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New acquisitions - week 37 2018

Week 37 2018

Articles

Congo Brazzaville
À propos de Sony Labou Tansi à l'oeuvre, vingt ans après.
In: Études littéraires africaines , no 40, pages 178-202. (2015).
ASC·Subject·Headings: Congo (Brazzaville) ; writers ; literature ; literary criticism

Malawi
A tracer study of library and information science graduates of Mzuzu university, Malawi / George Theodore Chipeta and Winner Dominic Chawinga.
In: African journal of library, archives and information science , volume 28, number 1 (April 2018), pages 33-48 (2018).
ASC·Subject·Headings: Malawi ; information professionals ; information science education ; occupations

Nigeria
Impact of scientific productivity and trend on publication output of Nigerian authors in Web of Science from 2006 to 2016 / Anthony Eniayejuni.
In: African journal of library, archives and information science , volume 28, number 1 (April 2018), pages 123-136 (2018).
ASC·Subject·Headings: Nigeria ; research ; publishing ; scientific cooperation

Nigeria
Representing the child soldier : authenticity and humanitarian consumption in Uzodinma Iweala's "Beasts of no nation" and Chris Abani's "Song for night" / Lauren Devine.
In: African studies bulletin , no. 79 (Winter 2017/18), pages 84-112 (2017).
ASC·Subject·Headings: Nigeria ; novels ; child soldiers ; literary criticism

Southern Africa
Research data management services in Southern Africa : a readiness survey of academic and research libraries / Elisha R.T. Chiware and Deborah Anne Becker.
In: African journal of library, archives and information science , volume 28, number 1 (April 2018), pages 1-16 (2018).
ASC·Subject·Headings: Southern Africa ; university libraries ; research ; archives

Subsaharan Africa
La coordination entre les organisations régionales en Afrique occidentale et centrale / Arsène Landry Nguena Djoufack.
In: Revue juridique et politique des états francophones année 72, no. 1 (2018), pages 3-27 (2018).
ASC·Subject·Headings: Central Africa ; West Africa ; African organizations ; economic integration ; international relations

Subsaharan Africa
La République dans le constitutionnalisme des États d'Afrique Noire francophone / par Augustin Jérémie Doui-Wawaye.
In: Revue juridique et politique des états francophones année 72, no. 2 (Avril-Juin 2018), pages 174-208 (2018).
ASC·Subject·Headings: French-speaking Africa ; presidential systems ; constitutionalism

Subsaharan Africa
Le régionalisme en Afrique francophone / Serge-François Sobze.
In: Revue juridique et politique des états francophones année 72, no. 1 (2018), pages 109-132 (2018).
ASC·Subject·Headings: French-speaking Africa ; economic integration ; regionalism

Tanzania
Use of mobile phones in boosting socioeconomic information access and utilisation among Tanzania rural communities / Kelefa Mwantimwa.
In: African journal of library, archives and information science , volume 28, number 1 (April 2018), pages 107-122 (2018).
ASC·Subject·Headings: Tanzania ; mobile telephone ; information services ; rural development

West Africa
Droit communautaire de la CEMAC et constitution camerounaise : malaise dans l'ordonnancement des normes / par Marien Ludovic Ndiffo Kemetio.
In: Revue juridique et politique des états francophones année 72, no. 2 (Avril-Juin 2018), pages 147-173 (2018).
ASC·Subject·Headings: Cameroon ; Communauté Économique et Monétaire de l'Afrique Centrale ; international law ; constitutional law ; conflict of laws

West Africa
Réflexion sur le médiateur de la République en Afrique noire francophone : cas du Congo et de la Côte d'Ivoire / Abira Galebay.
In: Revue juridique et politique des états francophones année 72, no. 1 (2018), pages 28-66 (2018).
ASC·Subject·Headings: Congo (Brazzaville) ; Côte d'Ivoire ; ombudsman ; arbitration

Electronic documents

Africa
Access to print, digitized, and born-digital newspapers from Africa : the North American/global conundrum / James Simon. - The Hague: Ifla, 2015.
ASC Subject·Headings: Africa ; newspapers ; Internet ; archives
http://library.ifla.org/1269/1/080-simon-en.pdf

