; Church ; Church history

Botswana
Changing gender and institutional roles in self-help housing in Botswana : the case of Lobatse / Faustin Kalabamu. - Roma : Institute of Southern African studies (ISAS), National University of Lesotho (NUL), 2003
ASC Subject Headings: Botswana ; gender ; housing construction ; land tenure ; women

Democratic Republic of Congo
Précarité et bien-être à Goma (RDC) : récits de vie dans une ville de tous les dangers / Theodore Trefon, Noel Kabuyaya. - (Abstract available) - Paris : L'Harmattan, 2016
ASC Subject Headings: attitudes ; civil wars ; Democratic Republic of Congo ; disasters ; poverty ; risk ; urban life

Democratic Republic of Congo
African law study library = Librairie Africaine d'etudes juridiques / Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung. - Westlands, Nairobi : Rule of Law Program for Sub-Saharan Africa, 2010
ASC Subject Headings: automobiles ; Democratic Republic of Congo ; health ; impunity ; revenue allocation ; social and economic rights ; taxation

Democratic Republic of Congo
La crise financière internationale de 2008 et ses conséquences en RDCongo / Nkere Ntanda Nkingi. - Paris : L'Harmattan, 2010
ASC Subject Headings: 2008 ; capitalism ; Democratic Republic of Congo ; economic recession ; liberalism ; market ; unemployment

Egypt
The challenge of implementing the overlapping regional trade agreements in Egypt / von Tamer Mohamed Ahmed Afifi. - Göttingen : Cuvillier Verlag, 2007
ASC Subject Headings: Arab countries ; customs unions ; East Africa ; economic models ; Egypt ; free trade areas ; international trade ; Southern Africa ; trade agreements

Egypt
The Egyptian rule in Palestine 1831-1840 : a critical reassessment / Khaled Safi. - Berlin : Mensch & Buch, 2004
ASC Subject Headings: 1830-1839 ; dissertations (form) ; Egypt ; military occupation ; Palestine ; political history ; politics

Ethiopia
Christianity, generation and narrative : religious conversion and change in Sidama, Ethiopia, 1974-2012 / Erik Egeland. - Uppsala : Swedish Institute of Missionary Research, 2016
ASC Subject Headings: Christianity ; dissertations (form) ; Ethiopia ; missions ; religious history ; religious movements

Ethiopia
Ecumenical dialogue in the rapidly changing Ethiopia : a reappraisal in the postmodern world / Petros S. Berga. - Addis Ababa : Master Printing Press, 2014
ASC Subject Headings: Church ; dissertations (form) ; ecumenism ; Ethiopia ; interreligious relations

Gabon
Regards croisés sur l'uvre poétique de P.E. Moundjegou Magangue / sous la dir. de Bellarmin Moutsinga. - Paris : L'Harmattan, 2013
ASC Subject Headings: Gabon ; poetry

Guinea-Bissau
Colapso e reconstrução política na Guiné-Bissau 1998-2000 : um estudo de democratização difícil / Lars Rudebeck ; [tradução: António e Maria Lourenço]. - Uppsala : Nordic Africa Institute, 2001
ASC Subject Headings: 1999 ; civil society ; civil-military relations ; democracy ; elections ; Guinea-Bissau ; political violence

Kenya
Corruption in Africa : the Kenyan experience : a handbook for civic education on corruption / Peter Anassi. - Victoria, BC [etc.] : Trafford Publishing, 2004
ASC Subject Headings: banks ; civil service ; corruption ; Kenya ; legislation ; police ; politics ; Southern Africa

Libya
Libya : liberation and post-Qadhafi transition / ed. by Brenton L. Kerr, Meredith I. Cantu . - Hauppauge, NY : Nova Science, 2012
ASC Subject Headings: dictatorship ; foreign policy ; Libya ; military intervention ; NATO ; political conditions ; revolutions ; United States

Nigeria
Issues in contemporary African linguistics : a festschrift for ladele Awobuluyi / edited by Ozo-mekuri Ndimele, Lendzemo Constatine Yuka, Johnson Flrus Ilri. - (Abstract available) - Port Harcourt : M & J Grand Orbit Communications Ltd, 2016
ASC Subject Headings: festschrifts (form) ; language policy ; lexicology ; linguistics ; multilingualism ; Nigeria

Nigeria
Language endangerment : globalisation & the fate of minority languages in Nigeria : a festschrift for Appolonia Uzoaku Okwudishu / Ozo-mekuri Ndimele. - (Abstract available) - Port Harcourt : M&J Grand Orbit Communications Ltd, 2015
ASC Subject Headings: 2014 ; conference papers (form) ; festschrifts (form) ; indigenous languages ; language policy ; linguistics ; Nigeria

Nigeria
Aper Aku : the rise of minority politics in Nigeria / Nathaniel Ikyur. - Ibadan : Kraft Books Limited, 2014
ASC Subject Headings: biographies (form) ; minority groups ; Nigeria ; political history ; politicians ; regional government

Nigeria
Ayo Banjo : tributes and thoughts at 80 / A.B.O.O. Oyediran ... [et al.]. - Ibadan, Nigeria : Department of English, University of Ibadan, 2014
ASC Subject Headings: academics ; festschrifts (form) ; interviews (form) ; letters (form) ; linguistics ; Nigeria ; universities

