New titles
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 31 2018
Week 31 2018
Archive
Articles | Electronic documents | Books | Journals | Films | African Literature | Sound
See also the ASCL overview of recently published journal articles
Articles
Africa
Classes moyennes et perspectives de croissance et de développement économique en Afrique / Léonidas Ndayizeye.
In: Cahier du CURDES, no. 16, pages 103-141 (2016).
ASC·Subject·Headings: Africa ; middle class
Botswana
Botswana's dominant party system : determinants in the decision to vote for the ruling party / Batlang Seabo and Kesaobaka Molebatsi.
In: Journal of African elections, volume 16, number. 2, pages 1-23 (2017).
ASC·Subject·Headings: Botswana ; Botswana Democratic Party ; political parties ; voting
http://www.eisa.org.za/pdf/JAE16.2.pdf
Burundi
Analyse des créances en souffrance du secteur privé et du secteur public detenues par l'Etat du Burundi : structure et portée sur la période 2005-2012 / Dieudonné Gahungu et Salomon Nsabimana.
In: Cahier du CURDES, no. 16, pages 9-42 (2016).
ASC·Subject·Headings: Burundi ; debt ; private sector ; public sector ; public finance
Burundi
Are female borrowers less risky than men? : empirical evidence from Burundian microfinance institutions / Rédempteur Ntawiratsa & Cyriaque Nzirorera.
In: Cahier du CURDES, no. 16, pages 81-102 (2016).
ASC·Subject·Headings: Burundi ; microfinance ; loans ; credit ; gender
Burundi
La privatisation initiée au Burundi depuis 1991 : bilan et perspectives / Alexis Bizimungu.
In: Cahier du CURDES, no. 16, pages 103-141 (2016).
ASC·Subject·Headings: Burundi ; privatization
Burundi
Performance de transfert des paquets technologique en milieu rural : cas des ONGs locales / Diomède Manirakiza, Hilaire Hatungimana & Emmanuel Njukwe.
In: Cahier du CURDES, no. 16, pages 253-284 (2016).
ASC·Subject·Headings: Burundi ; technology ; agriculture
Burundi
Pratiques d'intermédiation financière de proximité et inclusion financière au Burundi / Charles Kabwigiri, Eric Driessen, Jean Claude Nsabimana.
In: Cahier du CURDES, no. 16, pages 43-79 (2016).
ASC·Subject·Headings: Burundi ; microfinance
Burundi
Privatisation et perfomances des entreprises privatisées : cas du Burundi / Cyriaque Nzirorera & Rédempteur Ntawiratsa.
In: Cahier du CURDES, no. 16, pages 143-169 (2016).
ASC·Subject·Headings: Burundi ; privatization ; private enterprises
Burundi
The relationship between cooperative societies' intervention and entrepreneurial capacities : a case of some small businesses in Northern Burundi / Bélyse Mupfasoni.
In: Cahier du CURDES, no. 16, pages 285-305 (2016).
ASC·Subject·Headings: Burundi ; small enterprises ; microfinance ; vocational education
Burundi
A tale of fiscal decentralization and governance of Burundi / Willy-Marcel Ndayitwayeko, Jackson Ntunzwenimana and Jean Claude Nyamweru.
In: Cahier du CURDES, no. 16, pages 171-197 (2016).
ASC·Subject·Headings: Burundi ; decentralization ; public health
Cameroon
Investigating strategies for implementing a sustainable vegetable food crop system in three agro ecological zones of the humid tropics area of Cameroon / Precillia Ijang Tata Ngome, Victor Afari-Sefa, Godswill Ntsomboh-Ntsefong, Justin Okolle, Samuel Fru Billa, Crescence Moma, Maureen Atemkeng Fonji, Ajebesone Francis Ngome.
In: African study monographs , vol. 39, no. 1 (2018), pages 27-46 (2018).
ASC·Subject·Headings: Cameroon ; vegetables ; horticulture
http://hdl.handle.net/2433/230132
Democratic Republic of Congo
Archaeological research in the Equatorial forest in the Democratic Republic of Congo / by Els Cornelissen.
In: Bulletin des séances , vol. 61, no. 2/3, p. 269-298 : ill., krt (2015).
ASC·Subject·Headings: Democratic Republic of Congo ; archaeological artefacts ; pottery
Democratic Republic of Congo
The Congo puzzle : evolving livelihoods and poverty in the Democratic Republic of Congo (1974-2010) - a summary / by Wim Marivoet.
In: Bulletin des séances , vol. 61, no. 4, p. 631-649 : graf., krt., tab (2015).
ASC·Subject·Headings: Democratic Republic of Congo ; poverty ; livelihoods ; diet ; informal sector
Democratic Republic of Congo
Déclin des langues et convergence linguistique dans le bassin central congolais / par Andre Motingea Mangulu.