Nigeria
State of knowledge on CSA in Africa : case studies from Nigeria, Cameroon and Democratic Republic of Congo. - Accra: Forum for Agricultural Research in Africa, 2015.
ASC Subject·Headings: Nigeria ; Cameroon ; democracy ; climate change ; sustainable agriculture
http://www.nepad.org/download/file/fid/6901

Rwanda
State of knowledge on CSA in Africa : case studies from Rwanda, Tanzania and Zambia Mark M Msaki; Emmanuel N Tambi; Solomon Bangali; Forum for Agricultural Research in Africa. - Accra: Forum for Agricultural Research in Africa, 2015.
ASC Subject·Headings: Rwanda ; Tanzania ; Zambia ; climate change ; sustainable agriculture
https://faraafrica.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/rwanda-tanzania-zambia...

West Africa
State of knowledge on CSA in Africa : case studies from Burkina Faso, Senegal and Sierra Leone Edward R. Rhodes. - Accra: Forum for Agricultural Research in Africa, 2015.
ASC Subject·Headings: Burkina Faso ; Senegal ; Sierra Leone ; climate change ; sustainable agriculture
http://www.nepad.org/download/file/fid/6903

Books

Africa
Magique système : l'esclavage moderne des footballeurs africains / Barthélémy Gaillard, Christophe Gleizes ; préface de Claude Le Roy. - Paris: Marabout, 2018.
ASC Subject·Headings: Africa ; Europe ; Africans ; football ; human trafficking ; slavery

Africa
Who's reporting Africa now? : non-governmental organizations, journalists and multimedia / Kate Wright. - New York: Peter Lang, 2018.
ASC Subject·Headings: Africa ; Great Britain ; Kenya ; journalism ; Ngo ; newspapers ; television ; Internet ; public opinion

Africa
Life lessons of African proverbs / Festus E. Obiakor, Dike Okoro, Gathogo M. Mukuria. - Milwaukee, WI: Cissus World Press, 2017.
ASC Subject·Headings: Africa ; proverbs ; proverbs (form)

Africa
L'écriture de l'espace dans les littératures africaine et créoliste : de la polarité à sa transcendance / Mouhamédoul A. Niang. - Paris: L'Harmattan, 2016.
ASC Subject·Headings: Africa ; literature ; French language ; identity ; space

Africa
Afrika 1914-1918 : antikolonialer Widerstand jenseits der Weltkriegsfronten / Ulrich Braukämper. - Berlin: Reimer, 2015.
ASC Subject·Headings: Africa ; Germany ; World War I ; colonial history ; military recruitment ; anticolonialism

Africa
Droit des organisations internationales africaines : théorie générale, droit communautaire comparé, droit de l'homme, paix et sécurité / Saidou Nourou Tall. - Paris: Harmattan, 2015.
ASC Subject·Headings: Africa ; African organizations ; legislation ; jurisprudence ; human rights

Africa
Yovodah et panafricanisme : résister pour survivre, s'unir pour renaître / Klah Popo. - Paris: Anibwé, 2012.
ASC Subject·Headings: Africa ; slave trade ; slavery ; slave rebellions ; history

Burkina Faso
Contes et légendes du Burkina-Faso : recueillis en pays sénoufo / par Françoise Diep et François Moïse Bamba ; préface, Hassane Kassi Kouyate ; illustrations de Hassan Musa. - Paris: Flies France, 2016.
ASC Subject·Headings: Burkina Faso ; legends ; oral literature (form)

Cameroon
Der gute Deutsche : die Ermordung Manga Bells in Kamerun 1914 / Christian Bommarius. - Berlin: Berenberg, 2018.
ASC Subject·Headings: Cameroon ; Germany ; Duala ; traditional rulers ; capital punishment ; trials ; colonial history

Chad
La chronique judiciaire : Guide pratique du journaliste pour mieux comprendre et couvrir un procès pénal / Jean-Bosco Manga. - Fianga, Chad: Minico Editions, 2015.
ASC Subject·Headings: Chad ; journalism ; criminal procedure ; trials ; handbooks (form)

