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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 African Library and a link to the ASCL journal articles alert.

N.B.  The next issue will be published on 5 January 2026.


New acquisitions - week 40 2018

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Articles | Electronic documents | Books | Journals | Films | African Literature | Sound

See also the ASCL overview of recently published journal articles

Electronic documents

Equatorial Guinea
La pesadilla del dibujante Ramón Esono Ebalé / Anita Brus. - Barcelona: Revistart 185, 2018.
ASC Subject·Headings: Equatorial Guinea ; comic strips
https://www.asclibrary.nl/docs/9939318542702711.pdf

Ethiopia
The role of rural road infrastructure on health : the case of feeder road development in Tigray, Northern Ethiopia / Pia English Darmstadt. - Place of publication not identified: publisher not identified, 2016.
ASC Subject·Headings: Ethiopia ; access to health care ; roads ; rural planning ; rural development ; theses (form)
https://www.asclibrary.nl/docs/9939302573102711.pdf

West Africa
"Survival" on the streets of "Babylon" : ethnography of West African migrants in Barcelona / Sjors Joosten. - Place of publication not identified: publisher not identified, 2017.
ASC Subject·Headings: West Africa ; Spain ; migrants ; theses (form)
https://www.asclibrary.nl/docs/9939302571902711.pdf

Books

Africa
Determinants of economic growth in Africa / Almas Heshmati, editor. - Cham, Switzerland: Palgrave Macmillan, 2018.
ASC Subject·Headings: Africa ; economic development ; economic conditions

Africa
Heritage knowledge in the curriculum : retrieving an African episteme / Joyce E. King and Ellen E. Swartz. - New York, NY: Routledge, 2018.
ASC Subject·Headings: Africa ; United States ; African Americans ; cultural heritage ; diasporas ; curriculum

Africa
Taking African cartoons seriously : politics, satire, and culture / edited by Peter Limb and Tejumola Olaniyan. - East Lansing: Michigan State University Press, 2018.
ASC Subject·Headings: Africa ; cartoons ; racism ; corruption ; censorship ; social media

Africa
Quatre essais de psychopathologie africaine / Marc Bruno Mayi. - Chenevières: Dianoïa, 2017.
ASC Subject·Headings: Africa ; psychotherapy ; psychology

Africa
Les trop dits et les non-dits de l'aide au développement en Afrique : nouvelles perspectives sur la dispersion et l'absence de coordination des bailleurs / Mamadou Barry, Hachimi Sanni Yaya, Mohamed Lamine Doumbouya. - Paris: L'Harmattan, 2016.
ASC Subject·Headings: Africa ; development cooperation ; economic development

Algeria
Mohammed Dib : essentiellement poète / François Desplanques. - Paris: L'Harmattan, 2016.
ASC Subject·Headings: Algeria ; poetry ; literary criticism

De Léopold II en 1885 à l'indépendance en 1960 : paradoxe entre l'État société et l'État gouvernement en RDC / Evariste Tshishimbi Katumumonyi ; préface de Jean-Pierre Lobho-Lwa-Djugudjugu. - Paris: L'Harmattan, 2017.
ASC Subject·Headings: Democratic Republic of Congo ; State-society relationship

Democratic Republic of Congo
Quel avenir pour les ménages maraîchers en République démocratique du Congo ? / Claudine Dumbi Suka. - Paris: L'Harmattan, 2017.
ASC Subject·Headings: Democratic Republic of Congo ; horticulture ; livelihoods

Ethiopia
Ethiopia : the handbook for Ethiopia / Ministry of Information, Imperial Ethiopian Government. - Nairobi: University Press of Africa, 1969.
ASC Subject·Headings: Ethiopia ; country studies (form) ; guidebooks (form)

Ghana
Africa's natural resources and underdevelopment : how Ghana's petroleum can create sustainable economic prosperity / Kwamina Panford. - New York, NY, U.S.A.: Palgrave Macmillan, 2017.
ASC Subject·Headings: Africa ; Ghana ; natural resources ; natural gas ; petroleum ; sustainable development ; natural resource management

Guinea
Les enseignant(e)s de l'éducation de base en Guinée : professionnalisation et professionnalité / Baba Diané. - Paris: L'Harmattan, 2017.
ASC Subject·Headings: Guinea ; basic education ; primary education ; teachers ; teacher education

Madagascar
Makay, une marche au bord du monde / Alain Huck. - Antananarivo: No comment éditions, 2017.
ASC Subject·Headings: Madagascar ; natural history ; photography ; pictorial works (form)

Malawi
Blantyre and Yawo women / Rosemary Argente. - Mzuzu: Mzuni Press, 2018.
ASC Subject·Headings: Malawi ; Yao ; women ; family

Morocco
Paroles d'honneur / texte, Leïla Slimani ; adaptation, Leïla Slimani & Laetitia Coryn ; dessin, Laetitia Coryn ; couleur, Sandra Desmazières. - Paris: Éditions des Arènes, 2017.
ASC Subject·Headings: Morocco ; women ; sexuality ; social conditions ; comic strips (form)

Namibia
Namibia's black gold? : charcoal production, practices and implications / Ute Dieckmann, Theodor Muduva. - Windhoek: Land, Environment, and Development Project, Legal Assistance Centre, 2010.
ASC Subject·Headings: Namibia ; charcoal ; industry ; labour relations ; working conditions ; legislation

Nigeria
Civil litigation in Nigeria : a quick reference guide to practice and procedure / Ibrahim Abdullahi. - Lagos Mainland: Malthouse Press Limited, 2018.
ASC Subject·Headings: Nigeria ; civil procedure ; courts