In: Bulletin des séances , vol. 61, no. 2/3, p. 299-372 : krt (2015).
ASC·Subject·Headings: Democratic Republic of Congo ; African languages ; language change
Democratic Republic of Congo
Implications des relations sol-plante en ingénierie écologique des habitats et sols métallifères dégradés : le cas des habitats riches en cuivre du Katanga (République Démocratique du Congo) / par Michel-Pierre Faucon ... [et al.].
In: Bulletin des séances , vol. 61, no. 2/3, p. 391-401 : ill (2015).
ASC·Subject·Headings: Democratic Republic of Congo ; mining ; metals ; environmental degradation ; pollution ; biodiversity
Democratic Republic of Congo
Plants, metallic pollution and environment in Katanga (DR Congo) : a human and scientific adventure / by Pierre Meerts ... [et al.].
In: Bulletin des séances , vol. 61, no. 4, p. 583-592 : tab (2015).
ASC·Subject·Headings: Democratic Republic of Congo ; pollution ; environmental degradation ; soil management ; metalworking industry ; metals
Democratic Republic of Congo
Les médias audiovisuels et la communication politique : faire des reportages de la souffrance à Kinshasa / par Katrien Pype.
In: Bulletin des séances , vol. 60, no. 3-4, p. 553-573 (2014).
ASC·Subject·Headings: Democratic Republic of Congo ; television ; mass media ; urban life ; social conditions ; journalism
East Africa
Production et possibilité d'intégration monétaire : cas des pays de Communauté d'Afrique de l'Est [CAE] / Frédéric Nimubona.
In: Cahier du CURDES, no. 16, pages 227-252 (2016).
ASC·Subject·Headings: East Africa ; East African Community ; exports ; monetary areas
Egypt
Grenouilles et crocodiles : objets et pratiques magiques dans l'Egypte du Moyen Empire / par Luc Delvaux.
In: Bulletin des séances , vol. 60, no. 3-4, p. 395-411 : ill (2014).
ASC·Subject·Headings: Egypt ; ritual objects ; magic ; deities ; animals ; archaeological artefacts
Ghana
Parties in a plurality system : candidate nomination in Ghana's minor parties / Ernest Plange Kwofie and George M. Bob-Milliar.
In: Journal of African elections, volume 16, number. 2, pages 24-46 (2017).
ASC·Subject·Headings: Ghana ; political parties ; political systems
http://www.eisa.org.za/pdf/JAE16.2.pdf
Ivory Coast
Les grandes traditions artistiques de Côte-d'Ivoire / par François Neyt.
In: Bulletin des séances , vol. 61, no. 4, p. 529-543 : foto's, krt (2015).
ASC·Subject·Headings: Côte d'Ivoire ; sculpture ; masks
Mauritius
Social Media, elections and political engagement : the 2014 general election in Mauritius / Roukaya Kasenally and Dooshweena Awatar.
In: Journal of African elections, volume 16, number. 2, pages 47-70 (2017).
ASC·Subject·Headings: Mauritius ; social media ; mass media ; elections ; 2014
http://www.eisa.org.za/pdf/JAE16.2.pdf
Morocco
Transition nutritionnelle au Maroc : étude comparative de l'état nutritionnel des adolescents entre 1991 et 2007 / par Pilar Montero ... [et al.].
In: Bulletin des séances , vol. 60, no. 3-4, p. 433-450 : ill (2014).
ASC·Subject·Headings: Morocco ; nutrition ; malnutrition
Mozambique
Mozambique's 2014 elections : a repeat of misconduct, political tension and Frelimo dominance / Adriano Nuvunga.
In: Journal of African elections, volume 16, number. 2, pages 71-94 (2017).
ASC·Subject·Headings: Mozambique ; Frelimo ; Renamo ; elections ; 2014
http://www.eisa.org.za/pdf/JAE16.2.pdf
Nigeria
Africa's West meets its South : a comparison of democracy in Nigeria and South Africa, 1993-2016 / Dorcas Ettang and Oladapo Kayode Opasina.
In: Journal of African elections, volume 16, number. 2, pages 95-128 (2017).
ASC·Subject·Headings: Nigeria ; South Africa ; political parties ; presidential elections ; violence
http://www.eisa.org.za/pdf/JAE16.2.pdf
South Africa
Specific incompleteness elicited complementary action : unexpected legacy of the South African TRC / Toshihiro Abe & Zenzile Khoisan.
In: African study monographs , vol. 39, no. 1 (2018), pages 1-26 (2018).
ASC·Subject·Headings: South Africa ; truth and reconciliation commissions ; transitional justice
http://hdl.handle.net/2433/230131
South Africa
Voters' roll crises and the need for electoral reforms in South Africa / Raynauld D, Russon.
