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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 06 2016

May I have this dance : the story of my lifeWeek 06 2016

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Articles | Electronic documents | Books | Journals | Films | African Literature | Sound | Abstracts and downloads

Articles

Africa
Introduction : mutual help in an era of uncertainty / Daivi Rodima-Taylor and Erik Bähre (eds.). - (Abstract available)
In: Africa / International African Institute : (2014), vol. 84, no. 4, p. 507-613
ASC Subject Headings: Africa ; informal savings and credit associations ; self-help ; social security ; South Africa ; Tanzania
http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0001972014000461 (Restricted access)

AIDS
Social models of HIV risk among young adults in Lesotho / Nicola L. Bulled. - (Abstract available)
In: African Journal of AIDS Research : (2015), vol. 14, no. 3, p. 239-254 : tab
ASC Subject Headings: AIDS ; risk ; social environment
http://dx.doi.org/10.2989/16085906.2015.1054295 (Restricted access)

Democratic Republic of Congo
Introduction of xenophobia and citizenship : the everyday politics of exclusion and inclusion in Africa / Laurent Fourchard and Aurelia Segatti (eds.). - (Abstract available)
In: Africa / International African Institute : (2015), vol. 85, no. 1, p. 2-153 : foto's, krt
ASC Subject Headings: Democratic Republic of Congo ; ethnic relations ; foreigners ; Kenya ; national identity ; Nigeria ; South Africa ; violence ; xenophobia
http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0001972014000746 (Restricted access)

Ethiopia
HIV/AIDS knowledge and stigma among women of reproductive age in Ethiopia / Eshetu Gurmu and Dula Etana. - (Abstract available)
In: African Journal of AIDS Research : (2015), vol. 14, no. 3, p. 191-199 : tab
ASC Subject Headings: AIDS ; attitudes ; Ethiopia ; women
http://dx.doi.org/10.2989/16085906.2015.1051066 (Restricted access)

Ethiopia
The House of Federation : the practice and limits of federalism in Ethiopia's second federal chamber / Tesfa Bihonegn. - (Abstract available)
In: Journal of Eastern African Studies : (2015), vol. 9, no. 3, p. 394-411 : tab
ASC Subject Headings: Ethiopia ; federalism ; parliament
http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/17531055.2015.1082713 (Restricted access)

Ghana
Wisdom and counselling: a note on advising people with HIV/AIDS in Ghana / Sjaak van der Geest. - (Abstract available)
In: African Journal of AIDS Research : (2015), vol. 14, no. 3, p. 255-264 : ill
ASC Subject Headings: AIDS ; counselling ; Ghana
http://dx.doi.org/10.2989/16085906.2015.1055580 (Restricted access)

Indian Ocean
Locating the Indian Ocean : notes on the postcolonial reconstitution of space / Jeremy Prestholdt. - (Abstract available)
In: Journal of Eastern African Studies : (2015), vol. 9, no. 3, p. 440-467
ASC Subject Headings: economic history ; Indian Ocean ; social networks ; trade ; trade routes
http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/17531055.2015.1091639 (Restricted access)

Kenya
Understanding al-Shabaab : clan, Islam and insurgency in Kenya / David M. Anderson and Jacob McKnight. - (Abstract available)
In: Journal of Eastern African Studies : (2015), vol. 9, no. 3, p. 536-557
ASC Subject Headings: Islamic movements ; Kenya ; Somalia ; terrorism
http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/17531055.2015.1082254 (Restricted access)

Kenya
When we are together I feel at home : types and sources of social support among youth newly diagnosed with HIV in Kenya: implications for intervention / Kathryn D. Lypen ... [et al.]. -
In: African Journal of AIDS Research : (2015), vol. 14, no. 3, p. 275-284 : tab
ASC Subject Headings: adolescents ; AIDS ; Kenya ; social networks
http://dx.doi.org/10.2989/16085906.2015.1082145 (Restricted access)

Kenya
Women, marketplaces and exchange partners amongst the Marakwet of northwest Kenya / Grace Pollard, Matthew I. J. Davies, and Henrietta L. Moore. - (Abstract available)
In: Journal of Eastern African Studies : (2015), vol. 9, no. 3, p. 412-439 : foto, graf., krt., tab
ASC Subject Headings: informal sector ; Kenya ; Marakwet ; rural areas ; social networks ; women
http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/17531055.2015.1089699 (Restricted access)

