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Articles

Africa
Africa from the margins / Dorothy L. Hodgson. - (Abstract available)
In: African Studies Review : (2017), vol. 60, no. 2, p. 37-49
ASC Subject Headings: Africa ; ethnic identity ; indigenous peoples ; modernization ; world view
https://doi.org/10.1017/asr.2017.47 (Restricted access)

Africa
Institutional quality and CO2 emission-trade relations : evidence from Sub-Saharan Africa / Mansor H. Ibrahim and Siong Hook Law. -
In: South African Journal of Economics : (2016), vol. 84, no. 2, p. 323-340 : tab
ASC Subject Headings: Africa ; air pollution ; economic models ; institutions ; trade
http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/saje.12095 (Restricted access)

Africa
Public debt, economic growth and inflation in African economies / José Augusto Lopes da Veiga , Alexandra Ferreira-Lopes, and Tiago Neves Sequeira. -
In: South African Journal of Economics : (2016), vol. 84, no. 2, p. 294-322
ASC Subject Headings: Africa ; economic development ; inflation ; public debt
http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/saje.12104 (Restricted access)

Africa
Treatment of African slaves : a critical reflection of an unhealed wound / Igboin Benson Ohihon. -
In: Orita : (2011), vol. 43, no. 1, p. 131-151
ASC Subject Headings: Africa ; European Union ; reparations ; slavery ; slaves
 

Angola
The Kwanhama partitioned by the border and the Angolan perspective of cross-border identity / Cristina Udelsmann Rodrigues. - (Abstract available)
In: African Studies : (2017), vol. 76, no. 3, p. 423-443
ASC Subject Headings: Angola ; boundaries ; identity ; Namibia ; Ovambo
http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00020184.2017.1325615 (Restricted access)

Cameroon
A "vortex of identities" : freemasonry, witchcraft, and postcolonial homophobia / Peter Geschiere. - (Abstract available)
In: African Studies Review : (2017), vol. 60, no. 2, p. 7-35
ASC Subject Headings: Cameroon ; conference papers (form) ; culture contact ; Freemasons ; homosexuality ; LGBT ; witchcraft
https://doi.org/10.1017/asr.2017.52 (Restricted access)

Cameroon
The consequences of the encounter of Christianity with royal culture among the Kom people of Cameroon c1920-c1960s / Walter Gam Nkwi. -
In: Orita : (2011), vol. 43, no. 1, p. 111-130
ASC Subject Headings: Cameroon ; Kom polity ; missions ; rebellions ; spouses ; traditional rulers ; women
 

Ghana
The concept of the progpeht in Ghana's church of Pentecost / Joseph Quayesi-Amakye. -
In: Orita : (2011), vol. 43, no. 1, p. 1-21
ASC Subject Headings: Ghana ; Pentecostalism ; prophets
 

Ghana
Are sins forgiven or loaned? : translations and interpretations of Matthew 6:12 by some Dangme scholars / Jonathan E.T. Kuwornu-Adjaottor. -
In: Orita : (2010), vol. 42, no. 2, p. 67-81
ASC Subject Headings: Adangme ; Adangme language ; Bible ; Ghana ; translation
 

Ghana
Islam and western type of education in a religiously pluralistic African society : the case of Ghana / Rev. Nathan Iddrisu Samwini. -
In: Orita : (2010), vol. 42, no. 2, p. 49-66
ASC Subject Headings: education ; Ghana ; Islam
 

Kenya
Contentious land narratives and the nonescalation of election violence : evidence from Kenya's coast region / Kathleen Klaus. -
In: African Studies Review : (2017), vol. 60, no. 2, p. 51-72 : krt., tab
ASC Subject Headings: elections ; Kenya ; land conflicts ; political violence ; regional disparity
https://doi.org/10.1017/asr.2017.2 (Restricted access)

Kenya
Kerio Valley, 1973-2013 : a case study of Kenyan smallholder agriculture / Wilhelm Östberg and Martina Angela Caretta. - (Abstract available)
In: African Studies : (2017), vol. 76, no. 3, p. 402-422 : ill, tab
ASC Subject Headings: irrigation ; Kenya ; livelihoods ; rural development ; small farms
http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00020184.2017.1285664 (Restricted access)