In: Journal of African elections, volume 16, number. 2, pages 150-165 (2017).
ASC·Subject·Headings: South Africa ; elections ; electoral systems ; reform
http://www.eisa.org.za/pdf/JAE16.2.pdf
South Africa
Youth, protest and the 2014 national elections : the case of Zamdela, Sasolburg / Mahlatse Rampedi.
In: Journal of African elections, volume 16, number. 2, pages 129-149 (2017).
ASC·Subject·Headings: South Africa ; youth ; political participation ; protest ; elections ; 2014
http://www.eisa.org.za/pdf/JAE16.2.pdf
Subsaharan Africa
L'Afrique, géant énergétique et nain électrique : décryptage d'un paradoxe / par Christine Heuraux.
In: Bulletin des séances , vol. 61, no. 2/3, p. 453-468 : ill., krt (2015).
ASC·Subject·Headings: Subsaharan Africa ; electricity
Electronic documents
Equatorial Guinea
Futurismo guineano : sobre los cuadros del artista guineano Desiderio Manresa Bodipo / Anita Brus. - Barcelona: Revistart, 2016.
ASC Subject·Headings: Equatorial Guinea ; visual arts
https://www.academia.edu/27921064/Futurismo_Guineano
Equatorial Guinea
Touts and despots : recruiting assemblages of contract labour in Fernando Pó and the Gulf of Guinea, 1858–1979 / Enrique Martino. - Berlin: Humboldt Universität, 2016.
ASC Subject·Headings: Equatorial Guinea ; Nigeria ; contract labour ; labour recruitment ; labour history ; dissertations (form)
https://doi.org/10.18452/18517
Equatorial Guinea
The expression of identity in Equatorial Guinean narratives (1994 - 2007) / Naomi McLeod. - St Andrews: University of St Andrews, 2012.
ASC Subject·Headings: Equatorial Guinea ; prose ; identity ; literary criticism ; dissertations (form)
http://hdl.handle.net/10023/2614
Equatorial Guinea
Aproximaciones literarias a la memoria, historia e identidad en la literatura contemporánea de Guinea Ecuatorial / Clelia Olimpia Rodríguez. - Toronto: University of Toronto, 2011.
ASC Subject·Headings: Equatorial Guinea ; prose ; identity ; literary criticism ; dissertations (form)
http://hdl.handle.net/1807/29849
Equatorial Guinea
Guinea Ecuatorial : de colonia a sultanato / Paula García Ascanio. - Madrid: Universidad Complutense de Madrid, 2010.
ASC Subject·Headings: Equatorial Guinea ; political systems ; power ; political history ; theses (form)
http://eprints.ucm.es/10952/
Equatorial Guinea
Equatorial Guinea 1927-1979 : a new African tradition / Enrique Sang Okenve Martinez. - [London]: [SOAS, University of London], 2007.
ASC Subject·Headings: Equatorial Guinea ; Fang ; traditions ; political history ; social history ; dissertations
https://estudiosafrohispanicos.files.wordpress.com/2013/05/eokenve-phdth...
Books
Africa
The environmental crunch in Africa : growth narratives vs. local realities / Jon Abbink, editor. - Cham: Palgrave Macmillan, 2018.
ASC Subject·Headings: Africa ; environmental management ; population growth ; ecotourism ; agropastoralism ; rural society ; economic policy
Africa
Challenges to religion in Africa in light of Vatican Council II : essays in honour of Charles Nyamiti / editors: Peter Ignatius Gichure, Frederick Wanjala, Nicholaus Segeja. - Nairobi: The Catholic University of Eastern Africa, 2016.
ASC Subject·Headings: Catholic Church ; African theology ; festschrifts (form)
Cameroon
Laff Lafrikain 2 / Gunther Moss. - Paris: L'Harmattan, 2016.
ASC Subject·Headings: Cameroon ; comic strips (form)
Democratic Republic of Congo
Cap sur la capitale / scénario & dessin, Tchibemba ; dialogues Georges Kyung MB. - Paris: L'Harmattan BD, 2017.
ASC Subject·Headings: Democratic Republic of Congo ; internal migration ; comic strips (form)
Democratic Republic of Congo
Paul Panda Farnana une vie oubliée / Antoine Tshitungu, Adimba Bathy, Djemba Djeis, Dody Lobela, Yann Kumbozi. - Bruxelles: Africalia, 2014.
ASC Subject·Headings: Democratic Republic of Congo ; Belgium ; foreign students ; 1900 ; biographies (form) ; comic strips (form)
East Africa
Constitutional reform processes and integration in East Africa / edited by Johannes Döveling, Kennedy Gastorn and Ulrike Wanitzek. - Dar es Salaam: Dar es Salaam University Press, 2013.
