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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.

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New acquisitions - week 07 2018

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Articles

Africa
African Security and the United States: Letters from Africa to President Donald J. Trump / Iyabo Obasanjo, Hussein Solomon, and Emmanuel Kwesi Aning Afua Lamptey.
In: African security , vol. 10, no. 2, p. 73-79.
ASC·Subject·Headings: Trump, Donald, 1946- ; United States ; Africa ; international relations ; regional security ; letters (form)

Africa
The development of afrocentricity : a historical survey / Midas Chawane.
In: Yesterday & today , no. 16, p. 78-99.
ASC·Subject·Headings: Africa ; African identity ; world view ; decolonization

Algeria
Eléments pour une étude des entrepreneurs culturels et des expériences théâtrales en régime colonial en Algérie : 1950-1962 / Hadji Miliani.
In: Insaniyat : revue algérienne d'anthropologie et de sciences sociales , no. 67, p. 9-31.
ASC·Subject·Headings: Algeria ; theatre ; writers ; drama ; colonial history

Algeria
Esthétique de l'écriture de l'histoire : une nouvelle dynamique des jeux et enjeux dans "Nulle part dans la maison de mon père" et 'La disparition de la langue française" d'Assia Djebar / Kahina Bouanane.
In: Insaniyat : revue algérienne d'anthropologie et de sciences sociales , no. 67, p. 33-46.
ASC·Subject·Headings: Djebar, Assia ; Algeria ; women writers ; novels ; political history

Algeria
Mobilisation syndicale dans le secteur de la fonction publique en Algérie et rapport à l'état : le cas des syndicats d'enseignants de la wilaya d'Oran / Siham Beddoubia.
In: Insaniyat : revue algérienne d'anthropologie et de sciences sociales , no. 67, p. 79-90.
ASC·Subject·Headings: Algeria ; trade unions ; teachers ; local politics

East Africa
Investing and trading in copyright in the East African common market (Kenya and Tanzania) : calling for harmonised legal regime / Telesphory DB Magogo.
In: Africa Nazarene University law journal , vol. 5, no. 1, p. 134-145.
ASC·Subject·Headings: Kenya ; Tanzania ; copyright ; legislation

Ethiopia
Von "Neuen Zeiten" und "Neuen Körpern" : Fitness im kaiserlichen Äthiopien (1940er-1970er) / Katrin Bromber.
In: Stichproben , Jahrgang 17, Nummer 32, Seiten 1-33.
ASC·Subject·Headings: Ethiopia ; health ; physical education ; youth organizations
http://stichproben.univie.ac.at/fileadmin/user_upload/p_stichproben/Arti...

Ghana
Implications on gender through large-scale transactions in Ghana : a case study in the Asante Akim North District / Barbara Spechtl.
In: Stichproben , Jahrgang 17, Nummer 32, Seiten 71-93.
ASC·Subject·Headings: Ghana ; land acquisition ; land rights ; gender relations
http://stichproben.univie.ac.at/fileadmin/user_upload/p_stichproben/Arti...

Malawi
A depiction of women in the verbal text of a junior secondary Malawian history textbook : an analysis / Annie F. Chiponda, Johan Wassermann.
In: Yesterday & today , no. 16, p. 40-59 : tab.
ASC·Subject·Headings: Malawi ; history education ; textbooks ; women ; images ; gender inequality

Nigeria
Advancing the right of women to education in Nigeria : human rights instruments in perspective / Nimah Modupe Abdulraheem.
In: Africa Nazarene University law journal , vol. 5, no. 1, p. 146-166.
ASC·Subject·Headings: Nigeria ; access to education ; women ; human rights

Nigeria
Constructing cultural pluralism as a universal medium : Islam and the influence of Western civilisation in Nigeria / Muhtar Etudaiye and Mohamed Enesi Etudaiye.
In: Africa Nazarene University law journal , vol. 5, no. 1, p. 167-198.
ASC·Subject·Headings: Nigeria ; cultural pluralism ; Islamic law ; Islam

