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New acquisitions - week 32 2016

The fighter's letter : an Eritrean revolutionary story : based on true storyWeek 32 2016

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Articles

Maghreb
Dossier : villes et urbanités au Maghreb / sous la dir. de Said Belguidoum, Raffaele Cattedra et Aziz Iraki. - (Abstract available)
In: L'année du Maghreb : (2015), no. 12, p. 11-210
ASC Subject Headings: cinema ; Maghreb ; mural art ; towns ; urban life ; urbanization
 

Nigeria
Declining job security level and workers perfomance in selected banks, South Western Nigeria / Aliyu Taofeek Kolawole, O.A. Ajani and A. L. Adisa. - (Abstract available)
In: African Sociological Review : (2013), vol. 17, no. 2, p. 55-70 : tab
ASC Subject Headings: banks ; Nigeria ; work attitudes ; working conditions
http://www.ajol.info/index.php/asr/article/view/113588/103303 http://www.codesria.org/spip.php?article2196&lang=en

Nigeria
Land use correlates of street children in Ogbomoso, Nigeria / Olufemi A. Fawole, David V. Ogunkan and Deborah S. Adekeye. - (Abstract available)
In: African Sociological Review : (2013), vol. 17, no. 2, p. 100-106: foto's., graf., krt., tab
ASC Subject Headings: begging ; Nigeria ; street children
http://www.ajol.info/index.php/asr/article/view/113642/103362 http://www.codesria.org/spip.php?article2196&lang=en

South Africa
Memory and disenchantment in Nadine Gordimers 'None to Accompany Me' and Zoe Wicombs 'Playing in the Light' / Zuhmboshi Eric Nsuh. - (Abstract available)
In: African Sociological Review : (2013), vol. 17, no. 2, p. 24-42
ASC Subject Headings: literary criticism ; novels ; South Africa
http://www.ajol.info/index.php/asr/article/view/113584/103299 http://www.codesria.org/spip.php?article2196&lang=en

South Africa
The management of diabetes among the rural poor in South Africa / Olajide Oloyede. - (Abstract available)
In: African Sociological Review : (2013), vol. 17, no. 2, p. 81-99 : tab
ASC Subject Headings: diabetes ; health care ; rural population ; South Africa
http://www.ajol.info/index.php/asr/article/view/113640/103359 http://www.codesria.org/spip.php?article2196&lang=en

Tunisia
Donner un sens au nom du festival de la ville : les enjeux de la reconstruction des liens dappartenance dans une ville tunisienne naissante / Mouldi Lahmar. - (Abstract available)
In: African Sociological Review : (2013), vol. 17, no. 2, p. 71-80
ASC Subject Headings: communities ; festivals ; identity ; Tunisia
http://www.ajol.info/index.php/asr/article/view/113638/103357

Uganda
Talking heritage : Africa at the crossroads of tradition and modernity / Tom Sanya. - (Abstract available)
In: African Sociological Review : (2013), vol. 17, no. 2, p. 2-22 : graf., tab
ASC Subject Headings: architecture ; cultural heritage ; Uganda
http://www.ajol.info/index.php/asr/article/view/113581/103295 http://www.codesria.org/spip.php?article2196&lang=en

Electronic documents

Benin
African law study library = Librairie Africaine d'etudes juridiques / Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung. - Westlands, Nairobi : Rule of Law Program for Sub-Saharan Africa, 2013
ASC Subject Headings: Benin ; civil and political rights ; land reform ; social and economic rights ; water supply
http://www.kas.de/wf/doc/kas_37292-1522-2-30.pdf?140401110625

Benin
African law study library = Librairie Africaine d'etudes juridiques / Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung. - Westlands, Nairobi : Rule of Law Program for Sub-Saharan Africa, 2012
ASC Subject Headings: Benin ; children's rights ; commercial law ; judicial system ; OHADA ; rights of the accused ; rule of law
http://www.kas.de/wf/doc/kas_31783-544-2-30.pdf?120808110949

