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Articles

Africa
Remembering the Fifth Pan-African Congress / Christian Høgsbjerg. -
In: African Studies Bulletin / Leeds University Centre for African Studies : (2016), no. 77, p. 119-139 : ill
ASC Subject Headings: 1945 ; Africa ; conferences ; pan-Africanism
http://lucas.leeds.ac.uk/article/remembering-the-fifth-pan- african-congress-christian-hogsbjerg/

Africa
Production, economic growth and conflict in risky elections / Kjell Hausken and Mthuli Ncube. - (Abstract available)
In: Journal of African Elections : (2015), vol. 14, no. 2, p. 34-49 : tab
ASC Subject Headings: Africa ; election monitoring ; elections
 

Botswana
Facebook : revolutionising electoral campaign in Botswana? / Bontle Masilo and Batlang Seabo. -
In: Journal of African Elections : (2015), vol. 14, no. 2, p. 110-129
ASC Subject Headings: 2014 ; Botswana ; election campaigns ; elections ; social media
 

Ghana
American democratic support to Ghana's Fourth Republic : assistance or encumbrance? / Isaac Owusu-Mensah. - (Abstract available)
In: Journal of African Elections : (2015), vol. 14, no. 2, p. 1-33 : tab
ASC Subject Headings: democratization ; Ghana ; governance ; international relations ; United States
 

Ghana
Commodity-specific spatial integration : inter-commodity integration and substitution between maize and sorghum in Ghana / Philip Kofi Adom. - (Abstract available)
In: Ghanaian Journal of Economics : (2014), vol. 2, no. 49-76 : tab
ASC Subject Headings: agricultural market ; Ghana ; maize ; sorghum
http://reference.sabinet.co.za/webx/access/electronic_journals/ ghajecon/ghajecon_v2_a4.pdf (Restricted access)

Ghana
Determinants of poverty among male-headed and female-headed households in Ghana / Daniel Kwabena Twerefou, Bernardin Senadza and John Owusu-Afriyie. - (Abstract available)
In: Ghanaian Journal of Economics : (2014), vol. 2, no. 77-96 : tab
ASC Subject Headings: female-headed households ; gender relations ; Ghana ; household income ; households ; poverty reduction
http://reference.sabinet.co.za/webx/access/electronic_journals/ ghajecon/ghajecon_v2_a5.pdf (Restricted access)

Ghana
The cost of urban water service delivery in Ghana : the case of the Kumasi and Accra-Tema water systems / Bismark Dwumfour-Asare, Kwabena B. Nyarko, and Sharon A. Quaye. - (Abstract available)
In: Ghanaian Journal of Economics : (2014), vol. 2, no. 119-134 : fig., graf., tab
ASC Subject Headings: costs ; Ghana ; urban areas ; water supply
http://reference.sabinet.co.za/webx/access/electronic_journals/ ghajecon/ghajecon_v2_a7.pdf (Restricted access)

Ghana
The dynamics of north-south migration in Ghana : perspectives of Nandom migrants in Accra / Thomas Antwi Bosiakoh ... [et al.]. - (Abstract available)
In: Ghanaian Journal of Economics : (2014), vol. 2, no. 97-118 : fig., graf., tab
ASC Subject Headings: Ghana ; internal migration ; remittances ; youth
http://reference.sabinet.co.za/webx/access/electronic_journals/ ghajecon/ghajecon_v2_a6.pdf (Restricted access)

Ghana
Volatility and asymmetry of the USD/GHS exchange rate : monetary policy implications in Ghana / Nana Kwame Akosah. - (Abstract available)
In: Ghanaian Journal of Economics : (2014), vol. 2, no. 154-175 : graf., tab
ASC Subject Headings: exchange rates ; Ghana ; monetary policy
http://reference.sabinet.co.za/webx/access/electronic_journals/ ghajecon/ghajecon_v2_a9.pdf (Restricted access)