ASC Subject·Headings: East Africa ; Tanzania ; Kenya ; constitutional reform ; governance ; East African Community ; election management bodies ; citizenship ; environmental management
Ivory Coast
Jean-Pierre Kutwã, miraculé et Cardinal / Léon Francis Lebry. - Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire: Nei-Ceda, 2015.
ASC Subject·Headings: Côte d'Ivoire ; bishops ; biographies (form)
Kenya
Frauensport in Kenia : Laufsportkultur zwischen Kenia und den USA / Rhea Maria Richter. - Hildesheim: Arete Verlag, 2016.
ASC Subject·Headings: Kenya ; athletics ; women ; dissertations (form)
Kenya
Taking stock and moving forward. - Nairobi, Kenya: Published by URAIA Trust on behalf of the Civil Society and Media Support Group (CSMSG), 2012.
ASC Subject·Headings: Kenya ; civil society ; democratization ; constitutional reform ; elections
Mauritius
Ebony is still on Mauritius / Jacquline Issur. - Central Milton Keynes, United Kingdom: AuthorHouse UK Ltd, 2009.
ASC Subject·Headings: Mauritius ; slavery ; colonial period ; 1700-1799 ; 1800-1849
http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/toc/fy13pdf02/2011348838.html
South Africa
Klip river affair of 1847 / Michal Lésniewski. - Poznan: Werkwinkel, 2018.
ASC Subject·Headings: South Africa ; Natal ; Afrikaners ; Zulu ; British ; ethnic relations ; conflict ; colonial history
South Africa
South Africans versus Rommel : the untold story of the desert war in World War II / David Brock Katz. - Guilford, Connecticut: Stackpole Books, an imprint of Globe Pequot, 2018.
ASC Subject·Headings: South Africa ; World War II ; military operations Katz, David Brock. 9780811766081
Subsaharan Africa
Technology driven curriculum for 21st century higher education students in Africa / edited by Lawrence Meda and Alfred H. Makura. - Bamenda: Langaa Reseach & Publishing CIG, 2017.
ASC Subject·Headings: Lesotho ; Namibia ; Zimbabwe ; Kenya ; South Africa ; Tanzania ; Nigeria ; technology ; curriculum ; curriculum development ; higher education ; teacher education ; teaching methods ; universities ; students ; academic achievement ; special education ; technological change
Sudan
The religious men in Jebel Marra : the process of learning and the performance of Islamic rituals and practices / Bakheit M. Nur Mohammed. - Münster: Lit, 2017.
ASC Subject·Headings: Sudan ; Islamic education ; Fur ; religious rituals ; ulema ; Darfur conflict
Tanzania
Resources vitalizing local societies in Tanzania / edited by Jun Ikeno, Gen Ueda & Ueru Tanaka. - Kyoto: Center for African Area Studies, Kyoto University, 2018.
ASC Subject·Headings: Tanzania ; economic development ; natural resources ; wood ; fruits ; water ; fish
https://repository.kulib.kyoto-u.ac.jp/dspace/handle/2433/230144
Tanzania
Popobawa : Tanzanian talk, global misreadings / Katrina Daly Thompson. - Bloomington and Indianapolis: Indiana University Press, 2017.
ASC Subject·Headings: Tanzania ; legends ; myths ; Swahili language ; sexuality
Uganda
The Rwenzururu Movement in Uganda : struggling for recognition / Martin Doornbos. - Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY: Routledge, 2018.
ASC Subject·Headings: Uganda ; Rwenzururu polity ; Konzo ; Baamba ; ethnic conflicts ; separatism ; songs ; political history
Uganda
Silhouette : an autobiography / Alice Boase. - North Turramurra, Australia: Margaret Knowlden, 2017.
ASC Subject·Headings: Uganda ; Malawi ; British ; colonial administrators ; autobiographies (form)
Zimbabwe
Case of love and hate : the book of quotes / Chenjerai Mhondera. - Chitungwiza, Zimbabwe: Mwanaka Media & Publishing, 2018.
ASC Subject·Headings: Zimbabwe ; citations (form)
Zimbabwe
Robert Mugabe / Sue Onslow and Martin Plaut. - Athens: Ohio University Press, 2018.
ASC Subject·Headings: Zimbabwe ; heads of State ; biographies (form)
African Literature
Burkina Faso
Le mal aimé / Simon Bekousme. - Saint-Ouen: Les Êditions de net, 2017.
ASC Subject·Headings: Burkina Faso ; novels (form)
Mali
Le fabuleux et triste destin d'Ivan et Ivana : roman / Maryse Condé. - Paris: JC Lattès, 2017.
ASC Subject·Headings: Mali ; Guadeloupe ; novels (form)