Nigeria
A critique of responses of selected Pentecostal churches to the problem of poverty in Nigeria / George O. Folarin. -
In: Orita : (2011), vol. 43, no. 1, p. 55-76
ASC Subject Headings: Nigeria ; Pentecostalism ; poverty ; social problems
 

Nigeria
Electoral process and moral responsibility in Nigeria : a religious viewpoint / O.O. Familusi. -
In: Orita : (2011), vol. 43, no. 1, p. 89-110
ASC Subject Headings: elections ; ethics ; Nigeria ; responsibility
 

Nigeria
Persecution in the early church and its implications for the twenty-first century church in Nigeria / Samson Adetunji Fatokun. -
In: Orita : (2011), vol. 43, no. 1, p. 36-54
ASC Subject Headings: Christianity ; Church history ; freedom of religion ; Nigeria
 

Nigeria
Religious extremism and environmental hazards in Nigeria / Solomon M. Mepaiyeda. - (Abstract available)
In: Orita : (2011), vol. 43, no. 1, p. 77-88
ASC Subject Headings: environment ; Nigeria ; pollution ; religious buildings
 

Nigeria
Revisiting ethical issues in academic bias in the study of African indigenous religions / Jacob Kehinde Ayantayo. -
In: Orita : (2011), vol. 43, no. 1, p. 22-35
ASC Subject Headings: African religions ; attitudes ; Nigeria ; religious education ; religious studies
 

Nigeria
The theory of evil among the theologians in Islam and Yoruba traditional religion / Kazeem Adekunle Adegoke. -
In: Orita : (2011), vol. 43, no. 1, p. 152-166
ASC Subject Headings: African religions ; ethics ; Islam ; Nigeria ; Yoruba
 

Nigeria
An ethicist's perspective of the problems of gender, violence and stigmatization of people living with HIV & AIDS / O.O. Familusi. -
In: Orita : (2010), vol. 42, no. 2, p. 122-150
ASC Subject Headings: AIDS ; attitudes ; domestic violence ; gender inequality ; Nigeria
 

Nigeria
Music and prophetic inspiration in selected indigenous Pentecostal churches in Nigeria / Adekunle Oyinloye Dada. -
In: Orita : (2010), vol. 42, no. 2, p. 151-171
ASC Subject Headings: music ; Nigeria ; Pentecostalism ; prophets ; Yoruba
 

Nigeria
Paul's stand on dignity of labour : a model for youth empowerment in Igbo land / Amolo Hope. -
In: Orita : (2010), vol. 42, no. 2, p. 82-101
ASC Subject Headings: Bible ; empowerment ; Igbo ; Nigeria ; youth
 

Nigeria
Rethinking the religious and moral questions in the Niger Delta discourse / Jacob Kehinde Ayantayo. -
In: Orita : (2010), vol. 42, no. 2, p. 25-48
ASC Subject Headings: ethics ; Niger Delta conflict ; Nigeria
 

South Africa
South African Sign Language (SASL) poetry / [guest ed.] Ruth Morgan & Michiko Kaneko. - (Abstract available)
In: African Studies : (2017), vol. 76, no. 3, p. 381-401
ASC Subject Headings: poetry ; sign languages ; South Africa
http://www.tandfonline.com/toc/cast20/76/3 (Restricted access)

South Africa
Estimating the short run effects of South Africa's Employment Tax Incentive on youth employment probabilities using a difference-in-differences approach / Vimal Ranchhod and Arden Finn. -
In: South African Journal of Economics : (2016), vol. 84, no. 2, p. 199-216 : graf., tab
ASC Subject Headings: economic models ; employment creation ; South Africa ; tax incentives ; youth unemployment
http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/saje.12121 (Restricted access)

Uganda
The social and political dimensions of internal displacement in Uganda : challenges and opportunities - a systematic review / Joseph K. Kamara, Sheila Cyril, and Andre M. N. Renzaho. - (Abstract available)
In: African Studies : (2017), vol. 76, no. 3, p. 444-473 : graf., tab
ASC Subject Headings: displaced persons ; eviction ; human rights ; literature reviews (form) ; Uganda
http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00020184.2017.1346387 (Restricted access)