Lesotho
Free elections and political instability in Lesotho / Richard F. Weisfelder. - (Abstract available)
In: Journal of African Elections : (2015), vol. 14, no. 2, p. 50-80 : tab
ASC Subject Headings: elections ; electoral systems ; Lesotho ; political stability
 

Lesotho
Lesothos February 2015 snap elections : a prescription that never cured the sickness / Tlohang W. Letsie. - (Abstract available)
In: Journal of African Elections : (2015), vol. 14, no. 2, p. 81-109 : tab
ASC Subject Headings: 2015 ; coalitions ; elections ; Lesotho ; national security ; political stability ; rule of law
 

Nigeria
Nigeria's Fourth Republic (1999-2015) and electoral outcomes : how long can patronage or 'politics of the belly' last? / Dhikru Adewale Yagboyaju. - (Abstract available)
In: Journal of African Elections : (2015), vol. 14, no. 2, p. 162-185
ASC Subject Headings: elections ; government ; Nigeria ; performance appraisal ; voting
 

Nigeria
Nigeria 2015 presidential election : the votes, the fears and the regime change / Mojeed Adekunle Animashaun. - (Abstract available)
In: Journal of African Elections : (2015), vol. 14, no. 2, p. 186-211 : tab
ASC Subject Headings: 2015 ; democratization ; Nigeria ; presidential elections
 

Somalia
Private Military and Security Companies (PMSC's ) in Somalia since the end of the civil war : historical and theoretical implications / Jethro Norman. -
In: African Studies Bulletin / Leeds University Centre for African Studies : (2016), no. 77, p. 109-118
ASC Subject Headings: private security services ; Somalia
http://lucas.leeds.ac.uk/article/private-military-and-security- companies-in-somalia-jethro-norman/

South Africa
Diamonds at the meeting of her thighs : representations of gender and sexuality in "U-Carmen eKhayelitsha" / Cheryl Stobie. - (Abstract available)
In: Journal of African Cinemas : (2016), vol. 8, no. 2, p. 155-168
ASC Subject Headings: filmmakers ; films ; gender roles ; masculinity ; South Africa
http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/intellect/jac/2016/ 00000008/00000002/art00002;https://doi.org/10.1386/jac.8.2.155_1 (Restricted access)

South Africa
Thabo Mbeki's AIDS denialism : neoliberalism, government and civil society in South Africa / Emma Camp. -
In: African Studies Bulletin / Leeds University Centre for African Studies : (2016), no. 77, p. 84-108
ASC Subject Headings: AIDS ; globalization ; South Africa
http://lucas.leeds.ac.uk/article/thabo-mbekis-aids-denialism- emma-camp/

South Africa
Language policies and voter turnout : evidence from South Africa / Eric S. McLaughlin. - (Abstract available)
In: Journal of African Elections : (2015), vol. 14, no. 2, p. 130-161 : krt., tab
ASC Subject Headings: ethnic groups ; language policy ; political participation ; South Africa ; voting
 

Subsaharan Africa
Moving from vision to reality : ending hunger and under nutrition in Africa by 2025 / Shenggen Fan and Joanna Brzeska. -
In: Ghanaian Journal of Economics : (2014), vol. 2, no. 4-17 : graf.
ASC Subject Headings: food policy ; food security ; nutrition ; Subsaharan Africa
http://reference.sabinet.co.za/webx/access/electronic_journals/ ghajecon/ghajecon_v2_a2.pdf (Restricted access)

Subsaharan Africa
The relationship between economic growth and environmental sustainability : evidence from selected Sub-Sahara African countries / Solomon Aboagye and Paul Adjei Kwakwa. - (Abstract available)
In: Ghanaian Journal of Economics : (2014), vol. 2, no. 135-153 : tab
ASC Subject Headings: economic development ; environmental degradation ; foreign investments ; industrial development ; Subsaharan Africa ; trade restrictions
http://reference.sabinet.co.za/webx/access/electronic_journals/ ghajecon/ghajecon_v2_a8.pdf (Restricted access)

Electronic documents

Africa
The International Criminal Court, Africa and the African Union : what way forward? / Philomena Apiko and Faten Aggad. - Maastricht : European Centre for Development Policy Management, 2016
ASC Subject Headings: Africa ; African Union ; International Criminal Court
http://ecdpm.org/wp-content/uploads/DP201-ICC-Africa-AU-Apiko-Aggad-Nove...