Burundi
African law study library = Librairie Africaine d'etudes juridiques / Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung. - Westlands, Nairobi : Rule of Law Program for Sub-Saharan Africa, 2013
ASC Subject Headings: Burundi ; constitutional law ; criminal law ; detention ; economic integration ; rule of law
http://www.kas.de/wf/doc/kas_37291-1522-2-30.pdf?140401104251

Burundi
African law study library = Librairie Africaine d'etudes juridiques / Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung. - Westlands, Nairobi : Rule of Law Program for Sub-Saharan Africa, 2011
ASC Subject Headings: 2005 ; access to health care ; Burundi ; constitutions ; decentralization ; judicial system ; rule of law
http://www.kas.de/wf/doc/kas_31778-1522-2-30.pdf?120801091257

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, 2012
ASC Subject Headings: access to education ; Democratic Republic of Congo ; forests ; local government ; rule of law ; sexual offences ; taxation
http://www.kas.de/wf/doc/kas_31782-1522-2-30.pdf?120808110312

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, 2011
ASC Subject Headings: armed forces ; constitutional law ; decentralization ; Democratic Republic of Congo ; judicial system ; regionalism
http://www.kas.de/wf/doc/kas_31779-1522-2-30.pdf?120801093810

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, 2011
ASC Subject Headings: armed forces ; Congo (Brazzaville) ; constitutional courts ; constitutional law ; Democratic Republic of Congo ; police ; reform ; rule of law
http://www.kas.de/wf/doc/kas_23549-1522-1-30.pdf?110808143233

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, 200
ASC Subject Headings: Africa ; African Court on Human and Peoples' Rights ; constitutional law ; constitutions ; Democratic Republic of Congo ; European Union ; international trade ; witchcraft
http://www.kas.de/wf/doc/kas_17164-1522-1-30.pdf?110228131518

Ghana
Chiefs and traditional authorities and their role in the democratic order and governance / Osagyefo Amoatia Ofori Panyin. - Accra : Institute of Economic Affairs, 2010
ASC Subject Headings: chieftaincy ; customary courts ; customary law ; Ghana
http://ieagh.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/crs-9.pdf

Ghana
Natural resource management in Ghana : a case for constitutional amendment / Institute of Economic Affairs. - Accra : Institute of Economic Affairs, 2010
ASC Subject Headings: constitutional amendments ; constitutional law ; Ghana ; mining ; natural resource management
http://ieagh.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/crs-8.pdf

Ghana
Rethinking decentralization and local government in Ghana-proposals for amendment / by Kwamena Ahwoi. - Accra : Institute of Economic Affairs, 2010
ASC Subject Headings: constitutional amendments ; constitutional law ; decentralization ; Ghana ; local government
http://ieagh.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/crs-6.pdf

Ghana
The anti-corruption mandates of the Commission on Human Right[s] and Administrative Justice and the Serious Fraud Office : a duplication of functions? / by Emile Short. - Accra : Institute of Economic Affairs, 2010
ASC Subject Headings: administration of justice ; corruption ; Ghana
http://ieagh.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/crs-10.pdf

Ghana
The panel system at the Supreme Court : merits and demerits / by A. Kodzo Paaku Kludze. - Accra : Institute of Economic Affairs, 2010
ASC Subject Headings: administration of justice ; constitutional law ; Ghana ; supreme courts
http://ieagh.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/crs-5.pdf

Ghana
To cap or not to cap : the Supreme Court of Ghana / by A.K.P. Kludze. - Accra : Institute of Economic Affairs, 2010
ASC Subject Headings: Ghana ; judges ; judicial power ; supreme courts
http://ieagh.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/crs-4.pdf

South Africa
Constitutional change and participation of LGBTI groups : a case study of South Africa / David Bilchitz. - Stockholm : International IDEA, 2015
ASC Subject Headings: constitutional history ; constitutions ; gender discrimination ; LGBT ; South Africa
http://www.idea.int/publications/participation-of-lgbti-groups/south-afr...