Congo Brazzaville
Introduction à la connaissance du peuple bangangoulou / Parfait Mbon ; préface de Bienvenu Boudimbou. - Paris: L'Harmattan, 2016.
ASC Subject·Headings: Congo (Brazzaville) ; Teke ; customs ; traditional society ; local history ; colonial history

Democratic Republic of Congo
King Leopold's Congo and the "scramble for Africa" : a short history with documents / Michael A. Rutz. - Indianapolis: Hackett Publishing Company, Inc., 2018.
ASC Subject·Headings: Democratic Republic of Congo ; colonial history ; sourcebooks (form)

Democratic Republic of Congo
Comment briser le plafond de verre pour les femmes candidats aux élections en RD Congo / Dieudonné Miromo Mulongo ; préface de Claudine Descans. - Paris: L'Harmattan, 2016.
ASC Subject·Headings: Democratic Republic of Congo ; women politicians ; women ; political participation ; elections

Democratic Republic of Congo
Le principe de la continuité de l'État : issue de secours à la prohibition du troisième mandat? : analyse critique de l'arrêt de la Cour constitutionnelle congolaise du 11 mai 2016 / Ghislain Mabanga Mon Mabanga ; préf. de Stéphane Bolle. - Paris: L'Harmattan, 2016.
ASC Subject·Headings: Democratic Republic of Congo ; presidential elections ; constitutional courts ; judgments ; 2016

Democratic Republic of Congo
Congo 50 / Asimba Bathy, Cara Bulaya, Jules Baïsole, Didier Kawende, Fati Kabuika, Djemba Djeis, Tetshim Tshamala, Jason Kibiswa. - Bruxelles: Africalia, 2010.
ASC Subject·Headings: Democratic Republic of Congo ; independence ; comic strips (form)

General
La mesure du développement : des indicateurs en question / Marc Lautier et Michel Vernières (dir.). - Paris: Karthala : GEMDEV, 2018.
ASC Subject·Headings: developing countries ; economic conditions ; statistics ; conference papers (form)

Guinea
Ailleurs en Ebola : de l'enquête ethnographique au récit de voyage / Marie-Odile Laîné, avec la collaboration de Mathilde Laîné. - Paris: L'Harmattan, 2016.
ASC Subject·Headings: Guinea ; Ebola ; health aid ; personal narratives (form)

Ivory Coast
Les "jeunes patriotes" : ou la revanche des "porteurs de chaises" en Côte d'Ivoire / auteur, Gnangadjomon Koné. - Côte d'Ivoire: Les Classiques Ivoiriens, 2014.
ASC Subject·Headings: Côte d'Ivoire ; youth ; political action ; civil wars

Lesotho
Basotho oral poetry at the beginning of the twenty-first century / William Moruti Tsiu. - Ilorin, Kwara State: Kwara State University Press, 2010.
ASC Subject·Headings: Lesotho ; Sotho language ; oral poetry

Malawi
Food security in Africa's secondary cities : no. 1. Mzuzu, Malawi / Liam Riley, Emmanuel Chilanga, Lovemore Zuze, Amanda Joynt. - [Cape Town, South Africa]: Southern African Migration Programme (SAMP) :, 2018.
ASC Subject·Headings: Malawi ; food security ; households ; livelihoods

Mauritania
La Mauritanie aujourd'hui / [texte, Jean-Claude Klotchkoff]. - Paris: Jaguar, 2003.
ASC Subject·Headings: Mauritania ; guidebooks (form)

Mozambique
Mafalala 1974 : memórias do 7 de setembro : a grande operação : a base do povo que resistiu em Lourenço Marques : um livro com memórias do muitos de nós ... / Aurélio Le Bon. - Maputo: Movimento Editora, 2015.
ASC Subject·Headings: Mozambique ; Portugal ; national liberation struggles ; radio ; military personnel ; militias ; memory

Mozambique
Kulimando saberes : viagens discursivas pela pedagogia, didáctica, comunicação, antropologia cultural, filosofia, espiritualidade, língua e literatura / Calane da Silva. - Maputo: Alcance Editores, 2013.
ASC Subject·Headings: Mozambique ; pedagogy ; communication ; anthropology ; philosophy ; languages ; literature ; readers (form)