Africa
Resource-based industrialisation in Africa : optimising linkages and value chains in the extractive sector / by Isabelle Ramdoo. - Maastricht : European Centre for Development Policy Management, 2015
ASC Subject Headings: Africa ; industrial development ; mining
http://ecdpm.org/wp-content/uploads/DP-179-Resource-Based-Industrialisat...

Africa
The continental free trade area - a GTAP assessment / Hans Grinsted Jensen and Ron Sandrey. - (Abstract available) - Stellenbosch : Trade Law Centre for Southern Africa (TRALAC), 2015
ASC Subject Headings: Africa ; free economic zones ; international trade ; regional economic relations ; tariff policy
https://www.tralac.org/images/docs/7287/the-continental-free-trade-area-...

Africa
Review, challenges and future prospects of reforms in African economics : an appraisal of the Nigerian situation / by Ndubisi I. Nwokoma. - Lagos : University of Lagos, 2014
ASC Subject Headings: Africa ; conference papers (form) ; economic development ; Nigeria ; public sector ; reform
http://repository.unilag.edu.ng:8080/xmlui/handle/123456789/1025

Cape Verde
Missionários do Sul : evangelização, globalização e mobilidades dos pastores cabo-verdianos da Igreja do Nazareno / Max Ruben Tavares de Pina Ramos. - Lisboa : Universidade de Lisboa, Instituto de Ciências Sociais, 2015
ASC Subject Headings: Africa ; Cape Verde ; dissertations (form) ; missions ; Portugal ; Protestant churches
http://repositorio.ul.pt/bitstream/10451/23639/1/ulsd072581_td_Max_Ramos...

Liberia
Women of Mano River Union : a discourse on the role of civil society in the sustainability of peace in the Mano River Region / Ferdinand O. Ottoh. - Lagos : University of Lagos, 2012
ASC Subject Headings: civil society ; conference papers (form) ; Liberia ; peacebuilding ; Sierra Leone ; women's organizations
http://repository.unilag.edu.ng:8080/xmlui/handle/123456789/758

Nigeria
Gender and reproductive health : religious and social perspectives to women's health rights in Nigeria / Idongesit Eshiet. - Lagos : Unversity of Lagos, 2014
ASC Subject Headings: conference papers (form) ; Nigeria ; reproductive health ; social conditions ; women's rights
http://repository.unilag.edu.ng:8080/xmlui/handle/123456789/1033

Nigeria
Terrorism (prevention) act, 2011 / National Assembly Federal Republic of Nigeria. - Abuja : National Assembly Federal Republic of Nigeria, 2011
ASC Subject Headings: laws (form) ; Nigeria ; terrorism
http://www.nassnig.org/document/download/5944

Books

Africa
L'Afrique est-elle si bien partie? / Sylvie Brunel. - Auxerre : Éditions Sciences humaines, 2014
ASC Subject Headings: Africa ; poverty ; social inequality ; sustainable development
 

Cameroon
Peaceful resolution of African boundary conflicts : imperatives for a multidisciplinary and international research collaboration on the Bakassi Peninsula dispute settlement / ed. by A.I. Asiwaju. - Imeko : African Regional Institute, Imeko, Ogun State, 2009
ASC Subject Headings: boundary conflicts ; Cameroon ; conflict resolution ; Nigeria
 

Cape Verde
Onésimo Silveira : uma vida, um mar de histórias / José Vicente Lopes. - Cicade da Praia : Spleen Edições, 2016
ASC Subject Headings: Angola ; biographies (form) ; Cape Verde ; PAIGC ; politicians ; São Tomé and Principe ; writers
 

Cape Verde
Aristides Pereira : minha vida, nossa história / José Vicente Lopes. - Praia : Spleen, 2012
ASC Subject Headings: biographies (form) ; Cape Verde ; Guinea ; Guinea-Bissau ; heads of State ; PAICV ; PAIGC
 

