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New acquisitions - week 36 2017

Le mystère de la démocratie en Afrique : l'exemple du RDPS au Congo-BrazzavilleWeek 36 2017

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Articles

Gabon
Risky sexual behaviour among women: does economic empowerment matter? : case of Gabon, Mozambique, Sierra-Leone and Zambia / Clifford O. Odimegwu, Nicole De Wet and Pamela C. Banda. - (Abstract available)
In: African Journal of AIDS Research : (2016), vol. 15, no. 4 , p. 333-340 : graf., tab
ASC Subject Headings: Gabon ; Mozambique ; poverty ; risk ; sexuality ; Sierra Leone ; women ; Zambia
http://dx.doi.org/10.2989/16085906.2016.1238401 (Restricted access)

Namibia
A condition assessment of the prehistoric art from the Bushman Paradise Cave, Groe Spitzkoppe, Namibia / Goodman Gwasira and Georgine Katjiuongua. - (Abstract available)
In: Journal for studies in humanities and social sciences : (2016), vol. 5, no. 2, p. 1-10 : ill
ASC Subject Headings: conservation of cultural heritage ; Namibia ; rock art
 

Namibia
Altruism or economic expediency? : a descriptive account of Namibia's. - (Abstract available)
In: Journal for studies in humanities and social sciences : (2016), vol. 5, no. 2, p. 37-49
ASC Subject Headings: Democratic Republic of Congo ; foreign intervention ; Namibia ; war
 

Namibia
Opportunity granted or denied : an analysis of teachers' implementation of English Language syllabus' learning objectives and the fate of Grade 10 ESL learners at public schools in Windhoek / Yolana Lyamine and Nelson Mlambo. - (Abstract available)
In: Journal for studies in humanities and social sciences : (2016), vol. 5, no. 2, p. 50-65
ASC Subject Headings: Curriculum ; educational quality ; English language ; language instruction ; Namibia
 

Namibia
Socio-economic impacts of tourism businesses in Okahandja : a case study of Nau-Aib / Garuan L. Gariseb and Alfons W. Mosimane. - (Abstract available)
In: Journal for studies in humanities and social sciences : (2016), vol. 5, no. 2, p. 11-25 : graf., tab
ASC Subject Headings: community development ; Namibia ; small enterprises ; tourism
 

Namibia
The relevance of integrating ethno-science (indigenous knowledge) into upper primary natural sciences and health education school curriculum in the Zambezi region / Christina Nyarai Utete, Alex Mbonabi Ilukena and Bosman Muyumbano Simasiku. - (Abstract available)
In: Journal for studies in humanities and social sciences : (2016), vol. 5, no. 2, p. 66-72
ASC Subject Headings: Curriculum ; health education ; indigenous knowledge ; Namibia ; natural sciences ; primary education
 

South Africa
Advancing gender equality to improve HIV prevention: a study of practice / Jenevieve Mannell. - (Abstract available)
In: African Journal of AIDS Research : (2016), vol. 15, no. 4, p. 315-323 : tab
ASC Subject Headings: AIDS ; gender inequality ; South Africa
http://dx.doi.org/10.2989/16085906.2016.1221837 (Restricted access)

South Africa
Experiences of alcohol consumption and taking antiretroviral medication among men living with HIV in Tshwane, South Africa / Sebenzile Nkosi ... [et al.]. - (Abstract available)
In: African Journal of AIDS Research : (2016), vol. 15, no. 4, p. 367-376
ASC Subject Headings: AIDS ; alcoholic beverages ; alcoholism ; Consumption ; South Africa
http://dx.doi.org/10.2989/16085906.2016.1255651 (Restricted access)

South Africa
Integrated intervention for mental health co-morbidity in HIV-positive individuals: a public health assessment / Monika dos Santos and Gustaaf Wolvaardt. - (Abstract available)
In: African Journal of AIDS Research : (2016), vol. 15, no. 4, p. 325-331
ASC Subject Headings: AIDS ; mental health ; South Africa
http://dx.doi.org/10.2989/16085906.2016.1229683 (Restricted access)