Mozambique
Banco de Moçambique : histórias vividas, 1975-2010. - Maputo: Centro de Documentação e Informação do Banco de Moçambique, 2012.
ASC Subject·Headings: Mozambique ; central banks ; economic history

Mozambique
Censo agro-pecuário, 2009-2010 : estudos temáticos / [editor: Instituto Nacional de Estatística, Direcção de Estatísticas Sectoriais e de Empresas]. - Maputo, Moçambique: Instituto Nacional de Estatística, 2010.
ASC Subject·Headings: Mozambique ; agriculture ; food crops ; agricultural credit ; statistics

Mozambique
O folclore moçambicano e as suas tendências / José Craveirinha. - Maputo: Alcance Editores, 2009.
ASC Subject·Headings: Mozambique ; popular music ; dance ; readers (form) Craveirinha, José. 1st ed.

Namibia
Le Père Duparquet : début de l'exploration en Afrique australe : lettres et écrits. Charles Duparquet ; Gérard Vieira présente. - Paris: Karthala, 2017.
ASC Subject·Headings: Namibia ; missions ; Catholic Church ; missionary history ; letters (form)

Nigeria
The law and practice on disaster issues / Oluyemisi A. Bamgbose. - Ibadan : Safari Books, 2018.
ASC Subject·Headings: Nigeria ; disasters ; law ; human rights

Nigeria
Ìléwọ́ Ìkọ̀wé : Yorùbá òde-òní / láti ọwọ́ Ọládélé Awóbùlúyì àti Ọlásopé O. Oyèláràn. - Ilorin, Kwara State: Kwara State University Press, 2017.
ASC Subject·Headings: Nigeria ; Yoruba language ; linguistics

Nigeria
Town union governance : a community service in Eastern Nigeria / Felix I. Nweke. - London: Adonis & Abbey Publishers Ltd, 2017.
ASC Subject·Headings: Nigeria ; Igbo ; self-help associations ; community development

Nigeria
What the forest told me : Yoruba hunter, culture and narrative performance / Ayo Adeduntan. - [South Africa]: African Humanities Program, 2014.
ASC Subject·Headings: Nigeria ; Yoruba ; hunting ; oral traditions ; performing arts

Rwanda
Death, image, memory : the genocide in Rwanda and its aftermath in photography and documentary film / Piotr Cieplak. - [London, United Kingdom]: Palgrave Macmillan, 2017.
ASC Subject·Headings: Rwanda ; genocide ; photography ; films

Senegal
Le Sénegal / texte original: Mylène Rémy ; photos: Jacques Cellard du Sordet. - Paris: Les editions du Jacquar, 2013.
ASC Subject·Headings: Senegal ; guidebooks (form)

South Africa
A bibliography of South African languages, 2008-2017 / edited by Anne Aarssen, René Genis & Eline van der Veken ; with an introduction by Menán du Plessis. - Leiden ; Boston: Brill, 2018.
ASC Subject·Headings: South Africa ; African languages ; linguistics ; bibliographies (form)

South Africa
The prison letters of Nelson Mandela / edited by Sahm Venter ; foreword by Zamaswazi Dlamini-Mandela. - New York, NY: Liveright Publishing Corporation, a division of W.W. Norton & Company, Inc., 2018.
ASC Subject·Headings: South Africa ; heads of State ; political prisoners ; letters (form)

South Africa
Taalkundige essays : 'n gerf uit die vroegskemer / Frank Hendricks. - [Stellenbosch]: Sun Press, 2017.
ASC Subject·Headings: South Africa ; Afrikaans language ; linguistics

South Africa
The wartime diary of W.D. Terry : a 'Safrican' at Cambridge with selected letters 1938-1941 / ed. and introd. by Laurence Wright. - Western Cape: Publishing Print Matters, 2017.
ASC Subject·Headings: South Africa ; Great Britain ; foreign students ; World War II ; diaries (form) ; letters (form)

