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.
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Dogon religie: Afrika en Sirius? (1994)
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

The innocent sorcerer; coping with evil in two African societies, Kapsiki and Dogon (1994)
W. E. A.van Beek
Editors: W. E. A.van Beek; T. Blakely; D.L. Thomson
Type of publication: Book Chapter
In: African religion: Experience and expression

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), Dogon, Kapsiki, Subsaharan Africa, Zimbabwe
Open access: Full text
Added to database: 23 December 2011

The curse of Kahimemua: the impact of rinderpest in Hereroland (1994)
J.B. Gewald
Type of publication: Conference Paper
In: Paper presented at 'Writing History. Identity and Society in Namibia', conference, Hannover, Germany, 5 May, 1994
Keywords: history, identity, Namibia
Added to database: 23 December 2011

The great General of the Kaiser (1994)
J.B. Gewald
Type of publication: Journal Article
In: Botswana notes and records

On the 12th of January 1904 a full-scale war broke out in what was then German South West Africa (present-day Namibia) between the Herero-speaking people of Namibia and imperial Germany. The war culminated in the issuing of the 'Vernichtungsbefehl', or extermination...

Keywords: Africa, colonialism, Germany, Herero, Herero revolt, Namibia
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Seeking to return?, Herero exiles 1904-1923 (1994)
J.B. Gewald
Type of publication: Book

From the mid-19th century onwards large numbers of Herero have lived in ethnically homogeneous communities beyond the confines of central Namibia. It has long been argued that these Herero constantly struggled to return to their homeland. This paper argues that, though...

Keywords: Africa, African studies, Herero, Namibia, South Africa
Added to database: 23 December 2011

History in the making: commemorations of the dead and Herero identity in the 20th century (1994)
J.B. Gewald
Editors: J. van der Kle
Type of publication: Book Chapter
In: Proceedings
Keywords: Herero, history, identity
Added to database: 23 December 2011

Livestock transfers and social security in Fulbe society in the Hayre, central Mali (1994)
J.W.M. van Dijk
Type of publication: Journal Article
In: Focaal : tijdschrift voor antropologieFocaal
Keywords: animal husbandry, Fulani, Mali, poverty, social networks, Social security
Open access: Full text
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Tied to the land : household resources and living conditions of labourers on large farms in Trans Nzoia District, Kenya (1994)
D.W.J. Foeken; N. Tellegen
Type of publication: Book

This book examines the living conditions of farm labourers in Trans Nzoia, one of Kenya's large-scale farming districts. Based on a study conducted in 1989 among large farmers and farm labourers, an overview is given of wages, provisions, the various sources of income,...

Keywords: African studies, agricultural workers, farmers, food, household income, Kenya, large farms, rural households, social networks
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Leidt Afrikaanse democratisering tot etnische polarisatie? : etniciteit in de politiek in Kenia en Kameroen (1994)
D.W.J. Foeken; A.J. Dietz
Type of publication: Journal Article
In: Geografie : vaktijdschrift voor geografen

Etniciteit heeft altijd een centrale rol gespeeld in de Afrikaanse politiek. Politieke leiders hebben in het verleden hun machtsbasis steeds gevonden binnen hun eigen volk. Vanwege de etnische tegenstellingen zijn velen pessimistisch over het welslagen van de golf van...

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Climatic seasonality in Kenya with special reference to Coast Province (1994)
D.W.J. Foeken
Type of publication: Journal Article
In: Eastern and Southern Africa geographical journal

The agricultural potential of land is largely determined by soil and climatological characteristics, notably temperature, annual rainfall and seasonal distribution of rainfall. The author deals in particular with the last factor, climatic seasonality, first as a measurable...

Keywords: climate, Kenya, seasonality
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Le conte kabyle (1994)
D. Merolla
Type of publication: Book Chapter
In: Encyclopédie berbère, vol. XIV
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'Geef hem dan maar aan de krokodillen' : staatsvorming, geweld en culturele discontinuïteit in voor-koloniaal Zuidelijk Centraal Afrika (1994)
W.M.J. van Binsbergen
Editors: M. Lucas
Type of publication: Book Chapter
In: Afrika: een sprekend verleden
Added to database: 23 December 2011

Divinatie met vier tabletten: medische technologie in perspectief (1994)
W.M.J. van Binsbergen
Editors: S. van der Geest
Type of publication: Book Chapter
In: De macht der dingen: medische technologie in perspectief
Added to database: 23 December 2011

Minority language, ethnicity and the state in two African situations : the Nkoya and the Kalanga of Botswana (1994)
W.M.J. van Binsbergen
Editors: R. Fardon; G. Furniss
Type of publication: Book Chapter
In: African languages, development and the state

The chapters in this collection record a workshop held at the School of Oriental and African Studies, in April 1991, on African languages, development and the State. The book is divided into an introductory chapter, by Richard Fardon and Graham Furniss, and three parts. Part...

Keywords: 1991, Africa, African studies, Botswana, ethnicity, Ghana, Kenya, language policy, modernization, multilingualism, policy, politics, South Africa, Zambia
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Dynamics of African cultural and ethnic identity in a context of globalization (1994)
W.M.J. van Binsbergen
Type of publication: Conference Paper
In: Section 'Identity, knowledge and ideas', African research futures: Postcolonialism and identity, Second Inter-University Colloquium, International Centre for Contemporary Cultural Research, Manchester, 13-16 May 1994, organized by the Standing Committee o
Keywords: Africa, African studies, identity
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A formal approach to the historical and transcultural background of four-tablet divination in Southern Africa (1994)
W.M.J. van Binsbergen
Type of publication: Conference Paper
In: Paper as basis for oral presentation, Netherlands Institute for Advanced Studies in the Humanities and Social Sciences (NIAS), Wassenaar, 7 november 1994, 24 pp, 1994
Keywords: Africa, social sciences
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The astrological origin of the geomantic family of Old World divination systems (1994)
W.M.J. van Binsbergen
Type of publication: Conference Paper
In: Seminar paper, theme group on 'Magic and religion in the Ancient Near East', Netherlands Institute for Advanced Studies in the Humanities and Social Sciences (NIAS), Wassenaar, 6 december 1994, 48 pp, 1994.
Keywords: social sciences
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Dynamiek van cultuur : enige dilemma's van hedendaags Afrika in een context van globalisering (1994)
W.M.J. van Binsbergen
Type of publication: Journal Article
In: Antropologische verkenningen

De auteur stelt dat het einde bereikt is van een vrij lange periode waarin cultuurdynamiek in Afrika in hoofdzaak vanuit een Marxistisch geïnspireerde politiek-economische optiek werd bezien. Een nieuwe benadering van de dynamiek van Afrikaanse culturen begint zich af te...

Keywords: Africa, African culture, ethnicity, Nkoya, Zambia
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The Kazanga festival : ethnicity as cultural mediation and transformation in central western Zambia (1994)
W.M.J. van Binsbergen
Type of publication: Journal Article
In: African studies : a quarterly journal devoted to the study of African administration, cultures and languages

This paper explores the cultural dynamics of ethnicity in the context of a postcolonial African State, Zambia. The opening sections define ethnicity and pinpoint its central dilemma: while unmistakably constructed and thus selectively empowering the brokers coordinating the...

Keywords: ethnicity, gender, Nkoya, traditional festivals, Zambia
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Children as social security in Africa (1994)
G.S.C.M. Hesseling
Type of publication: Book Chapter
In: Social (in)security and poverty as global issues
Keywords: 1994, Africa, children, conference papers (form), developing countries, Social security
Open access: Full text
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