Subsaharan Africa
HIV care and treatment experiences among female sex workers living with HIV in sub-Saharan Africa: a systematic review / Kathryn E. Lancaster ... [et al.]. - (Abstract available)
In: African Journal of AIDS Research : (2016), vol. 15, no. 4 , p. 377-386 : fig., tab
ASC Subject Headings: AIDS ; health care ; prostitution ; Subsaharan Africa
http://dx.doi.org/10.2989/16085906.2016.1255652 (Restricted access)

Uganda
Dealing with disclosure: perspectives from HIV-positive children and their older carers living in rural south-western Uganda / Esther Dusabe-Richards ... [et al.]. - (Abstract available)
In: African Journal of AIDS Research : (2016), vol. 15, no. 4, p. 387-395
ASC Subject Headings: AIDS ; children ; health care ; Uganda
http://dx.doi.org/10.2989/16085906.2016.1256330 (Restricted access)

Uganda
The intersection of antiretroviral therapy, peer support programmes, and economic empowerment with HIV stigma among HIV-positive women in West Nile Uganda / Nicole Coffey Kellett and Katherine Gnauck. - (Abstract available)
In: African Journal of AIDS Research : (2016), vol. 15, no. 4, p. 341-348 : tab
ASC Subject Headings: AIDS ; social status ; Uganda ; women
http://dx.doi.org/10.2989/16085906.2016.1241288 (Restricted access)

Zimbabwe
Radical acting techniques in Zimbabwean street theatre : implications on audience criticality / Tatenda Mangosho, Nehemia Chivandikwa and Tafadzwa Mlenga. - (Abstract available)
In: Journal for studies in humanities and social sciences : (2016), vol. 5, no. 2, p. 26-36
ASC Subject Headings: actors ; drama ; theatre ; Zimbabwe
 

Zimbabwe
The relationship between HIV and AIDS and water scarcity in Nyamakate resettlements land, north-central Zimbabwe / Alexio Mbereko, Dianne Scott and Moses John Chimbari . - (Abstract available)
In: African Journal of AIDS Research : (2016), vol. 15, no. 4, p. 349-357 : krt., tab
ASC Subject Headings: AIDS ; water shortage ; water supply ; Zimbabwe
http://dx.doi.org/10.2989/16085906.2016.1247735 (Restricted access)

Electronic documents

Africa
Dance of the lions and dragons : how are Africa and China engaging, and how will the partnership evolve? / Irene Yuan Sun, Kartik Jayaram, Omid Kassiri. - Washington, DC : McKinsey Global Institute, 2017
ASC Subject Headings: Africa ; China ; economic development ; international relations
http://www.mckinsey.com/~/media/McKinsey/Global%20Themes/Middle%20East%2...

Burkina Faso
Autochthony, democratisation and forest : the politics of choice in Burkina Faso / Muriel Côte. - Dakar : CODESRIA, 2015
ASC Subject Headings: Burkina Faso ; central-local government relations ; decentralization ; democratization ; forest management ; local politics
http://www.codesria.org/IMG/pdf/rfgi_26_muriel_cote.pdf?5115/f8d1688a277...

Democratic Republic of Congo
Déficit de redevabilité dans la gestion de la rente forestière communautaire : le cas de Yasekwe en Province orientale (République démocratique du Congo) / Billy Kakelengwa Mbilizi et Alphonse Maindo Monga Ngonga. - Dakar : CODESRIA, 2015
ASC Subject Headings: Democratic Republic of Congo ; forest management ; local government ; political participation ; popular participation ; traditional rulers ; villages
http://www.codesria.org/spip.php?article2322&lang=en

Kenya
Basic education curriculum framework / Kenya Institute of Curriculum Development. - Nairobi : Kenya Institute of Curriculum Development, 2017
ASC Subject Headings: curriculum development ; Kenya ; primary education
https://www.kicd.ac.ke/images/downloads/CURRICULUMFRAMEWORK.pdf