Southern Africa
On the sidelines clapping : gender in Southern Africa / Charlene Smith. - Johannesburg: Heinrich Böll Foundation, 2006.
ASC Subject·Headings: Southern Africa ; women's rights ; gender-based violence ; gender inequality

Subsaharan Africa
Jostling between "mere talk" and blame game? : beyond Africa's poverty and underdevelopment game talk / edited by Munyaradzi Mawere. - Bamenda, Cameroon: Langaa Reseach & Publishing CIG, 2018.
ASC Subject·Headings: Africa ; Nigeria ; Zimbabwe ; poverty ; development ; poverty reduction ; multinational enterprises ; development cooperation ; political conditions ; Bible

Subsaharan Africa
La sorcellerie dans la mentalité africaine / Boniface Baoulé Séké. - Paris: L'Harmattan, 2016.
ASC Subject·Headings: Subsaharan Africa ; witchcraft

Subsaharan Africa
Réforme du droit des sociétés commerciales OHADA / Patrice Samuel A. Badji ; [avant-propos de Deen Gibirila ; publié avec le CREDILA]. - Dakar: L'Harmattan-Sénégal, 2016.
ASC Subject·Headings: Subsaharan Africa ; French-speaking Africa ; company law ; legal reform ; Ohada

Subsaharan Africa
Estudos sobre as campanhas de África / Adriano Moreira ... [et al.]. - Lisboa: Edições Atena [etc.],
ASC Subject·Headings: Portuguese-speaking Africa ; armed forces ; military operations ; military history

Sudan
Anthropology of law in Muslim Sudan : land, courts and the plurality of practices / Edited by Barbara Casciarri, Mohamed Babiker. - Leiden: Brill, 2018.
ASC Subject·Headings: Sudan ; land law ; courts ; customary law ; Islamic law ; conflict resolution

Sudan
Une émigration non choisie : histoires de demandeurs d'asile du Darfour (Soudan) / Marie-José Tubiana. - Paris: L'Harmattan, 2016.
ASC Subject·Headings: Sudan ; France ; Darfur conflict ; emigrants ; refugees ; interviews (form)

Tanzania
Social memory, silenced voices and political struggle : remembering the revolution in Zanzibar / edited by William Cunningham Bissel and Marie-Aude Fonéré. - Dar es Salaam: Mkuki Na Nyota Publishers, 2018.
ASC Subject·Headings: Tanzania ; Zanzibar ; coups d'état ; 1964 ; memory

West Africa
Gestion, maîtrise et aménagement des ressources naturelles en Afrique de l'Ouest et du Centre / Lambert Mossoa. - Paris: L'Harmattan, 2016.
ASC Subject·Headings: West Africa ; Central African Republic ; natural resource management ; rural development

Zambia
Nation building in the context of "one Zambia one nation" / E. Mubanga Kashoki. - Lusaka, Zambia: Gadsden Publishers, 2018.
ASC Subject·Headings: Zambia ; nation building

African Literature

Africa
Afriques. - Paris: Éditions Belin, 2017.
ASC Subject·Headings: Africa ; poetry ; poetry (form) ; anthologies (form)

Algeria
Le livre d'Amray : roman / Yahia Belaskri. - Paris: Zulma, 2018.
ASC Subject·Headings: Algeria ; novels (form)

Algeria
Le bus dans la ville / Yahia Belaskri. - La Roque-d'Anthéron: Vents d'ailleurs, 2008.
ASC Subject·Headings: Algeria ; novels (form)

Cameroon
Au fond du crépuscule / Hubert Onana Mfege ; postf. de Charles Di Mintyene. - Paris: L'Harmattan, 2016.
ASC Subject·Headings: Cameroon ; ecology ; novels (form)

Equatorial Guinea
El párraco de Niefang / Joaquin Mbomio Bacheng. - Wien: Morawa Lesezirkel GmbH, 2016.
ASC Subject·Headings: Equatorial Guinea ; novels (form)

Equatorial Guinea
Herencia de bindendee / Trifonia Melibea Obono, Ntutumu Obono. - Madrid ; Viena Wien: Ediciones en Auge Moraya, 2016.
ASC Subject·Headings: Equatorial Guinea ; Fang ; novels (form)