Kenya
The political ecology of incursions : livestock, protected areas and socio-ecological dynamics in the Mara region of Kenya / Bilal Butt. - (Abstract available)
In: Africa / International African Institute : (2014), vol. 84, no. 4, p. 614-637 : fig., krt., tab
ASC Subject Headings: Kenya ; livestock ; national parks and reserves ; wildlife protection
http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0001972014000515 (Restricted access)

Malawi
Dying is dying, that's all: structural violence and cultural projects in Malawian AIDS proverbs / Nicole C. Hayes. - (Abstract available)
In: African Journal of AIDS Research : (2015), vol. 14, no. 3, p. 229-237
ASC Subject Headings: AIDS ; Malawi ; proverbs
http://dx.doi.org/10.2989/16085906.2015.1053952 (Restricted access)

Mali
Hosts, strangers and the tenure politics of livestock corridors in Mali / Leif Brottem. - (Abstract available)
In: Africa / International African Institute : (2014), vol. 84, no. 4, p. 638-657 : krt
ASC Subject Headings: drylands ; land tenure ; livestock policy ; Mali ; soil management
http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0001972014000424 (Restricted access)

Mozambique
Islam, secularist government, and state-civil society interaction in Mozambique and South Africa since 1994 / Preben Kaarsholm. - (Abstract available)
In: Journal of Eastern African Studies : (2015), vol. 9, no. 3, p. 468-487
ASC Subject Headings: civil society ; Islamic movements ; Mozambique ; Muslim brotherhoods ; South Africa ; State-society relationship
http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/17531055.2015.1082255 (Restricted access)

Nigeria
Temporal distribution of baseline characteristics and association with early mortality among HIV-positive patients at University College Hospital, Ibadan, Nigeria / Joshua Akinyemi ... [et al.]. - (Abstract available)
In: African Journal of AIDS Research : (2015), vol. 14, no. 3, p. 201-207 : graf., tab
ASC Subject Headings: AIDS ; mortality ; Nigeria
http://dx.doi.org/10.2989/16085906.2015.1052526 (Restricted access)

Somalia
After piracy? : mapping the means and ends of maritime predation in the Western Indian Ocean / Jatin Dua. - (Abstract available)
In: Journal of Eastern African Studies : (2015), vol. 9, no. 3, p. 505-521
ASC Subject Headings: Indian Ocean ; piracy ; Somalia
http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/17531055.2015.1092281 (Restricted access)

Somalia
Shaykh Abdullahi al-Qutbi and the pious believer's dilemma : local moral guidance in an age of global Islamic reform / Scott S. Reese. - (Abstract available)
In: Journal of Eastern African Studies : (2015), vol. 9, no. 3, p. 488-504
ASC Subject Headings: Islam ; Islamic history ; Islamic movements ; reform ; Somalia
http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/17531055.2015.1082257 (Restricted access)

South Africa
Debating the ANC's external links during the struggle against Apartheid / Hugh Macmillan ... [et al.]. -
In: Africa / International African Institute : (2015), vol. 85, no. 1, p. 154-162
ASC Subject Headings: African National Congress (South Africa) ; exile ; international politics ; South Africa ; Zambia
http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0001972014000692 (Restricted access)

South Africa
Exploring the Health Belief Model and first-year students responses to HIV/AIDS and VCT at a South African university / Priya Buldeo and Leah Gilbert. - (Abstract available)
In: African Journal of AIDS Research : (2015), vol. 14, no. 3, p. 209-218 : tab
ASC Subject Headings: AIDS ; attitudes ; South Africa ; students
http://dx.doi.org/10.2989/16085906.2015.1052527 (Restricted access)

South Africa
HIV-related disabilities: an extra burden to HIV and AIDS healthcare workers? / Leonie van Egeraat, Jill Hanass-Hancock and Hellen Myezwa. - (Abstract available)
In: African Journal of AIDS Research : (2015), vol. 14, no. 3, p. 285-294 : fig., tab
ASC Subject Headings: AIDS ; disabled ; health care ; health personnel ; South Africa
http://dx.doi.org/10.2989/16085906.2015.1084938 (Restricted access)

South Africa
Telling stories and adding scores: measuring resilience in young children affected by maternal HIV and AIDS / Liesel Ebersöhn ... [et al.]. - (Abstract available)
In: African Journal of AIDS Research : (2015), vol. 14, no. 3, p. 219-227 : tab
ASC Subject Headings: AIDS ; children ; psychological research ; psychology ; South Africa
http://dx.doi.org/10.2989/16085906.2015.1052822 (Restricted access)