Kenya
The status of student involvement in university governance in Kenya : the case of public and private universities / M. Mulinge, N. Arasa, Violet Wawire. - Dakar : CODESRIA, 2017
ASC Subject Headings: Kenya ; management ; students ; universities
http://www.codesria.org/spip.php?article2741&lang=en

Middle East
Beyond scarcity : water security in the Middle East and North Africa : conference edition / Claudia Sadoff ... [et al.]. - Washington, DC : World Bank, 2017
ASC Subject Headings: Middle East ; Northern Africa ; water management ; water shortage
https://openknowledge.worldbank.org/handle/10986/27659

Nigeria
Representation in REDD : NGOs and chiefs privileged over elected local government in Cross River State, Nigeria / Emmanuel O. Nuesiri. - Dakar : CODESRIA, 2015
ASC Subject Headings: environmental degradation ; forest management ; forest policy ; local government ; Nigeria ; political participation ; popular participation
http://www.codesria.org/IMG/pdf/11-_rfgi_nuesiri_11.pdf?4812/19eeec61b93...

Senegal
Calling for democracy? : villagers experience of the production of class relations for ecotourism and carbon markets in Niombato, Sénégal / Rocio Hiraldo. - Dakar : CODESRIA, 2015
ASC Subject Headings: class relations ; ecotourism ; forest management ; nature conservation ; Senegal ; social inequality
http://www.codesria.org/IMG/pdf/7-_rfgi_rocio_7.pdf?4808/9b50c97619717af...

South Sudan
Land governance, local authorities and unrepresentative representation in rural South Sudan : a preliminary exploration / Phil René Oyono, Deng-Athoi Galuak. - Dakar : CODESRIA, 2015
ASC Subject Headings: decentralization ; land rights ; land tenure ; local government ; political participation ; popular participation ; South Sudan
http://www.codesria.org/IMG/pdf/rfgi_27_oyono_galuak.pdf?5116/0d1fd39cc4...

Sudan
Sudan in figures 2008-2012 / Ministry of the Cabinet , Central Bureau of Statistics. - Khartoum : Ministry of the Cabinet , Central Bureau of Statistics, 2013
ASC Subject Headings: demography ; education ; health ; literacy ; population distribution ; statistics ; Sudan
http://cbs.gov.sd/files/S%20in%20F%202008-2012.pdf

Sudan
Monthly bulltein of consumer price index 2012 / Ministry of the Cabinet, Central Bureau of Statistics. - Khartoum : [Central Bureau of Statistics CBS], 2012
ASC Subject Headings: beverages ; Consumption ; energy ; food ; prices ; Sudan ; urban areas
http://cbs.gov.sd/files/BUL_feb_2012.pdf

Sudan
5th Sudan population and housing census - 2008 : priority results submitted to the presidency by the population census council 26 April 2009 / Central bureau of statistics CBS, Southern Sudan Centre for census, statistics and evaluation SSCCSE. - [S.l.] : Central Bureau of Statistics CBS [etc.], 2009
ASC Subject Headings: 2008 ; censuses ; population distribution ; South Sudan ; Sudan
http://www.ilo.org/surveydata/index.php/catalog/1360/download/10373

Togo
Perspectives démographiques du Togo 2011-2031 / par Essey Senah Koupogbe et Kossi Gbeblèwou Tete. - Lomé : l'Institut National de la Statistique et des Études Économiques et Démographiques (INSEED), 2016
ASC Subject Headings: demography ; population growth ; statistics ; Togo
http://www.stat-togo.org/contenu/pdf/Perspectives-demographiques-final-2...