Nigeria
Elite political culture - a link to political violence : evidence from Nigeria / Ebimboere Seiyefa.
In: African security , vol. 10, no. 2, p. 103-130.
ASC·Subject·Headings: Nigeria ; political violence ; political elite

Nigeria
Legal frameworks for water pollution in Nigeria : an evaluation / Abdulkadir Bolaji Abdulkadir and Onikosi Ahnmeed Adedeji.
In: Africa Nazarene University law journal , vol. 5, no. 1, p. 116-133.
ASC·Subject·Headings: Nigeria ; water pollution ; legislation

Nigeria
Negotiating spaces, crossing borders : public/private spheres in Adimora-Ezeigbo's 'The last of the strong ones' / Omolola Ladele.
In: Stichproben , Jahrgang 17, Nummer 32, Seiten 57-69.
ASC·Subject·Headings: Adimora-Ezeigbo, Akachi ; Nigeria ; novels ; literary criticism
http://stichproben.univie.ac.at/fileadmin/user_upload/p_stichproben/Arti...

North Africa
Den Maghreb erfahren : Postkoloniale Räume und Körper in auto_biografischen Texten zur Entwicklungspolitik nach 1960 / Hanna Hacker.
In: Stichproben , Jahrgang 17, Nummer 32, Seiten 35-55.
ASC·Subject·Headings: Maghreb ; autobiography ; aid workers ; Germans ; French ; development cooperation
http://stichproben.univie.ac.at/fileadmin/user_upload/p_stichproben/Arti...

Somalia
Who assassinated the Somali president in October 1969? The Cold War, the clan connection, or the coup d'é̈tat / Mohamed Haji Ingiriis.
In: African security , vol. 10, no. 2, p. 131-154.
ASC·Subject·Headings: Somalia ; homicide ; heads of State

South Africa
Assessment in the teaching of Holocaust history and theories of race / Lesly Cushman.
In: Yesterday & today , no. 16, p. 100-116.
ASC·Subject·Headings: South Africa ; history education ; World War II ; racial classification

South Africa
A history teacher educator's reflections after classroom observations : the need for multi-perspectives, oral history and historiography in a history methodology course / Reville Nussey.
In: Yesterday & today , no. 16, p. 1-21.
ASC·Subject·Headings: South Africa ; history education ; teacher education ; historiography ; memory

South Africa
Some considerations for history teachers in acknowledging and valuing heritage and teaching good citizenship at schools in a post-colonial, post-apartheid era / Paul M. Haupt.
In: Yesterday & today , no. 16, p. 117-123.
ASC·Subject·Headings: South Africa ; schools ; memory ; cultural heritage

South Africa
The South African high school history curriculum and the politics of gendering decolonisation and decolonising gender / Lindsay Wills.
In: Yesterday & today , no. 16, p. 22-39.
ASC·Subject·Headings: South Africa ; history education ; curriculum ; gender studies ; decolonization

South Africa
Utilising the Stone Age for sport historical teaching / Francois Johannes Cleophas.
In: Yesterday & today , no. 16, p. 60-77 : ill.
ASC·Subject·Headings: South Africa ; sports ; universities ; history education ; teaching methods

Subsaharan Africa
Voix et archives : de quelques prises de positions éthiques pour dire l'histoire coloniale / Elara Bertho.
In: Études littéraires africaines , no. 42, p. 161-175 : ill.
ASC·Subject·Headings: Niger ; Zimbabwe ; colonial history ; historiography ; ethics

Uganda
Escaping the LRA : examining the decision to disengage from militarized dissident groups / John Riley, Kristin Pearson, Mary Kate Schneider, and Lindsey Stimeling.
In: African security , vol. 10, no. 2, p. 80-102.
ASC·Subject·Headings: Uganda ; Lord's Resistance Army ; militias ; military recruitment ; deserters

West Africa
À propos de Joseph Tonda, l'impéralisme postcolonial : critique de la société des éblouissements / Elara Bertho ... [et al.].
In: Études littéraires africaines , no. 42, p. 89-105.
ASC·Subject·Headings: Tonda, Joseph. ; Central Africa ; Congo (Brazzaville) ; Gabon ; academics ; sociology ; imperialism ; neocolonialism