Books

Africa
African medical pluralism / ed. by William C. Olsen and Carolyn Sargent. - Bloomington, IN : Indiana University Press, 2017
ASC Subject Headings: Africa ; folk medicine ; healing rites ; health care ; hospitals ; medical anthropology ; medicinal drugs
 

Africa
Entrepreneurship in Africa / ed. by Akinyinka Akinyoade, Ton Dietz, Chibuike Uche. - (Abstract available) - Leiden : Brill, 2017
ASC Subject Headings: Africa ; banking ; business ; economic development ; entrepreneurs ; innovations ; women entrepreneurs
 

Africa
Africa : development challenges and possibilities / Amadu Jacky Kaba. - Austin, TX [etc.] : Pan-African University Press [etc.], 2016
ASC Subject Headings: Africa ; diasporas ; religion ; sustainable development
 

Africa
On wings of light : reflections on cybernetics Africa and the wider world / Micheal Vickers. - Austin, TX : Pan African University Press, 2015
ASC Subject Headings: Africa ; information technology ; Libya ; Nigeria ; social media
 

Africa
Desafios contemporâneos da África : o legado de Amílcar Cabral / Carlos Lopes (org.). - Luanda : Arquivo Nacional de Angola, Ministerio de Cultura, 2014
ASC Subject Headings: Africa
 

Africa
African and European readers of the Bible in dialogue : in quest of a shared meaning / ed. by Hans de Wit and Gerald O. West. - Leiden [etc.] : Brill, 2008
ASC Subject Headings: 2006 ; Africa ; Bible ; conference papers (form) ; Europe
 

Africa
Drumbeats of black Africa : a collection of African proverbs / O. Charles Okwelume, Jnr. - Ibadan [etc.] : Spectrum Books Limited ; in assoc. with Safari Books (Export) Limited, 2004
ASC Subject Headings: Africa ; proverbs
 

Cape Verde
O novo processo civil de Cabo Verde / Cândida da Silva Antunes Pires. - Praia : OACV, 2011
ASC Subject Headings: Cape Verde ; civil procedure
 

Ghana
Speaking above a whisper : autobiography / Bisi Adeleye-Fayemi. - Ibadan : Amandla Consulting, 2014
ASC Subject Headings: autobiographies (form) ; empowerment ; Ghana ; women politicians
 

Kenya
Le dernier éléphant : histoire d'un chasseur kenyan / Jean-Luc Ville, Abajila Guyo. - Paris : Éditions Autrement, 2004
ASC Subject Headings: biographies (form) ; hunter-gatherers ; hunting ; Kenya
 

Malawi
Born in Ntengela : the story of my early life / Brown Beswick Chimphamba . - [Lilongwe] : [B.B. Chimphamba], 2004
ASC Subject Headings: academics ; autobiographies (form) ; biology ; educational management ; Malawi ; universities
 

Nigeria
Ige : over to God : the incorruptible and impartial judge / by Akinyosoye S.B. Gbenro. - [Nigeria] : [s.n.], 2015
ASC Subject Headings: assassination ; Cabinet ; government attorneys ; homicide ; Nigeria ; trials
 

Nigeria
Democracy without democrats : travails of politics and development in Nigeria, 1999-2011 / Opeyemi Agbaje. - Lagos : Goriite Publishing Limited, 2014
ASC Subject Headings: democracy ; Nigeria ; political history
 

Nigeria
Footprints of a statesman : the life and times of Chief Daniel Okumagba / Bernard Oboatarhieyeren Okumagba. - Lagos : Creektown Books, 2014
ASC Subject Headings: biographies (form) ; Nigeria ; politicians
 

Nigeria
Odyssey of a green eagle : from the pitch to the summit / Patrick Ekeji . - Lagos : Prestige, 2014
ASC Subject Headings: football ; Nigeria ; personal narratives (form) ; sports associations
 

Nigeria
Organisation and management of schools in Nigeria : past and present / Martha N. Amadi. - Lagos : Vitaman Educational Books, 2014
ASC Subject Headings: educational history ; educational management ; Nigeria
 