Egypt
Dossier: Le juste et le sacré : les territoires de la faute dans l'Égypte ancienne, en Mésopotamie et dans la Bible = Just and sacred : the fault territoiries in Ancient Egypte, in Mesopotamia and in the Bible / sous la responsabilité de Bernadette Menu. - (Abstract available) - Paris [etc.] : L'Harmattan, 2016
ASC Subject Headings: Antiquity ; conference papers (form) ; Egypt ; Egyptian culture ; ethics ; Middle East ; popular beliefs ; religious rituals
 

Ethiopia
The oral chronicle of the Boorana in Southern Ethiopia : modes of construction and preservation of history among people without writing / Chikage Oba-Smidt ; translated by Roger Prior and James Watt. - Zurich : Lit Verlag, 2016
ASC Subject Headings: Boran ; Borana dialect ; Ethiopia ; oral literature (form) ; oral traditions
 

Ghana
The fruits of freedom in British Togoland : literacy, politics and nationalism, 19142014 / Kate Skinner. - Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2015
ASC Subject Headings: colonial history ; decolonization ; Ghana ; national liberation movements ; Togo
 

Ghana
Selected poetry for senior high schools : text and notes on the WAEC-selected African and non-African poems for WASSCE Core English paper 2 plus notes on Grief child & In the chest of a woman : all with objective questions & answers / Kaakyire A. Nyantakyi, Lawrence Darmani. - Accra : Step Publishers, 2009
ASC Subject Headings: Ghana ; poetry ; secondary education ; textbooks (form) ; West Africa
 

Ghana
Social studies for senior secondary schools / by R.K. Wilson and Attah Joseph Kwame. - Cape Coast : Wilson Books and Stationery Enterprise, 2002
ASC Subject Headings: Ghana ; secondary education ; social studies ; textbooks (form)
 

Guinea-Bissau
Cartas de Amílcar Cabral a Maria Helena : a outra face do homem / organizadores, Iva Cabral, Márcia Souto, Filinto Elísio. - Lisboa : Rosa de Porcelana, 2016
ASC Subject Headings: Cape Verde ; Guinea-Bissau ; intellectuals ; letters (form) ; pictorial works (form) ; politicians
 

Mauritania
The writings of Mauritania and the Western Sahara / compiled by Charles C. Stewart ; with Sidi Ahmed Wuld Ahmed Salim ; and the assistance of Mohamed Nouhi, Babacar Mbengue, Bruce S. Hall and Abdel Wedoud ould Cheikh. - Leiden : Brill, 2015
ASC Subject Headings: bibliographies (form) ; biographical dictionaries (form) ; literature ; Mauritania ; Western Sahara ; writers
 

Morocco
Politique et mouvements sociaux au Maroc : la révolution désamorcée? / Frédéric Vairel. - Paris : Presses de Sciences Po, 2014
ASC Subject Headings: authoritarianism ; civil society ; Morocco ; protest ; social change ; State-society relationship
 

Namibia
Die Geschichte des Tourismus in Namibia : Eine heterotopische Topologie der Technik / Lukas Breitwieser. - Basel : Brandes & Apsel, 2016
ASC Subject Headings: history ; Namibia ; tourism
 

Namibia
Gespräche unter dem Mopanebaum : ethnopsychoanalytische Begegnungen mit Himbanomaden / Angela Köhler-Weisker ; mit einem Beitrag von Ute Wordell. - Giessen : Psychosozial-Verlag, 2015
ASC Subject Headings: biography ; Himba ; Namibia ; pastoralists ; psychoanalysis ; women
 

Nigeria
Maritime law and practice in Nigeria / Collins O. Chijioke. - Bloomington, IN : Authorhouse, 2016
ASC Subject Headings: international law of the sea ; legislation ; maritime law ; Nigeria
 

Nigeria
Nigeria : culture, politics, governance and development / prof. A.A. Lawal. - Ibadan : Connel Publications, 2015
ASC Subject Headings: economic development ; governance ; Nigeria
 