Books

Africa
India-Africa relations / S.K. Singh. - Delhi: Prashant Publishing House, 2016.
ASC Subject·Headings: Africa ; India ; South-South relations ; international cooperation

Africa
Man and state / F.N. Ndubuisi. - Lagos: Foresight Press, 2015.
ASC Subject·Headings: Africa ; law ; ethics ; political philosophy

Africa
[Papers of Petrus Johannes Idenburg, Director of the Afrika-Studiecentrum, Leiden] / P.J. Idenburg. - [Leiden]. [P.J. Idenburg], 1937.
ASC Subject·Headings: Idenburg, P. J. 1898-1989 ; League of Nations. Permanent Mandates Commission ; South Africa ; Namibia ; Tunisia ; Democratic Republic of Congo ; Soviet Union ; constitutional law ; African studies ; academics ; travel ; personal archives (form)
http://www.ascleiden.nl/sites/default/files/papers_of_petrus_johannes_id...

Botswana
Iron sharpens iron : social interactions at China shops in Botswana / Yanyin Zi. - Bamenda,: Langaa Research & Publishing Common Initiative Group, 2017.
ASC Subject·Headings: Botswana ; China ; traders ; retail trade ; social relations

Cameroon
Dossier Mongo Beti : l'exilé de retour et l'épreuve du réel / textes réunies par Yvonne-Marie Mokam et Phyllis Taoua. - Metz: Études littéraires africaines, 2016.
ASC Subject·Headings: Beti, Mongo, 1932-2001 ; Cameroon ; writers ; prose ; literary criticism

General
Strategien für die Bibliothek als Ort : Festschrift für Petra Hauke zum 70. Geburtstag / herausgegeben von Konrad Umlauf, Klaus Ulrich Werner und Andrea Kaufmann. - Berlin ; Boston: Walter de Gruyter, 2017.
ASC Subject·Headings: Libraries. ; Libraries Space utilization. ; Library architecture. ; libraries ; library and information science ; architecture ; festschrifts (form)

General
Praxishandbuch digitale Bibliotheksdienstleistungen : Strategie und Technik der Markenkommunikation / Frauke Schade ; unter Mitarbeit von Johannes Neuer ; Redaktion: Klaus Stelberg. - Berlin ; Boston: De Gruyter Saur, 2016.
ASC Subject·Headings: libraries ; information technology ; marketing

Kenya
India-Kenya relations : socio-economic perspectives / Prasenjeet Harish Khanderao. - Jaipur [etc.]: ABD Publishers, 2016.
ASC Subject·Headings: Kenya ; India ; South-South relations ; international economic relations

Kenya
Effective citizens' participation : broadening citizens' opportunities under the Constitution of Kenya 2010 / by Commission for the Implementation of the Constitution. - Nairobi: Commission for the implementation of the Constitution, 2015.
ASC Subject·Headings: Kenya ; constitutions ; 2010 ; popular participation

Kenya
First annual progress report 2013-2014 : on the implementation of the second medium term plan (2013-2017) of the Kenya vision 2030 / Republic of Kenya , Ministry of Devolution and Planning, Kenya Vision 2030. - Nairobi: Republic of Kenya , Ministry of Devolution and Planning [etc.], 2015.
ASC Subject·Headings: Kenya. Ministry of State for Planning, National Development, and Vision 2030. ; Kenya ; development plans ; development planning ; government policy

Kenya
Openness survey : implementation of access to information across national ministries in Kenya / [technical editing and analysis Katindi Sivi-Njonjo]. - Nairobi: The Kenyan Section of the Internatinal Commission of Jurists (ICJ Kenya), 2015.
ASC Subject·Headings: Kenya ; government departments ; access to information ; information dissemination