Nigeria
Nationalities, identities and terrorism : the Nigerian experience / ed. by V. Adefemi Isumonah, Musibau Olabamiji Oyebode, Adeola Adams. - Ibadan : John Archers (Publishers) Limited, 2013
ASC Subject Headings: ethnic relations ; governance ; militias ; nation building ; Nigeria ; terrorism
 

Nigeria
Religion and governance in Nigeria : dedicated to late Dr. Akintunde, Dorcas Olubanke / eds.: Jacob K. Ayantayo, Oyinloye A. Dada, Helen A. Labeodan. - Ibadan : Department of Religious Studies, University of Ibadan, 2012
ASC Subject Headings: Bible ; Christianity ; governance ; Islam ; leadership ; Nigeria ; religion
 

Nigeria
Cross border armed banditry in the north east : issues in national security and Nigeria's relations with its immediate neighbours / ed. by Bassey E. Ate and Bola A. Akinterinwa. - (Abstract available) - Victoria Island, Lagos : Nigerian Institute of International Affairs, 2011
ASC Subject Headings: banditry ; boundaries ; conference papers (form) ; crime ; national security ; Nigeria ; regional security
 

Nigeria
The feminist-womanist dialectics : a critical source book : a festschrift in honour of Akachi Adimora-Ezeigbo / ed. by Y.O.O. Akorede, A.A. Asinyanbola . - (Abstract available) - Porto-Novo : Editons Sonou D'Afrique, 2010
ASC Subject Headings: feminism ; festschrifts (form) ; gender inequality ; gender roles ; literature ; Nigeria ; women's rights
 

Nigeria
Creativity in Nigeria's higher education / ed. by Akin Alao and Tunde Obisesan. - [Nigeria] : Connel Publications, in association with Rex Charles Publications, 2009
ASC Subject Headings: higher education ; Nigeria
 

Nigeria
The making of a university administrator : an autobiography / by Abídoyè Babalolá. - Ibadan : [Author], 2008
ASC Subject Headings: academics ; autobiographies (form) ; educational management ; Nigeria ; universities
 

Nigeria
Gentleman of the press : the press on Tunji Oseni's passage / ed. by Lanre Idowu. - Lagos : Diamond Publications, 2005
ASC Subject Headings: journalists ; memorial volumes (form) ; Nigeria
 

Nigeria
Readings in campus violence / ed. by Lai Olurode and Omololu Soyombo. - (Abstract available) - Ikeja, Lagos : John West Publications Limited, 2004
ASC Subject Headings: cults ; domestic violence ; Nigeria ; students ; universities ; violence ; youth
 

Nigeria
Libraries & librarianship in Nigeria : a festschrift for Ezekiel Bejide Bankole / ed. by S.O. Olanlokun and T.M. Salisu. - Shomolu, Lagos : Ikofa Press, 2001
ASC Subject Headings: librarianship ; libraries ; Nigeria ; public libraries ; school libraries ; special libraries ; university libraries
 

Nigeria
Larger than his frame : critical studies & reflections on Olu Obafemi / ed. by Duro Oni, Sunday Enessi Ododo. - (Abstract available) - Lagos : Centre for Black and African Arts & Civilization, 2000
ASC Subject Headings: academics ; drama ; festschrifts (form) ; Nigeria ; theatre ; writers
 

South Africa
As by fire : the end of the South African university / Jonathan Jansen. - Cape Town : Tafelberg, 2017
ASC Subject Headings: educational financing ; educational management ; educational policy ; protest ; South Africa ; student movements ; universities
 

South Africa
Contemporary issues in the Indian diaspora of South Africa / edited by P. Pratap Kumar. - New Delhi : Serials Publications Pvt. Ltd, 2016
ASC Subject Headings: 2015 ; conference papers (form) ; diasporas ; India ; Indians ; South Africa
 

South Africa
Magaliesberg Kaleidoscope : essays on people, places and peculiarities around Hartbeespoort Dam and the Moot / Willie Meyer. - Pretoria : Protea, 2012
ASC Subject Headings: mountains ; social history ; South Africa
 