Nigeria
A polity in transition : chronicle of Nigeria's socio-political and economic development 1914-2014 / Ahmed Tijjani Abubakar. - Lagos : Prestige, 2014
ASC Subject Headings: Nigeria ; political history
 

Nigeria
The Nigerian diplomatic practice / by L.O. Oladejo Oyelakin. - Lagos : The Nigerian Institute of International Affairs, 2014
ASC Subject Headings: diplomatic service ; diplomats ; international organizations ; international relations ; Nigeria
 

Nigeria
Witness to history : Action Congress of Nigeria and the struggle for democracy, liberty and justice / Lai Mohammed. - Lagos : Maus Media, 2013
ASC Subject Headings: declarations (form) ; Nigeria ; political parties ; politicians
 

Nigeria
My autobiography / Folayan Ojo. - Abuja : Panaf Publishing Inc, 2012
ASC Subject Headings: academics ; autobiographies (form) ; economics ; Nigeria
 

Nigeria
Understanding election in Nigeria : the first 50 years (1960-2010) / Abdulhameed A. Ujo. - [Abuja] : International Institute for the Study of Election and Election Management (IISEEM), 2012
ASC Subject Headings: elections ; Nigeria ; political history
 

Nigeria
Profiles in leadership : spotlighting Nigeria's outstanding people and professions since 1900 / Folu Koyi. - Lagos : Concept Publications, 2011
ASC Subject Headings: biographical dictionaries (form) ; biographies (form) ; Nigeria
 

Nigeria
The war on poverty in Nigeria : issues, problems, strategies / Ime Ekop Ebong. - Lagos : IEA Publishing, 2011
ASC Subject Headings: government policy ; Nigeria ; poverty reduction
 

Nigeria
Femi Okunnu : in the service of the nation : an autobiography / Femi Okunnu. - Edo City : Sankore Publishers Limited ; in association with Spectrum Books Limited, 2010
ASC Subject Headings: autobiographies (form) ; legal practitioners ; Nigeria
 

Nigeria
Awo, unfinished greatness : the life and times of chief Obafemi Awolowo / Olufemi Ogunsanwo. - Lagos : Pace Books and Periodicals, 2009
ASC Subject Headings: biographies (form) ; leadership ; Nigeria
 

Nigeria
Nigeria's reform programme : issues and challenges / ed. by Hassan Saliu, Ebele Amali, Raphael Olawepo. - Ilorin : Faculty of Business and Social Sciences, University of Ilorin, 2007
ASC Subject Headings: government policy ; Nigeria ; reform
 

Nigeria
The untold story of the Nigeria-Biafra War : a chronological reconstruction of the events and circumstances of the Nigerian Civil War / Luke Nnaemeka Aneke ; forew. by Philip Efiong. - New York : Triumph Publishing, 2007
ASC Subject Headings: Biafran conflict ; Nigeria ; political history
 

Nigeria
Hon. justice Chukwudifu Oputa : selected speeches and reflections / ed. and arranged by Remy N. Onyewuenyi. - Onitsha : Spiritan Publications, 2006
ASC Subject Headings: Catholic Church ; Christianity ; essays (form) ; judges ; Nigeria ; speeches (form) ; supreme courts
 

Somaliland
A Somali nation-state : history, culture and Somaliland's political transition / by Michael Walls. - Pisa : Ponte Invisible, 2014
ASC Subject Headings: democratization ; nation building ; politics ; Somaliland
 

South Africa
Umkhonto we Sizwe : the ANC's armed struggle / Thula Simpson. - Cape Town : Penguin Books, 2016
ASC Subject Headings: African National Congress (South Africa) ; anti-apartheid resistance ; guerrilla warfare ; militias ; national liberation movements ; South Africa
 

Zambia
Zambia: good copper, bad copper / Audrey Gallet, Alice Odiot, written in collaboration with Stéphane Horel. - (Abstract available) - Paris : Yami 2 Productions (etc.), 2012
ASC Subject Headings: copper mining ; documentary films (form) ; multinational enterprises ; pollution ; tax evasion ; videos (form) ; Zambia
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uamzirLswjk