Togo
Questionnaire unifié des indicateurs de base du bien-être 2015 / Kokou Yao N'Guissan, coordinateur national. - Lomé : l'Institut National de la Statistique et des Études Économiques et Démographiques (INSEED), 2016
ASC Subject Headings: basic needs ; households ; living conditions ; statistics ; Togo
http://www.stat-togo.org/contenu/pdf/pb/pb-rap-final-QUIBB-tg-2015.pdf

Togo
Togo: profil de pauvreté 2006-2011-2015 / Kokou Yao N'Guissan, coordinateur national. - Lomé : l' Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques et démographiques (INSEED), 2016
ASC Subject Headings: basic needs ; household income ; households ; living conditions ; poverty ; statistics ; Togo
http://www.stat-togo.org/contenu/pdf/pb/pb-rap-profil-pauvrete-tg-2015.pdf

Uganda
Managing and transforming an African university : personal experience at Makerere University 19732004 / John Pancras Mukasa Ssebuwufu. - Dakar : CODESRIA, 2017
ASC Subject Headings: academics ; educational history ; educational management ; personal narratives (form) ; Uganda ; universities
http://www.codesria.org/spip.php?article2723&lang=en

Uganda
The National Council for higher education and the growth of the university sub-sector in Uganda, 2002-2012 / A.B.K. Kasozi. - Dakar : CODESRIA, 2016
ASC Subject Headings: educational management ; educational planning ; higher education ; Uganda ; universities
http://www.codesria.org/spip.php?article2739&lang=en

Zimbabwe
North Korean monuments in Southern Africa: legitimizing party rule through the National Heroes' Acres in Zimbabwe and Namibia / Tycho van der Hoog. - [S.l. : s.n.], 2017
ASC Subject Headings: heroes ; historiography ; monuments ; Namibia ; national liberation movements ; nationalism ; North Korea ; socialism ; Zimbabwe
http://hdl.handle.net/1887/52194

Books

Africa
Afrika in 100 stukjes / Peter van Doren. - Rotterdam : Brave New Books, 2017
ASC Subject Headings: Africa ; personal narratives (form) ; social life
 

Africa
Richesses de la nature et pauvreté des nations : essai sur la malédiction de la rente minière et pétrolière en Afrique / Jamal Azizi, Pierre-Noel Giraud, Timothée Ollivier ... [et al.]. - Paris : Mines, 2016
ASC Subject Headings: Africa ; economic policy ; mineral resources ; petroleum ; public revenue ; revenue allocation ; sustainable development
 

Africa
A hermeneutic approach to African traditional religion, theology and philosophy / by Kanu, Ikechukwu Anthony, OSA, Ph. D. - Jos : Augustinian Publications, 2015
ASC Subject Headings: Africa ; African religions ; Nigeria ; world view
 

Benin
Enfant visionnaire béni : odju-ori-bi : autobiographie / Cocou Christian Mèhou Zohoncon. - Paris : L'Harmattan, 2017
ASC Subject Headings: artists ; autobiographies (form) ; Benin ; culture contact ; France ; immigration ; painting
 

Cameroon
Démocratisation au Cameroun : scènes, arènes, règles et acteurs / sous la dir. d'Alawadi Zelao. - (Abstract available) - Paris : L'Harmattan, 2016
ASC Subject Headings: Cameroon ; democratization ; electoral systems ; political parties
 

Congo (Brazzaville)
Le mystère de la démocratie en Afrique : l'exemple du RDPS au Congo-Brazzaville / Robert Ghoma Lefort. - Paris : L'Harmattan, 2017
ASC Subject Headings: Congo (Brazzaville) ; democratization ; political parties ; politicians
 

Democratic Republic of Congo
Enfances ambigues : anthropologie des enfants accusés de sorcellerie au Katanga (RDC) / Edoardo Quaretta ; préf. de Bogumil Jewsiewicki. - Paris : L'Harmattan, 2017
ASC Subject Headings: children ; Democratic Republic of Congo ; family ; Katanga ; street children ; witch-hunting ; witchcraft
 