Nigeria
Women issues in Nigeria / edited by Hele O. Nwagwu, Olawale A. Moronkla and Dorcas O. Akintunde. - Ibadan, Nigeria: Royal People (Nigeria) Ltd., 2009.
ASC Subject·Headings: Nigeria ; women ; women's health ; women's rights ; gender-based violence ; social conditions ; female circumcision

Nigeria
The socio-economic impacts of oil operation in the Western Delta, Nigeria / Pat Uche Okpoko. - Lagos: Concept Publications, 2007.
ASC Subject·Headings: Nigeria ; petroleum ; petroleum industry ; health ; environment

South Africa
Always another country : a memoir of exile and home / Sisonke Msimang. - New York: World Editions, LLC, 2018.
ASC Subject·Headings: South Africa ; national liberation struggles ; exile ; identity ; personal narratives (form) ; autobiographies (form)

South Africa
Aesthetics of power : heritage formation and the senses in post-apartheid South Africa / DuaneJethro. - Utrecht: Department of Religious Studies and Theology, Utrecht University, 2015.
ASC Subject·Headings: South Africa ; cultural heritage ; memory ; material culture ; nation building ; dissertations (form)

South Africa
Funigalore : Evita's real-life adventures in wonderland / Pieter-Dirk Uys. - London ; New York: Penguin, 1995.
ASC Subject·Headings: South Africa ; television ; artists ; personal narratives (form)

Southeast Central and Southern Africa
Regional workshop held during the 9th Annual General Conference of the Electoral Commissions Forum of SADC Countries : 20 and 21 August, 2007, Talatona Convention Centre, Luanda, Angola : workshop report : elections, freedom of expression, and information in the SADC region. - [Luanda]: Electoral Commissions' Forum of SADC Countries, 2007.
ASC Subject·Headings: Southern Africa ; freedom of speech ; elections ; mass media ; conferences ; conference papers (form) ; 2007

Subsaharan Africa
Foreign aid and the future of Africa / Kenneth Kalu. - Cham, Switzerland: Palgrave Macmillan, 2018.
ASC Subject·Headings: Subsaharan Africa ; international cooperation ; economic aid ; economic development ; poverty ; development cooperation

Subsaharan Africa
Handbook training in community-based sociotherapy : experiences in Rwanda, East Congo and Liberia / Cora Dekker ; translation Eli ten Lohuis. - Leiden: African Studies Centre, 2018.
ASC Subject·Headings: Rwanda ; Democratic Republic of Congo ; Liberia ; psychotherapy ; self-help associations ; social work education ; dissertations (form)

Sudan
SPLM/SPLA: inside an African revolution / Lam Akol. - Khartoum: Khartoum University Press, 2001.
ASC Subject·Headings: Sudan ; national liberation movements ; guerrilla warfare ; civil wars ; political action ; personal narratives (form)

Uganda
National population and housing census 2014 : main report / Uganda Bureau of Statistics. - Kampala: Uganda Bureau of Statistics, 2016.
ASC Subject·Headings: Uganda ; population ; housing ; statistics ; censuses ; 2014

Uganda
Project: legislation for witness protection in Uganda : study report / Uganda Law Reform Commission. - Kampala: Uganda Law Reform Commission, 2015.
ASC Subject·Headings: Uganda ; witnesses ; legal procedure ; legislation

Films

Algeria
Days of Glory = Indigènes / the Weinstein Company ; Jean Bréhat, Rachid Bouchareb, Jamel Debbouze présentent ; une coproduction France/Maroc/Belgique/Algérie ; Tessalit Productions (France), Kissfilms Productions (France), Taza Productions (Maroc), Tassili Films (Algérie), Versus Production et Scope Invest (Belgique), en association avec La Petite Reine (France) ; une coproduction France 3 Cinéma, France 2 Cinéma, StudioCanal ; producteur délégué Jean Bréhat ; coproducteur Jamel Debbouze ; scénario et dialogues, Olivier Lorelle, Rachid Bouchareb ; une film de Rachid Bouchareb. Francia: Tessalit Productions, 2006.
Subject·Headings: Algeria ; France ; World War II ; black soldiers ; feature films (form) ; videos (form)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Aip0EjFwWr4 http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0444182/ (Trailer)

South Africa
The wound = Inxeba / a film by John Trengove ; starring Touré Nakhane and others. Hilversum: Arti Film, 2018.
Subject·Headings: South Africa ; Xhosa ; initiation ; adolescents ; masculinity ; homosexuality ; feature films (form) ; videos (form)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ewDMc6bGIw&list=PLHZYbTlDnK9cEw-71RkvXC... (Trailer)

Tunisia
Hedi / a film by Mohamed Ben Attia, starring Majd Mastoura, Ryn Ben Messaoud, Sabah Bouzouita and Hakim Boumessoudi. [Brussel]: Imagine Film Distribution, 2017.
Subject·Headings: Tunisia ; romantic relationships ; feature films (form) ; videos (form)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LSKrwHwIrwM (Trailer)

African Literature

Burkina Faso
Larmes de peine / Alex Yamba et Armand Ouedraogo. - Paris cop. 2006.: Éditions le Manuscrits, 2006.
ASC Subject·Headings: Burkina Faso ; short stories (form)

Morocco
Parlez-moi d'amour! : nouvelles / Bahaa Trabelsi. - Casablanca: Editions la croisée des chemins,
ASC Subject·Headings: Morocco ; short stories (form)
 

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