African Literature

Cameroon
Died not dead / Nfor Ngala Nfor. - Mankon : Langaa Research & Publishing CIG, 2016
ASC Subject Headings: Cameroon ; decolonization ; novels (form)
 

Ghana
Witches of honour : a novel / Asare Adei. - [S.l.] : Asdan Vision Books, 2015
ASC Subject Headings: Ghana ; witchcraft ; youth literature (form)
 

Nigeria
I am Kagara : I weave the sands of the Sahara / by Mark Nwagwu. - Ibadan : Bookbuilders, Editions Africa, 2016
ASC Subject Headings: Nigeria ; novels (form) ; terrorism
 

Nigeria
A tailor-made romance / Oyindamola Affinnih. - Abuja : Ankara Press, 2015
ASC Subject Headings: Nigeria ; novels (form) ; romantic relationships
 

Nigeria
A taste of love / Sifa Asani Gowon. - Abuja : Ankara Press, 2015
ASC Subject Headings: Nigeria ; novels (form) ; romantic relationships
 

Nigeria
Black sparkle romance / Amara Okolo. - Abuja : Ankara Press, 2015
ASC Subject Headings: Nigeria ; novels (form) ; romantic relationships
 

Nigeria
Love's persuasion / Ola Awonubi. - New York : Ankara Press, 2015
ASC Subject Headings: Nigeria ; novels (form) ; romantic relationships
 

Nigeria
The elevator kiss / Amina Thula. - Abuja : Ankara Press, 2015
ASC Subject Headings: Nigeria ; novels (form) ; romantic relationships ; South Africa
 

Nigeria
A whiff of Kahara : fiction / Emmanuel Ojukwu. - Ibadan : Kraft Books Limited, 2014
ASC Subject Headings: children ; Nigeria ; youth literature (form)
 

Nigeria
Long shadows : a novel / by Mnguember Vicky Sylvester. - Lagos [etc.] : Malthouse Press Limited, 2014
ASC Subject Headings: 1950-1959 ; 1960-1969 ; corruption ; decolonization ; historical novels (form) ; Nigeria
 

Nigeria
Whirlwind of metamorphosis : kidnapping, cultism and family tribulations in Nigeria / Vincent Anioke. - Enugu : Acena Publishers, 2014
ASC Subject Headings: family ; kidnapping ; Nigeria ; novels (form) ; social conditions
 

Nigeria
Thread of gold beads / Nike Campbell-Fatoki. - Lagos : Origami Books, an imprint of Parrésia Publishers Ltd, 2013
ASC Subject Headings: 1890-1899 ; 1900-1949 ; Benin ; empowerment ; girls ; Nigeria ; novels (form)
 

Nigeria
The eye of the earth (poems) / Niyi Osundare. - Ibadan : Heinemann Educational, 2000
ASC Subject Headings: Nigeria ; poetry (form)
 

South Africa
La toubabesse : roman / Louis-Ferdinand Despreez. - Paris : La Différence, 2016
ASC Subject Headings: gender relations ; novels (form) ; prostitution ; South Africa ; spouses
 

South Africa
Sacrifices : a novel / by Roger Smith. - Auckland Park : Jacana Media, 2015
ASC Subject Headings: crime novels (form) ; South Africa
 

Tanzania
Psalm of the oppressed / Nkwazi Nkuzi Mhango. - Mankon : Langaa Research & Publishing CIG, 2016
ASC Subject Headings: fables (form) ; poetry (form) ; satire ; Tanzania
 

Tunisia
La sérénade d'Ibrahim Santos : roman / Yamen Manai. - Tunis : Elyzad, 2011
ASC Subject Headings: dictatorship ; novels (form) ; Tunisia
 

Uganda
Voice of silence : poems / Christopher W.N. Kirunda. - Kampala : Fountain Publishers, 2013
ASC Subject Headings: poetry (form) ; Uganda

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