Democratic Republic of Congo
Lexique des noms lubà (République démocratique du Congo) / Mpunga wa Ilunga. - Paris : L'Harmattan, 2017
ASC Subject Headings: Democratic Republic of Congo ; dictionaries (form) ; Luba-Kasai language ; names
 

Democratic Republic of Congo
Santé reproductive, VIH -IDA et IST en milieu universitaire congolais / Willy Bongo-Pasi Moke Sangol, Barthélemy Kalambayi, Séraphin Ngondo A. Pitshandenge. - Paris : L'Harmattan, 2015
ASC Subject Headings: AIDS ; attitudes ; Democratic Republic of Congo ; health education ; reproductive health ; students ; universities
 

Gabon
Gabon : l'impossible décolonisation dans la Françafrique / Marie-Thérèse Landon. - Paris : Fauves Editions, 2017
ASC Subject Headings: economic conditions ; France ; Gabon ; heads of State ; international relations ; neocolonialism ; political opposition ; political repression
 

Gabon
Le Gabon, une démocratie meurtrière / Noel Bertrand Boundzanga. - Paris : L'Harmattan, 2016
ASC Subject Headings: articles (form) ; authoritarianism ; democratization ; Gabon ; political change ; political conditions
 

Ghana
Ghana on the go : African mobility in the age of motor transportation / Jennifer Hart. - Bloomington, IN [etc.] : Indiana University Press, 2016
ASC Subject Headings: automobiles ; drivers ; economic history ; entrepreneurs ; Ghana ; government policy ; road transport
 

Guinea
Guinée : Nantou, l'héritière légitime / Didier Junior. - Paris : Les impliqués éditeur, 2017
ASC Subject Headings: articles (form) ; Guinea ; political conditions ; Rassemblement du Peuple de Guinée ; women politicians
 

Guinea
L'ethnicité en Guinée-Conakry : au prisme de l'organisation sociopolitique / Oumar Diakhaby ; préf. de Bruno Laffort. - Paris : L'Harmattan, 2017
ASC Subject Headings: ethnic relations ; ethnicity ; Guinea ; nation ; nation building ; politics ; social conflicts
 

Nigeria
Treasury of childhood memories : Akínwùmí Ilá / translated from the Yorùbá original Ogún mdé by Pamela J. Olúbùnmi Smith with a forew. by Bídún Jéyífò ; ill. by Gbénga láwuyì. - Austin, TX : Pan-African University Press, 2016
ASC Subject Headings: Nigeria ; short stories (form) ; translation ; Yoruba language
 

Nigeria
Nigeria, a bizarre contraption : an account of contemporary socio-political issues in a fragile nation-state / Lateef Ishowo. - Lagos : hMage Media Prints Ltd, 2015
ASC Subject Headings: democracy ; Nigeria ; political conditions ; political history
 

Nigeria
Great issues in governance / by Cornelius Olusola Okubote. - Lagos : Olbot Mass Communication Consultancy, 2013
ASC Subject Headings: governance ; industrial development ; leadership ; Nigeria ; transport
 

Nigeria
Musings of a politician : (essays in intervention in public discourse) / Onu John Onwe. - Enugu : Snaap Press Nigeria Ltd, 2012
ASC Subject Headings: articles (form) ; newspapers ; Nigeria ; politicians
 

Nigeria
The Nigerian army finance corps : the facts, the fiction / Major General Victor Omonigho Odeka (rtd). - [Lagos] : Le Vine Associates, 2010
ASC Subject Headings: armed forces ; fraud ; military personnel ; Nigeria ; personal narratives (form) ; wages
 

Nigeria
Olatunde Abudu : the man with mission / Yomi Akinyeye. - Lagos : Diamond Publications Ltd, 2009
ASC Subject Headings: biographies (form) ; entrepreneurs ; lawyers ; Nigeria
 

Nigeria
Strangers in their land / ed. by Jumoke Ilevbabor. - Lagos : Civil Liberties Organisation, 2006
ASC Subject Headings: children ; displaced persons ; Nigeria ; social conditions ; women
 