South Africa
Rectores magnifici / Flip van der Watt. - Pretoria : Protea Boekhuis, 2003
ASC Subject Headings: academics ; educational history ; educational management ; South Africa ; universities
 

South Africa
The fighting police of South Africa / by J.E.M. Thursby Attwell. - Maritzburg : Natal Witness, 192
ASC Subject Headings: police ; protest ; rebellions ; South Africa
 

Southern Africa
August Hardeland and the 'Rheinische' and 'Hermannsburger' Missions in Borneo and Southern Africa (1839-1870) : the history of a paradigm shift and its impact on South African Lutheran churches / Karl E. Böhmer. - Göttingen : Edition Ruprecht, 2016
ASC Subject Headings: Lutheran Church ; missionary history ; missions ; Southern Africa
 

Southern Africa
The politics of nature and science in Southern Africa / editors Maano Ramutsindela, Giorgio Miescher, Melanie Boehi. - Basel : Basler Afrika Bibliographien, 2016
ASC Subject Headings: environment ; environmental policy ; fauna ; flora ; nature conservation ; politics ; science ; Southern Africa
 

Southern Africa
Dorothea Bleek : a life of scholarship / a biography by Jill Weintroub. - Johannesburg : Wits University Press, 2015
ASC Subject Headings: African studies ; research methods ; rock art ; San ; scientists ; Southern Africa ; women
 

Subsaharan Africa
My African sojourns : a UN diplomat's experiences of working in the strife-torn countries of Africa / Nasim Ahmed ; in narration and conversation with Swapnil Bharali. - Dehli : Spectrum Publications, 2016
ASC Subject Headings: diplomats ; India ; Lebanon ; personal narratives (form) ; Subsaharan Africa ; UN
 

Subsaharan Africa
The Calabash child : African folk-tales adapted and re-told / by Diana Pitcher : ill. by Meg Rutherford. - Cape Town : David Philip., 1988
ASC Subject Headings: folk tales (form) ; Subsaharan Africa
 

Sudan
Sudan's Nuba Mountains people under siege : accounts by humanitarians in the battle zone / ed. by Samuel Totten ; forew. by Caroline Baroness Cox ; afterw. by Israel W. Charny. - Jefferson, NC : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, 2017
ASC Subject Headings: humanitarian assistance ; Nuba ; Sudan ; war crimes
 

Sudan
Conflict in the Nuba Mountains : from genocide by attrition to the contemporary crisis in Sudan / ed. by Samuel Totten and Amanda F. Grzyb. - New York, NY [etc.] : Routledge, 2015
ASC Subject Headings: civil wars ; Nuba ; peace treaties ; political conditions ; social conditions ; Sudan ; war crimes
 

Zimbabwe
People, money, and power in the economic crisis : perspectives from the global South / edited by Keith Hart and John Sharp. - New York : Berghahn Books, 2015
ASC Subject Headings: Cape Verde ; informal sector ; livelihoods ; migrants ; Mozambique ; South Africa ; working class ; Zimbabwe

Films

Ethiopia
Town of runners / Jerry Rothwell. - (Abstract available) - London : Met Film Productions, 2012
ASC Subject Headings: documentary films (form) ; Ethiopia ; girls ; social life ; sports ; videos (form)
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African Literature

Africa
Best "new" African poets 2016 anthology = Anthologie de "noueveaux" meilleurs poetes Africains 2016 = Antologia dos melhores "novos" poetas Africanos 2016 / comp. and ed. by Tendai R. Mwanaka & Daniel da Purificação. - Mankon : Langaa Research & Publishing CIG, 2017
ASC Subject Headings: Africa ; anthologies (form) ; poetry (form)
 

Burkina Faso
Rougbêinga : roman / Norbert Zongo. - Ouagadouga: Editions INC, 1990
ASC Subject Headings: Burkina Faso ; novels (form)
 

East Africa
The idol of Mombasa / Annamaria Alfieri. - New York : Felony & Mayhem Press, 2016
ASC Subject Headings: crime novels (form) ; East Africa
 