Sudan
'We are trained to be married!' : elite formation and ideology in the 'girls' battalion' of the Sudan People's Liberation Army / Clémence Pinaud. -
In: Journal of Eastern African Studies : (2015), vol. 9, no. 3, p. 375-393
ASC Subject Headings: civil wars ; military personnel ; militias ; South Sudan ; Sudan ; women
http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/17531055.2015.1091638 (Restricted access)

Swaziland
Reckoning HIV/AIDS care: a longitudinal study of community home-based caregivers and clients in Swaziland / Robin Root, Arnau Van Wyngaard and Alan Whiteside. - (Abstract available)
In: African Journal of AIDS Research : (2015), vol. 14, no. 3, p. 265-274 : fig., tab
ASC Subject Headings: AIDS ; community participation ; health care ; Swaziland
http://dx.doi.org/10.2989/16085906.2015.1059864 (Restricted access)

Uganda
Transitional justice and democracy in Uganda : between impetus and instrumentalisation / Valérie Arnould. - (Abstract available)
In: Journal of Eastern African Studies : (2015), vol. 9, no. 3, p. 354-374
ASC Subject Headings: democratization ; empowerment ; legal reform ; transitional justice ; Uganda
http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/17531055.2015.1089698 (Restricted access)

World
The absent pirate : exceeding justice in the Indian Ocean / Stephanie Jones. - (Abstract available)
In: Journal of Eastern African Studies : (2015), vol. 9, no. 3, p. 522-535
ASC Subject Headings: English language ; films ; novels ; piracy ; Somali ; Somalia ; world
http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/17531055.2015.1087682 (Restricted access)

Zambia
Debating the rediscovery of liberalism in Zambia : responses to Harri Englund / David M. Gordon ... [et al.]. - (Abstract available)
In: Africa / International African Institute : (2014), vol. 84, no. 04, p. 658-667
ASC Subject Headings: research ; Zambia
http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0001972014000527 (Restricted access)

Electronic documents

Africa
Capacity development strategy / Economic Commission for Africa. - [Addis Ababa] : United Nations , Economic Commission for Africa (ECA), 2014
ASC Subject Headings: Africa ; capacity building ; UN committees
http://www.uneca.org/sites/default/files/PublicationFiles/capacity_devel...

Africa
Concept note on ECA country profiles : task force on country profiles / Economic Commission for Africa. - [Addis Ababa] : United Nations , Economic Commission for Africa (ECA), 2014
ASC Subject Headings: Africa ; UN committees
http://www.uneca.org/sites/default/files/PublicationFiles/Concept-note-o...

Africa
Partnership strategy for the Economic Commission for Africa / Economic Commission for Africa. - [Addis Ababa] : ECA, 2014
ASC Subject Headings: Africa ; UN committees
http://www.uneca.org/sites/default/files/PublicationFiles/ECA-Partnershi...

Africa
Putting Africa first : a summary of the ECA reform to support transformative development in a renascent Africa / Economic Commission for Africa. - [Addis Ababa] : United Nations , Economic Commission for Africa (ECA), 2014
ASC Subject Headings: Africa ; economic development ; reform ; UN committees
http://www.uneca.org/sites/default/files/PublicationFiles/PuttingAfricaF...

Africa
The ECA communications strategy : how communications and media relations will project and help bring about the "new" ECA / Economic Commission for Africa. - [Addis Ababa] : ECA, 2014
ASC Subject Headings: Africa ; communication ; marketing ; UN committees
http://repository.uneca.org/handle/10855/22223

Malawi
May 2014 tripartite elections monitoring report / Malawi Human Rights Commission. - Malawi : Malawi Human Rights Commission, 2014
ASC Subject Headings: 2014 ; election monitoring ; elections ; Malawi
http://www.hrcmalawi.org/electionsreport.pdf

Malawi
Investigating corruption in Malawi : training resources for journalists / Malawi Economic Justice Network. - Lilongwe [etc.] : Malawi Economic Justice Network [etc.], 2012
ASC Subject Headings: corruption ; journalism ; Malawi
http://iaj.org.za/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/Investigating-Corruption-in...

Nigeria
Nigeria's booming borders : the drivers and consequences of unrecorded trade / Leena Koni Hoffmann and Paul Melly. - London : Chatham House, 2015
ASC Subject Headings: informal sector ; Nigeria ; trade
http://www.asclibrary.nl/docs/400452804.pdf

Southern Africa
Using radio to drive development in Southern Africa : report on the Radio Platform for Community Development (RPCD), October 2013 / Panos Southern Africa. - Lusaka : Panos Institute Southern Africa, 2013
ASC Subject Headings: community development ; radio ; Southern Africa
http://www.panos.org.zm/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/Panos-RPCD-Project-fi...