West Africa
Judicial review systems in West Africa: a comparative analysis / Markus Böckenförde ... [et al.]. - Munich [etc.] : Hanns Seidel Foundation [etc.], 2016
ASC Subject Headings: constitutional courts ; constitutionalism ; judicial system ; West Africa
http://www.idea.int/publications/judicial-review-systems-in-west-africa

Books

Africa
Special Issue : emerging trends in African archaeology / ed.: Kevin MacDonald, Peter Mitchell & Peter Robertshaw. - (Abstract available) - Nairobi : British Institute in Eastern Africa, 2016
ASC Subject Headings: Africa ; archaeology ; research ; research methods
http://www.tandfonline.com/toc/raza20/51/1 (Restricted access)

Africa
Le marché du livre africain et ses dynamiques littéraires : le cas du Cameroun / Raphael Thierry ; préf. Pierre Fandio ; postf. de Joseph Fumtim. - Pessac : Presses universitaires de Bordeaux, 2015
ASC Subject Headings: Africa ; book industry ; Cameroon ; literature ; marketing ; publishing
 

Algeria
Dialectique de l'identité et de l'altérité dans l'oeuvre de Nabile Farès / Mohammed Saâd Zemmouri. - [S.l. : s.n.], 2007
ASC Subject Headings: Algeria ; literary criticism ; novels ; poetry
 

Belgium
Early Belgian colonial efforts : the long and fateful shadow of Leopold I / by Robert Raymond Ansiaux. - Ann Arbor, MI : UMI Dissertation Services, 2007
ASC Subject Headings: 1800-1899 ; Belgium ; Brazil ; colonial history ; colonialism ; Guinea ; history ; imperialism ; monarchy ; United States
 

Burkina Faso
Légendes et histoire des peuples du Burkina Faso / Salfo-Albert Balima ; préface par Blaise Compaoré. - Paris : J.A. Conseil, 1996
ASC Subject Headings: Burkina Faso ; colonization ; essays (form) ; ethnic groups ; history ; independence
 

Cameroon
Contes basa et bulu du Cameroun / Marie-Rose Abomo-Maurin et Alice Delphine Tang. - Paris : L'Harmattan, 2015
ASC Subject Headings: Basa ; Bulu ; Cameroon ; folk tales (form)
 

Cameroon
L'accès à la justice au Cameroun : étude de sociologie juridique / Séverin Djiazet Mbou Mbogning ; préf. de Paul-Gérard Pougoue ; postf. de Pierre Fonkoua. - Paris : L'Harmattan, 2015
ASC Subject Headings: access to justice ; administration of justice ; Cameroon ; judicial system
 

France
Dictionnaire biographique des anciens élèves de l'École nationale de la France d'outre-mer : promotions de 1889 à 1958. - Paris : Association des anciens élèves de l'E.N.F.O.M., 2003
ASC Subject Headings: Africa ; Asia ; biographical dictionaries (form) ; colonial administrators ; France ; graduates ; higher education
 

Gabon
L'Église internationale de Nazareth au Gabon : délivrance et possession matérielle / Jean Olivier Boulingui Moussirou. - Paris : L'Harmattan, 2015
ASC Subject Headings: Gabon ; Pentecostalism
 

Morocco
Contributions politiques et constitutionnelles marocaines et comparées / Najib BA Mohammed. - Rabat : REMALD, 2015
ASC Subject Headings: constitutionalism ; governance ; human rights ; Islam ; Maghreb ; Morocco
 

Morocco
Quelle université pour le XXIe siècle? : la gouvernance cognitive et démocratique, une chance pour le Maroc / Mohamed Harakat ; préf. Abdelkader Berrada. - [Rabat] : Al Maarif El Jadida, 2011
ASC Subject Headings: higher education ; Morocco ; universities
 