Kenya
86 and counting : women leaders in Kenya's 11th parliament / Born Maina ... [et al.] ; ed. Tabitha Onyinge ... [et al.]. - Nairobi: Association of Media Women in Kenya (AMWIK), 2014.
ASC Subject·Headings: Kenya ; women parliamentarians ; biographical dictionaries (form)

Kenya
Effects of mixed traffic on road traffic deaths in Kenya / Grace Wangui Muhoro. - Nairobi: Kenya Institute for Public Policy Research and Analysis, 2014.
ASC Subject·Headings: Kenya ; traffic accidents ; roads

Kenya
First county integrated development plan, 2013-2017 / County Government of Kwale ; [editing, design and printing was supported by United Nations Development Programme Kenya]. - Kwale: County Government of Kwale, 2013.
ASC Subject·Headings: Kenya ; development plans ; regional planning

Nigeria
The new dawn of change : if I were Buhari / Michael O. Oveinmhada. - [Nigeria]: Noble House E-Solutions, 2015.
ASC Subject·Headings: Nigeria ; politics ; development planning

Nigeria
NISER econometric model of the Nigerian economy (NISER-MAC 1) / NISER. - Ibadan: Nigerian Institute of Social and Economic Research, 2015.
ASC Subject·Headings: Nigeria ; economic conditions ; economic models ; econometrics

Nigeria
Understanding change in Nigeria : a collection of essays / by Ademola Babalola. - Ketu Lagos: Chrisjane Nigeria Limited, 2011.
ASC Subject·Headings: Nigeria ; social change ; political change ; corruption

Nigeria
Nigeria after 40 : which way forward? : a blueprint for basic needs development strategy in Nigeria / John Udeh. - [Enugu]: Foundation for Social and Economic Reform, 2001.
ASC Subject·Headings: Nigeria ; development planning ; basic needs

South Africa
South Africa, Lesotho & Swaziland / this edition written and researched by James Bainbridge, Jean-Bernard Carillet, Lucy Corne, Alan Murphy, Matt Philips, Simon Richmond. - Footscray, Vic.: Lonely Planet, 2015.
ASC Subject·Headings: South Africa ; Swaziland ; Lesotho ; guidebooks (form)

West Africa
Central African forests forever / Meindert Brouwer. - Bunnik: Meindert Brouwer Partner in Communicatie, 2017.
ASC Subject·Headings: Central Africa ; forest management ; biodiversity ; agricultural innovations
 

African Literature

Africa
Sensações : poesia / Fernando Antunes. - Lisboa: Instituto Camões Portugal, 2006.
ASC Subject·Headings: Africa ; Portugal ; poetry (form)

Benin
Etha Contest : Nouvelles / Habib Dakpogan. - Cotonou: Les Editions Plurielles, 2016.
ASC Subject·Headings: Benin ; short stories (form)

Benin
Les complaintes de la sirène : suivi de: Le Prisonnier : théâtre / Jérôme-Michel Tossavi. - Cotonou: Les Éditions Plurielles, 2014.
ASC Subject·Headings: Benin ; political conditions ; drama (form)

Burundi
L'Espoir de la Fleur de Dieu / Joëlla Sayubu. Fœtus 4G / Jean Claude Ndayipfukamiye. Tribulations d'un enfant du pays / Alex Derrick Matabaro. - Bujumbura: Editions IWACU, 2016.
ASC Subject·Headings: Burundi ; short stories (form)

Eritrea
Fuchsia / Mahtem Shiferraw ; foreword by Kwame Dawes. - Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 2016.
ASC Subject·Headings: Eritrea ; Ethiopia ; memory ; exile ; diasporas ; poetry (form)

Guinea-Bissau
Desesperança no chão de medo e dor : poesia / Tony Tcheka. - [Guiné-Bissau]: Corubal, 2015.
ASC Subject·Headings: Guinea-Bissau ; literary criticism ; poetry (form)

Ivory Coast
L'amour en héritage : roman / François d'Assise N'Dah. - Abidjan: Cercle Média, 2016.
ASC Subject·Headings: Côte d'Ivoire ; novels (form)