Southern Africa
Building policy coherence between social protection floors and national social and economic development strategies : conference report / SADC Employment and Labour Sector, Tripartite Technical Sub-Committee on Social Protection meeting, 14-15 May 2012 ; author of the report, Bitso Paul Bitso. - Lusaka, Zambia : Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung (FES), 2012
ASC Subject Headings: 2012 ; conferences ; poverty ; social security ; Southern Africa
http://www.asclibrary.nl/docs/400477807.pdf

Zambia
A cautionary tale of Zambia's international sovereign bond issuances / Shebo Nalishebo, Albert Halwampa. - Lusaka : Zambia Institute for Policy Analysis and Research (ZIPAR), 2015
ASC Subject Headings: public debt ; securities ; Zambia
http://www.asclibrary.nl/docs/400559196.pdf

Zambia
PMRC parastatals policy analysis : maximising Zambia's national resources and economic growth / prepared by Alex Armitage ... et al.]. - Lusaka : Policy Monitoring and Research Centre (PMRC), 2014
ASC Subject Headings: economic development ; economic policy ; public enterprises ; Zambia
http://www.pmrczambia.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/Parastatals-Policy-...

Zambia
PMRC policy analysis : Zambia's double taxation agreements : towards optimised tax revenue collection : unlocking Zambia's potential / prepared by Agatha Siwale. - Lusaka : Policy Monitoring and Research Centre (PMRC), 2014
ASC Subject Headings: fiscal policy ; international agreements ; taxation ; Zambia
http://www.asclibrary.nl/docs/40053388X.pdf

Zambia
The right to equality and non-discrimination on basis of sexual orientation and gender identity in Zambia : towards combating discrimination of sexual orientation and gender identity in Zambia / edited by Mamoletsane Khati and reviewed by Lilian Kiefer. - Lusaka : Panos Institute Southern Africa (PSAf), 2014
ASC Subject Headings: homosexuality ; human rights ; Zambia
http://www.panos.org.zm/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/Panos-Right-to-Equali...

Zambia
Used motor vehicle imports and the impact on transportation in Zambia : working towards the formulation of sound economic policies / Zambia institute for Policy Analysis & Research (ZIPAR). - Lusaka : Zambia Institute for Policy Analysis & Research, 2014
ASC Subject Headings: automobiles ; imports ; transport ; used goods ; Zambia
http://www.asclibrary.nl/docs/400545802.pdf

Zambia
Exploring the Zambian diaspora : tapping into the potential of the Zambian diaspora / prepared by: Salim Kaunda ... [et al.]. - Lusaka : Policy Monitoring and Research Centre, 2013
ASC Subject Headings: diasporas ; migration ; remittances ; Zambia
http://www.pmrczambia.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/PMRC-Diaspora-Serie...

Zambia
Millennium development goals : progress report , Zambia, 2013 / editor, Camilla Hebo Buus ; photos, Georgina Smith. - Lusaka : United Nations Development Programme, 2013
ASC Subject Headings: development planning ; evaluation ; Zambia
http://www.zm.undp.org/content/dam/zambia/docs/mdgs/MDG%20Report%202013.pdf

Zambia
Promoting pre-trial justice in Zambia : a survey report on the committal process, 2013 / Human Rights Commission. - Lusaka : Human Rights Commission, 2013
ASC Subject Headings: administration of justice ; criminal procedure ; rights of the accused ; Zambia
http://www.hrc.org.zm/index.php/publications/general-publications/file/5...

Zambia
Sixth national development plan, 2011-2015 : sustained economic growth and poverty reduction / Zambia , Ministry of Finance and National Planning. - Lusaka : Ministry of Finance and National Planning, 2011
ASC Subject Headings: 2010-2019 ; economic development ; national plans ; Zambia
http://siteresources.worldbank.org/INTZAMBIA/Resources/SNDP_Final_Draft_...