Nigeria
Nigeria's political journey / 'Dele Delani. - Lagos : Dele-Ade Constant Ventures, 2014
ASC Subject Headings: heads of State ; military personnel ; Nigeria ; political history ; speeches (form)

Nigeria
Pastor E.A. Adeboye : a man of life of submission and service to god : the general overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God / A.O. Oshorun. - Ibadan : Ethical Financial & Investment Consultants Ltd, 2014
ASC Subject Headings: biographies (form) ; clergy ; Nigeria ; Pentecostalism

Nigeria
Sixty percent of a true story / Osisiye Tafa. - [Nigeria] : Styrax Publishing, 2014
ASC Subject Headings: Nigeria ; personal narratives (form) ; political science ; students ; universities

Nigeria
Essays in economic history / by professor Wale Oyemakinde. - Ibadan : Sunlight Syndicate Ventures, 2005
ASC Subject Headings: economic history ; essays (form) ; Nigeria

Nigeria
The inside story of the modern commonwealth / Emeka Anyaoku. - Ibadan : Evans Brothers, 2004
ASC Subject Headings: Commonwealth ; diplomats ; Nigeria ; personal narratives (form) ; South Africa

Nigeria
Profile of a philanthropist : biography of Alhaji Adamu Danjuma Mohammed / by Shuaib Muhammad Nuhu. - Ilorin : Ayobami Ajassa & Sons Printing Production, 1997
ASC Subject Headings: biographies (form) ; charities ; entrepreneurs ; Islam ; Nigeria ; politicians

Senegal
Transition humanitaire au Sénégal : édition bilingue / bilingual edition / Thomas Fouquet (dir.). - Paris : Éditions Karthala, 2016
ASC Subject Headings: 2014 ; conference papers (form) ; ethics ; humanitarian assistance ; Senegal ; social change ; values

Senegal
Éthique musulmane et développement : territoire et pouvoir religieux au Sénégal / Christine Godefroy. - Paris : L'Harmattan, 2015
ASC Subject Headings: communication ; development ; ethics ; Islam ; marabouts ; Senegal ; social conditions

Senegal
M23 : chronique d'une révolution citoyenne / les auteurs, Yoro Ba [and twenty others] . - [Dakar] : Les Éditions de la Brousse, 2014
ASC Subject Headings: 2011 ; civil society ; political change ; political conditions ; political violence ; protest ; Senegal

South Africa
Popular politics in South African cities : unpacking community participation / ed. by Claire Bénit-Gbaffou. - (Abstract available) - Cape Town : HSRC Press, 2015
ASC Subject Headings: civil society ; community participation ; local government ; political action ; South Africa ; State-society relationship ; urban planning

South Africa
Crowded houses, gendered spaces and generational differences : the inter-relationship between housing politics and household dynamics in New Crossroads, Cape Town / Sophie Oldfield and Joanne Boulton. - Roma : National University of Lesotho, Institute of Southern African Studies (ISAS), 2007
ASC Subject Headings: family ; gender ; households ; housing policy ; social networks ; South Africa ; urban housing

Subsaharan Africa
Endogenous development : naive romanticism or practical route to sustainable African development / edited by Chiku Malunga and Susan H. Holcombe. - London [etc.] : Routledge, 2016
ASC Subject Headings: Africanization ; community development ; development cooperation ; development planning ; development projects ; Ghana ; Malawi ; NGO ; Nigeria ; Rwanda ; Somalia ; Subsaharan Africa

Sudan
Coping with torture : images from Sudan / ed. by Ann M. Lesch and Osman Fadl. - Trenton, NJ [etc.] : The Red Sea Press, 2004
ASC Subject Headings: artists ; human rights institutions ; painting ; Sudan ; torture ; visual arts

Uganda
Inside Uganda's financial sector : celebrating 50 years of Uganda's drive to macroeconomic stability / Phares M. Mutibwa ... [et al.]. - Kampala : Independent Pub. Ltd, 2012
ASC Subject Headings: banking ; banks ; central banks ; financial market ; Uganda

Zambia
Citizenship education and social development in Zambia / Ali A. Abdi, Edward Shizha, Lee Ellis. - Charlotte, NC : Information Age Publishing (IAP), 2010
ASC Subject Headings: citizenship ; citizenship education ; educational policy ; literacy ; social development ; Zambia

Zimbabwe
Facets of power : politics, profits and people in the making of Zimbabwe's blood diamonds / edited by Richard Saunders and Tinashe Nyamunda. - (Abstract available) - Avondale : Wits University Press, 2016
ASC Subject Headings: corruption ; diamond mining ; diamonds ; natural resource management ; offences against human rights ; violence ; Zimbabwe

Journals

Africa
Revue africaine de communication : nouvelle série. - [Dakar] : Centre d'Études des Sciences et Techniques de l'Information (CESTI), Université Cheikh Anta Diop de Dakar
ASC Subject Headings: Africa ; communication ; mass media ; Senegal

African Literature

Africa
Afriques 1 / Dambudzo Marechera ... [et al.]. - (Abstract available) - Paris : Editions Belin, 2016
ASC Subject Headings: Africa ; anthologies (form) ; poetry (form) ; writers

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