Publications

The African Studies Centre Leiden currently publishes eight different series. Books published in the ASCL Collection Series and Occasional Publications Series can be ordered from the Webshop or they can be purchased during a visit to the ASCL library, as long they are in stock. Book series published by Brill can be ordered directly from the publisher, or they can be purchased during a visit to the ASCL library, as long as they are in stock.
If you have questions about publishing with the ASCL, please contact Mrs. Maaike Westra (m.a.westra@asc.leidenuniv.nl).

Browse our publications and those by our staff members using the simple search form below.

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S.D.K. Ellis
Type of publication: Review
In: Africa : journal of the International African Institute
Open access: Full text
Added to database: 03 April 2012
J.W.M. van Dijk
Type of publication: Review
In: Focaal : tijdschrift voor antropologie
Added to database: 03 April 2012
J.W.M. van Dijk
Type of publication: Review
In: Man
Added to database: 03 April 2012
J.B. Gewald
Type of publication: Review
In: Leidschrift
Keywords: Africa, history
Open access: Full text
Added to database: 03 April 2012
D.F. Bryceson; C. van der Laan
Type of publication: Book

In Africa, agriculture still dominates, but its relative share has been declining since the 1970s, without any prior increase in agricultural productivity or in urban employment. A process of 'de-agrarianization' can be observed in the rural areas involving 1)...

Keywords: Africa
Open access: Full text
Added to database: 02 April 2012
D.F. Bryceson; M. MacCall
Type of publication: Book

This paper questions the assumptions of the rural technology debate, reassessing if and how technological interventions and initiatives are potentially valuable to rural women in sub-Saharan Africa. This entails examining what kinds of technologies are being promoted, and for...

Keywords: Africa
Open access: Full text
Added to database: 02 April 2012
C.L.N. Schilder
Type of publication: Book

In this anthropological work, ethnicity is approached from the vantage point of one particular group, the Mundang of northern Cameroon. The author carried out a field study among the Mundang of Kaele region during fifteen months in 1988-1990. The first three chapters of the...

Keywords: anthropological research, Cameroon, Ethnic groups, ethnicity, history, Mundang, theses (form)
Added to database: 23 December 2011
T. Kuhlman
Type of publication: Book

Using the case of Ethiopian and Eritrean refugees in the Sudan, the author describes and analyses the factors that influence the economic integration of refugees in the country of asylum. These include characteristics of the refugees themselves, circumstances surrounding the...

Keywords: Eritrea, Ethiopia, refugees, right of asylum, Sudan, theses (form)
Added to database: 23 December 2011
B. Crousse; G.S.C.M. Hesseling
Type of publication: Journal Article
In: Politique africaine

Depuis 1983 la Mauritanie est engagée dans un processus de réforme foncière. Le système de la tenure foncière traditionnelle du sol est aboli. L'individualisation est de droit. La réforme a pour but la mise en valeur accélérée de la terre afin d'augmenter la...

Keywords: land reform, Mauritania
Open access: Full text
Added to database: 23 December 2011
T. Dijkstra; T.D. Magori
Type of publication: Book

Third part of a study undertaken within the framework of the Food and Nutrition Studies Programme (FNSP), a Kenyan-Dutch cooperation project. The study examined the production and marketing of horticultural commodities in selected districts in Kenya. Part 3 focuses on Taita...

Keywords: Agroforestry, horticulture, Kenya, marketing
Open access: Full text
Added to database: 23 December 2011
P. Douma; M. Diop; L.J. de Haan
Type of publication: Book
Keywords: agricultural policy, animal husbandry, Burkina Faso, farmers' associations, Mali, natural resource management, Niger, pastoralists
Open access: Full text
Added to database: 23 December 2011
P. Douma; M. Diop; L.J. de Haan
Type of publication: Book
Added to database: 23 December 2011
P. Douma; M. Diop; L.J. de Haan
Type of publication: Book
Added to database: 23 December 2011
T. Blakely; W.E.A. van Beek; D.L. Thomson
Type of publication: Book

This book stems from a conference entitled 'Religion in Africa: the variety of religious experience in sub-Saharan Africa', held in Provo, Utah, 22-25 October 1986. The first section of the book (Religion and its translatability) focuses on the effects of...

Keywords: 1986, Africa, African religions, conference papers (form), Subsaharan Africa
Added to database: 23 December 2011
J.K. van Donge
Type of publication: Journal Article
In: Journal of international development
Added to database: 23 December 2011
A.H.M. Leliveld
Type of publication: Book

This study, which is based on field research carried out in Swaziland from October 1989 to December 1990, starts with an introductory chapter followed by three theoretical chapters on social security in developing countries. The content of these chapters is illustrated with...

Keywords: developing countries, Social security, Swaziland, theses (form)
Open access: Full text
Added to database: 23 December 2011
A.H.M. Leliveld
Type of publication: Journal Article
In: Focaal : tijdschrift voor antropologieFocaal

As labour migration to South Africa is a pronounced feature of Swazi society, its impact on Swazi society is substantial. This paper examines what labour migration means to the social security role of the Swazi rural homestead. By discussing the relationship between labour...

Keywords: Africa, family, labour migration, social networks, Social security, South Africa, Swaziland
Open access: Full text
Added to database: 23 December 2011
P.J.J. Konings
Editors: M. Douma
Type of publication: Book Chapter
In: Kameroen op zoek naar nieuwe verhoudingen
Open access: Full text
Added to database: 23 December 2011

Introduction (1994)
W.E.A. van Beek
Editors: W.E.A. van Beek; T. Blakely; D.L. Thomson
Type of publication: Book Chapter
In: Religion in Africa: Experience and expression
Keywords: 1986, Africa, African religions, conference papers (form), Subsaharan Africa
Open access: Full text
Added to database: 23 December 2011
W.E.A. van Beek
Type of publication: Journal Article
In: Religieuze bewegingen in Nederland
Keywords: Dogon
Open access: Full text
Added to database: 23 December 2011

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