Nigeria
My view of the coin : a participant's account of the politics of the First Republic : an autobiography / by Joseph Oduola Osuntokun ; ed. by Tinuola Faboya and Akintola Osuntokun. - [Ibadan?] : CCC Books, 2002
ASC Subject Headings: autobiographies (form) ; Nigeria ; political history ; politicians
 

Nigeria
Federal system : the Nigerian experience / by Ugwu Samuel Chijioke. - Enugu : MaryDan Publishers, 1998
ASC Subject Headings: federalism ; nation building ; Nigeria ; United States
 

Senegal
Sénégal, le travail dans tous ses états / Eveline Baumann ; préf. de Jean-Michel Servet. - Rennes : Presses universitaires de Rennes, 2016
ASC Subject Headings: economic conditions ; employment ; employment creation ; labour ; labour market ; Senegal ; social security
 

Togo
Perspectives démographiques du Togo 2011-2031 / par Essey Senah Koupogbe et Kossi Gbeblèwou Tete ; avec le contribution du bureau de l'UNFPA/Togo. - Togo : Institut National de la Statistique et des Études Économiques et Démographiques (INSEED), 2015
ASC Subject Headings: demography ; population growth ; statistics ; Togo
 

West Africa
Les sociétés rurales face aux changements climatiques et environnementaux en Afrique de l'Ouest / éditeurs scientifiques Benjamin Sultan, Richard Lalou, Mouftaou Amadou Sanni... [et al.]. - Marseille : IRD éditions, Institut de recherche pour le développement, 2015
ASC Subject Headings: agricultural innovations ; agricultural production ; climate change ; rural society ; West Africa

Journals

South Sudan
South Sudan Medical Journal : SSMJ. - Juba : South Sudan Doctors Association
ASC Subject Headings: diseases ; health care ; hospitals ; malnutrition ; maternal and child health care ; South Sudan

African Literature

Algeria
Une lettre en retour : poesie / par Tarik-Brahim Salah. - Paris : Edilivre, 2016
ASC Subject Headings: Algeria ; poetry (form)
 

Cameroon
Denial Is the killer : and other stories / Charles Nfon. - Mankon : Langaa Research & Publishing CIG, 2016
ASC Subject Headings: AIDS ; Cameroon ; short stories (form)
 

Côte d'Ivoire
La sueur du cur / Fatou Fanny-Cissé. - Abidjan : Cercle Média, 2015
ASC Subject Headings: Côte d'Ivoire ; short stories (form)
 

Côte d'Ivoire
Une vie de bonnes fortunes / Luisiano N'Dohou. - Abidjan : Cercle Média, 2015
ASC Subject Headings: Côte d'Ivoire ; novels (form)
 

Côte d'Ivoire
Vous avez dit Lébous? : roman / Mariama Ndoye. - Abijdan : NEI-CEDA, 2015
ASC Subject Headings: Côte d'Ivoire ; Lebu ; novels (form)
 

Côte d'Ivoire
Une femme pour une médaille : nouvelles / Maurice Bandaman . - Paris : Les édition Chapitre.com, 2014
ASC Subject Headings: Côte d'Ivoire ; short stories (form)
 

Nigeria
Umale okere : (a play) / by Dan Omatsola. - Ibadan : End-Time Pub. House, 2002
ASC Subject Headings: drama (form) ; Nigeria
 

Nigeria
They said I abused the government / Femi Fatoba. - Ibadan : Stirling-Horden Publishers (Nig.) Ltd, 2001
ASC Subject Headings: Nigeria ; poetry (form)
 

Senegal
Les effets des causes cachées / Lamine Cissé. - Paris : L'Harmattan, 2015
ASC Subject Headings: novels (form) ; Senegal
 

Senegal
Les effets des causes cachées / Lamine Cissé. - Paris : Editions L'Harmattan, 2015
ASC Subject Headings: novels (form) ; Senegal

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