Ivory Coast
Comme une femme enceinte : roman / Isaïe Biton Koulibaly. - Abidjan: Nei-Ceda, 2015.
ASC Subject·Headings: Côte d'Ivoire ; sexual offences ; pregnant women ; journalists ; novels (form)

Ivory Coast
Et l'afrique se rebella : théâtre / Mathurin Goli Bi Irié. - Abidjan: Les éditions Matrice, 2015.
ASC Subject·Headings: Côte d'Ivoire ; drama (form)

Ivory Coast
Altiné ... mon unique péché / Anzata Ouattara. - [Abidjan]: GO Média Editions, 2014.
ASC Subject·Headings: Côte d'Ivoire ; romantic relationships ; novels (form)

Ivory Coast
Le destin cruel de Rosa : roman / Jean-Pierre Mukendi. - Abidjan: Nouvelles Éditions Balafons, 2013.
ASC Subject·Headings: Côte d'Ivoire ; novels (form)

Ivory Coast
Le best of de Magnific / David Musa Soro. - Abidjan: Editions Balafons, 2011.
ASC Subject·Headings: Côte d'Ivoire ; humour ; social life ; social conditions ; political conditions ; prose (form)

Mozambique
Ngano : contos populares da nossa terra / Benjamin Pedro Joambo. - Maputo: Edições Fundac, 2016.
ASC Subject·Headings: Mozambique ; short stories (form)

Mozambique
52 semanas / Miguel César. - Maputo: Alcance Editores, 2014.
ASC Subject·Headings: Mozambique ; prose (form)

Mozambique
Sons para a minha amada / Luís Cezerilo. - Maputo: Alcance Editores, 2013.
ASC Subject·Headings: Mozambique ; poetry (form)

Mozambique
Impia scripta / Luís Carlos Patraquim. - Maputo: Alcance, 2011.
ASC Subject·Headings: Mozambique ; prose (form)

Niger
Contes des sables du Niger : recueil de 20 contes authentiques / Sani Bouda. - Cotonou: Les Éditions Plurielles, 2014.
ASC Subject·Headings: Niger ; folk tales (form) ; short stories (form)

Nigeria
Many colours make the thunder-king : a play / Femi Osofisan. - Lagos: Concept Publications Limited, 2015.
ASC Subject·Headings: Nigeria ; drama (form)

Nigeria
Behind the mask / Data Osa Don-Pedro. - Ibadan: Kraft Books, 2014.
ASC Subject·Headings: Nigeria ; novels (form)

Nigeria
Shoeless night : "crying with tears; that never shed" : a true life story / Oluwafemi Oloidi. - Ibadan: Omojojolo Books, 2014.
ASC Subject·Headings: Nigeria ; novels (form)

Nigeria
Reflections : a collection of historical poems / written by Solomon Akin'-Oremodu. - Oshodi-Lagos: Akins'ore Productions, 2009.
ASC Subject·Headings: Nigeria ; poetry (form)

Nigeria
Too hard to get / by Jide Oguntoye. - Ibadan: Rasmed Publications Ltd, 2004.
ASC Subject·Headings: Nigeria ; drama (form)

Reunion
Sirandane : au kabar des dieux : roman / Edmond René Lauret. - [S.l.]: [s.n.], 2005.
ASC Subject·Headings: Réunion ; novels (form)

Senegal
Sur le pont : roman / Mahamoudou Ouédraogo. - Paris: L'Harmattan, 2016.
ASC Subject·Headings: Pont Faidherbe (Saint-Louis, Senegal) ; Senegal ; romantic relationships ; novels (form)

The Gambia
The long road to democracy in the Gambia / edited by Pierre Gomez. - Kanifing: Fulladu Publishers, 2017.
ASC Subject·Headings: Gambia ; youth ; democracy ; poetry (form)

Zimbabwe
Wars of the Weavers : a memoir / by Debrah Anne Nixon. - [S.l.]: [s.n.], 2016.
ASC Subject·Headings: Zimbabwe ; family ; political conditions ; novels (form)
 

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