Zambia
National anti-corruption policy / Republic of Zambia. - [Lusaka] : Republic of Zambia, 2009
ASC Subject Headings: corruption ; government policy ; Zambia
http://eaz.org.zm/downloads/file/200909010537180.National.pdf

Books

Cameroon
A wealth of wisdom : a reference collection of African proverbs / Babila Fochang. - Bamenda : Spears Media Press, 2015
ASC Subject Headings: Africa ; Cameroon ; proverbs (form)
 

Democratic Republic of Congo
Santé de la reproduction, genre et droits des enfants au Congo : enjeux et défis : une analyse approfondie des données de l'EDSCI-2005 / Gervais Beninguisse, Barthélémy Kalambayi Banza, Germain Bingoly-Liword (éds). - (Abstract available) - Louvain-la-neuve : Harmattan-Academia, 2012
ASC Subject Headings: AIDS ; child health ; child mortality ; Democratic Republic of Congo ; family planning ; reproductive health ; sexuality
 

Ethiopia
Education, politics & social change in Ethiopia / ed. by Paulos Milkias and Messay Kebede. - (Abstract available) - Los Angeles, CA : TSEHAI, 2010
ASC Subject Headings: educational history ; educational systems ; Ethiopia ; social change
 

Ghana
Sensational movies : video, vision, and Christianity in Ghana / Birgit Meyer. - Oakland, CA : University of California Press, 2015
ASC Subject Headings: films ; Ghana ; Pentecostalism ; traditions
 

Maghreb
L'état d'injustice au Maghreb : Maroc et Tunisie / Irène Bono ... [et al.]. - Paris : Karthala, 2015
ASC Subject Headings: development ; governance ; Maghreb ; Morocco ; social inequality ; social justice ; Tunisia
 

Morocco
Ben Barka, Hassan II, De Gaulle : ce que je sais d'eux / Maurice Buttin ; préf. de Bachir Ben Barka. - Paris : Karthala, 2015
ASC Subject Headings: Morocco ; political history ; political opposition ; political repression ; politicians
 

Nigeria
Trends in Nollywood : a study of selected genres / Barclays Foubiri Ayakoroma. - Ibadan : Kraft Books Limited, 2014
ASC Subject Headings: cinema ; film history ; literary criticism ; Nigeria ; Nollywood
 

South Africa
Are South Africans free? / Lawrence Hamilton. - London [etc.] : Bloomsbury Academic, 2014
ASC Subject Headings: economic inequality ; political participation ; social conditions ; South Africa ; standard of living
 

South Africa
May I have this dance : the story of my life / Connie Manse Ngcaba. - Cape Town : Face2Face, 2014
ASC Subject Headings: apartheid ; autobiographies (form) ; family ; political opposition ; South Africa ; women
 

Tunisia
L'UGTT, une passion tunisienne : enquête sur les syndicalistes en révolution, 2011-2014 / Hèla Yousfi. - Paris [etc.] : Karthala [etc.], 2015
ASC Subject Headings: 2010-2019 ; political change ; protest ; trade unions ; Tunisia
 

Zimbabwe
African museums in the making : reflections on the politics of material and public culture in Zimbabwe / ed. by Munyaradzi Mawere, Henry Chiwaura & Thomas Panganayi Thondhlana. - (Abstract available) - Mankon : Langaa Research and Publishing CIG, 2015
ASC Subject Headings: museums ; Zimbabwe

Journals

Africa
Modern Africa : politics, history and society. -
ASC Subject Headings: Africa ; history ; politics ; social sciences

Libya
Libyan Studies. -
ASC Subject Headings: history ; Libya ; Libyan studies ; social sciences

Films

Ghana
Damba Festival, venue Bamvim. - (Abstract available) - [S.l.] : Nawas Video Productions, 2015
ASC Subject Headings: chieftaincy ; Dagomba polity ; documentary films (form) ; Ghana ; religious festivals ; videos (form)

Madagascar
Ady Gasy : the Malagasy way / Lova Nantenaina. - (Abstract available) - Paris : Laterit, 2015
ASC Subject Headings: crafts ; documentary films (form) ; economic recession ; informal sector ; Madagascar ; social life ; videos (form)
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African Literature

Nigeria
King of the jungle : fiction / Bizuum Yadok. - Ibadan, Oyo State, Nigeria : Kraft Books Limited, 2014
ASC Subject Headings: Nigeria ; novels (form)
 

South Africa
A slim green silence / Beverly Rycroft. - Cape Town : Umuzi, 2015
ASC Subject Headings: novels (form) ; South Africa
 

South Africa
Die ballade van Robbie de Wee en andere verhale / Deon Meyer. - Kaapstad : Human & Rousseau, 2015
ASC Subject Headings: short stories (form) ; South Africa
 

South Africa
Green lion / Henrietta Rose-Innes. - Century City : Umuzi, 2015
ASC Subject Headings: felines ; novels (form) ; South Africa

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