Egypt
The lodging house / Khairy Shalaby ; translated [from Arabic] by Farouk Abdel Wahab. - Cairo [etc.] : The American University in Cairo Press, 2006
ASC Subject Headings: Egypt ; novels (form)
 

Nigeria
Bitter leafing woman : short stories / by Karen King-Aribisala. - Lagos [etc.] : Malthouse Press, 2017
ASC Subject Headings: conflict ; Nigeria ; short stories (form)
 

Nigeria
Little people / Chinyere Ifediora. - Ibadan : Depet Publishers, 2016
ASC Subject Headings: Nigeria ; novels (form)
 

Nigeria
Abobaku : drama / Ahmed Yerima. - Ibadan : Kraft Books Limited, 2015
ASC Subject Headings: drama (form) ; monarchy ; Nigeria ; rituals ; social conditions ; women ; Yoruba
 

Nigeria
May29, 2019 / Joe Dauda. - Nigeria : Integrated Zhepwo Innovations, 2015
ASC Subject Headings: Nigeria ; novels (form) ; science fiction
 

Nigeria
The lost generation / Celestine U. Iyeh. - Ibadan : University Press PLC, 2015
ASC Subject Headings: Nigeria ; novels (form)
 

Nigeria
Passport to success (a play) / Adjekpagbon Blessed Mudiaga. - Lagos : Bulkybon Books, 2014
ASC Subject Headings: drama (form) ; Nigeria
 

Nigeria
The angel that was always there : a memoir / by Julius Bokoru. - Nigeria : NWS Publishers, 2014
ASC Subject Headings: Nigeria ; novels (form)
 

Nigeria
The bottom of another tale : (short stories) / Su'eddie Vershima Agema. - Karu, Nasarawa State : Sevhage Publishers, 2014
ASC Subject Headings: Nigeria ; short stories (form)
 

Nigeria
Egbon of Lagos : (a play) / Akin Bello. - Ibadan : Abel Books, 2013
ASC Subject Headings: drama (form) ; journalists ; Nigeria
 

Nigeria
Tongues of warning : poems / Khabyr Fasasi. - Ibadan : Kraft Books Limited, 2013
ASC Subject Headings: Nigeria ; poetry (form)
 

Nigeria
Èdidàré / by Rotimi Ogunjobi. - [S.l.] : Rotime Ogunjobi, 2012
ASC Subject Headings: Nigeria ; poetry (form)
 

Nigeria
Life wars and other poems / by Lecky Oshiorenua Osumah. - Ibadan : Stirling-Horden Publishers Ltd, 2012
ASC Subject Headings: Nigeria ; poetry (form)
 

Nigeria
Dance of fury : a play and an adaptation of Iwyawo Sara, one of the stories in the collection, Frogs for dinner / by Feyi-Abiodun Oyeniyi. - Lagos : Feyisam (publishing Ventùres) Limited, 2009
ASC Subject Headings: drama (form) ; Nigeria ; women's rights
 

Nigeria
Tegonni : an African Antigone / Fmi fisan. - Lagos : Concept Publications, 2007
ASC Subject Headings: drama (form) ; Nigeria ; Yoruba
 

Nigeria
Death, not a redeemer : a play / by Hope O Eghagha. - Lagos : Meshico Enterprises Limited, 1998
ASC Subject Headings: drama (form) ; Nigeria
 

South Africa
Evening primrose / Kopano Matlwa. - London : Hodder & Stoughton, 2017
ASC Subject Headings: health care ; novels (form) ; South Africa
 

South Africa
Period pain : a novel / by Kopano Matlwa. - Auckland Park : Jacana, 2016
ASC Subject Headings: adolescents ; novels (form) ; social conditions ; South Africa
 

Sudan
The January children / Safia Elhillo ; forew. by Kwame Dawes. - Lincoln [etc.] : University of Nebraska Press, 2017
ASC Subject Headings: poetry (form) ; refugees ; Sudan
 

Uganda
Flame and song : a memoir / Philippa Namutebi Kabali-Kagwa. - [Cape Town] : Modjaji Books, 2016
ASC Subject Headings: autobiographies (form) ; Ethiopia ; South Africa ; Uganda

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