Morocco
Développement économique et changement politique au Maroc / Abdellatif El Moutadayene. - Ann Arbor, MI : UMI Dissertation Services, 2008
ASC Subject Headings: authoritarianism ; economic development ; elite ; monarchy ; Morocco ; political change ; political conditions
 

Nigeria
Political centralization in Nigeria : the nature and transformation of Tiv Society 1900-1965 / Saawua G. Nyityo. - Ibadan : BookBuilders Editions Africa, 2011
ASC Subject Headings: decentralization ; Nigeria ; political conditions ; social history ; Tiv
 

Nigeria
Reaching for the stars : the autobiography of 'Folake Solanke / Olufolake Solanke. - Ibadan : Book Builders Editions Africa, 2008
ASC Subject Headings: autobiographies (form) ; lawyers ; Nigeria ; women
 

Senegal
Classes moyennes et marché de l'enseignement supérieur : aspirations et stratégies en contextes d'incertitudes / Harouna Sy. - Paris : L'Harmattan, 2015
ASC Subject Headings: higher education ; middle class ; private education ; Senegal
 

South Africa
The developmental impact of tourism in the Western Cape, South Africa / Scarlett Cornelissen. - Boston Spa : British Thesis Service, 2002
ASC Subject Headings: dissertations (form) ; marketing ; South Africa ; tourism
 

Subsaharan Africa
Determinants of investment and growth in Sub-Saharan African countries : 1980-1997 / by Milton Acaye Yago. - Boston Spa : British Thesis Service, 2001
ASC Subject Headings: capital formation ; economic development ; economic models ; gross national product ; investments ; structural adjustment ; Subsaharan Africa
 

Uganda
Special issue: Uganda from the margins / guest ed.: Tim Allen and Koen Vlassenroot. - Abingdon : Routledge, Taylor & Francis, 2012
ASC Subject Headings: boundaries ; Democratic Republic of Congo ; displaced persons ; informal sector ; military intervention ; schistosomiasis ; sexual offences ; Sudan ; Uganda
 

Zimbabwe
Developing a movement through community development and microfinance : a case study of the Federation of Homeless People in Zimbabwe / by Joyce Brown. - Ann Arbor, MI : UMI Dissertation Services, 2008
ASC Subject Headings: associations ; community development ; microfinance ; poverty ; squatters ; women ; Zimbabwe

Films

Democratic Republic of Congo
Elephant's dream / a film by Kristof Bilsen. - (Abstract available) - [Leuven] : Dalton Distribution, 2015
ASC Subject Headings: Democratic Republic of Congo ; postal services ; public sector ; rail transport ; social life ; State collapse ; workers
#trailer# =A https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RyBOm6YX3Fs

Rwanda
Things of the aimless wanderer / written and directed by Kivu Ruhorahoza ; starr. Justin Mullikin ... [et al.]. - (Abstract available) - [London] : Moon Road Films, 2015
ASC Subject Headings: feature films (form) ; interpersonal relations ; postcolonialism ; race relations ; Rwanda ; videos (form)
#trailer# =A https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DWGEM3mS63A

African Literature

Equatorial Guinea
La última escalada / J.M. Davies. - Barcelona : Editorial Mey, 2011
ASC Subject Headings: constitutions ; Equatorial Guinea ; prose
 

Eritrea
The fighter's letter : an Eritrean revolutionary story : based on true story / Paulos Micael Natnael. - Trenton, NJ [etc.]: Red Sea Press, 2015
ASC Subject Headings: Eritrea ; immigrants ; novels (form) ; United States ; youth
 

Nigeria
An African night's entertainment / by Cyprian Ekwensi ; ill. by Bruce Onobrakpeya. - Lagos : African Universities Press, 1966
ASC Subject Headings: Nigeria ; novels (form)
 

Somalia
The beaming blood / by Mohamed Abdikadir (Stanza). - Khartoum : Sudan Currency Printing Press, 2013
ASC Subject Headings: Ethiopia ; female circumcision ; Kenya ; novels (form) ; Somalia

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