Equatorial Guinea
Heredarás la tierra / Edjanga Jones Ndjoli. - Barcelona: Ediciones Carena-Acidalia, 2015.
ASC Subject·Headings: Equatorial Guinea ; novels (form)

Equatorial Guinea
Recuerdos del abuelo Bayebé y otros relatos bubis / Justo Bolekia Boleká ; edición e introducción de José Ramón Trujillo. - Madrid, España: SIAL Ediciones, 2014.
ASC Subject·Headings: Equatorial Guinea ; Bubi ; short stories (form)

Equatorial Guinea
Lo que esconde la montaña / Marcial Dougan. - Barcelona: Ediciones Carena, 2012.
ASC Subject·Headings: Equatorial Guinea ; novels (form)

Equatorial Guinea
Luz en la noche : poesía y teatro / Recaredo Silebo Boturu ; [ilustraciones de Ramón Esono Ebalé]. - Madrid: Verbum, 2010.
ASC Subject·Headings: Equatorial Guinea ; drama (form) ; poetry (form)
http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1305/2011412605-d.html

Equatorial Guinea
Ecos de Malabo : narrativa selecta / Maximiliano Nkogo Esono ; prólogo de Gloria Nistal. - Barcelona: Ediciones ElCobre, 2009.
ASC Subject·Headings: Equatorial Guinea ; short stories (form)

Equatorial Guinea
Memoria de laberintos / Francisco Zamora Loboch ; [prólogo de Javier Reverte]. - Madrid: Sial, 1999.
ASC Subject·Headings: Equatorial Guinea ; poetry (form)

Guinea
Ebola à Manguébola : le treizième travail d'Hercule / Bali Banka Gnaama. - Paris: L'Harmattan, 2016.
ASC Subject·Headings: Guinea ; Ebola ; short stories (form)

Mauritania
Antinéa mon amour / Sophie Caratini. - Vincennes: Éditions Thierry Marchaisse, 2017.
ASC Subject·Headings: Mauritania ; France ; Sahara ; colonial conquest ; colonial history ; historical novels (form) ; biographies (form)

Namibia
The lie of the land : a novel / Jaspar David Utley. - Windhoek, Namibia: University of Namibia Press, 2017.
ASC Subject·Headings: Namibia ; Germany ; colonial wars ; Herero revolt ; Nama ; genocide ; historical novels (form)

Nigeria
Afonja : a historical play / Sakky Jojo. - Illorin, Kwara State (Nigeria): Grethworth Consult, 2018.
ASC Subject·Headings: Nigeria ; drama (form)

Nigeria
Welcome to Lagos / Chibundu Onuzo. - London: Faber & Faber, 2017.
ASC Subject·Headings: Nigeria ; urban life ; novels (form)

Senegal
De purs hommes : roman / Mohamed Mbougar Sarr. - [Paris] Dakar, Sénégal: Philippe Rey Jimsaan, 2018.
ASC Subject·Headings: Senegal ; homosexuality ; identity ; novels (form)

Tanzania
Mirathi ya hatari / C.G. Mungongo. - Dar-es-Salaam: Mkuki na Nyota, 2016.
ASC Subject·Headings: Tanzania ; novels (form)

Zimbabwe
A dark energy : novel / Tendai Rinos Mwanaka. - Chitungwiza, Zimbabwe: Mwanaka Media and Publishing Pvt Ltd, 2018.
ASC Subject·Headings: Zimbabwe ; novels (form)

Zimbabwe
Lessons from my grandmother : every life Is a guided journey / Martha Mutomba. - New York, London, Nashville, Melbourne, Vancouver: Morgan James Publishing, 2018.
ASC Subject·Headings: Zimbabwe ; Shona ; grandparents ; novels (form)

Zimbabwe
Her name was Zimbabwe : finding hope, strength, and courage through the struggle / Kwapi Vengesay. - [Place of publication not identified: Publisher not indentified], 2017.
ASC Subject·Headings: Zimbabwe ; short stories (form)

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