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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.

N.B.  The next issue will be published on 5 January 2026.


New acquisitions - week 17 2017

Secret revolution : memoirs of a spy boss Week 17 2017

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Articles

Africa
The African Union non-indifference stance : lessons from Sudan and Libya / Ndubuisi Christian Ani. - (Abstract available)
In: African Conflict and Peacebuilding Review : (2016), vol. 6, no. 2, p. 1-22
ASC Subject Headings: Africa ; African Union ; foreign intervention ; Libya ; offences against human rights ; Sudan
http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.2979/africonfpeacrevi.6.2.01 (Restricted access)

Africa
The responsibility to protect and the African governance architecture : explaining the nexus / Obinna Franklin Ifedoria. - (Abstract available)
In: African Conflict and Peacebuilding Review : (2016), vol. 6, no. 2, p. 94-111
ASC Subject Headings: Africa ; African Union ; election monitoring ; governance ; peacebuilding
http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.2979/africonfpeacrevi.6.2.05 (Restricted access)

Ethiopia
From hated to Häbäsha : Oromo identity shifts in Wällo and Shäwa during the late nineteenth century / Brian J. Yates. - (Abstract available)
In: African Identities : (2016), vol. 14, no. 3, p. 194-208 : krt
ASC Subject Headings: Ethiopia ; ethnic groups ; interreligious relations ; social history
http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/14725843.2015.1121462 (Restricted access)

Kenya
Mobilizing a defensive Kikuyu-Kalenjin alliance : the politicization of the International Criminal Court in Kenya's 2013 presidential election / Aditi Malik. - (Abstract available)
In: African Conflict and Peacebuilding Review : (2016), vol. 6, no. 2, p. 48-73 : fig
ASC Subject Headings: 2013 ; coalitions ; elections ; elite ; ethnic groups ; International Criminal Court ; Kenya
http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.2979/africonfpeacrevi.6.2.03 (Restricted access)

Kenya
The role of language in peacebuilding : the case of the 2008 Kenyan coalition government / Margaret Nasambu Barasa, Vicky Inviolata Khasandi-Telewa and Jacinta Ndambuki. - (Abstract available)
In: African Conflict and Peacebuilding Review : (2016), vol. 6, no. 2, p. 74-93
ASC Subject Headings: 2008 ; communication ; government ; Kenya ; language usage ; websites
http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.2979/africonfpeacrevi.6.2.04 (Restricted access)

Sierra Leone
The gift of violence : ex-militias and ambiguous debt relations during post-war elections in Sierra Leone / Mats Utas and Maya Mynster Christensen. - (Abstract available)
In: African Conflict and Peacebuilding Review : (2016), vol. 6, no. 2, p. 23-47
ASC Subject Headings: militias ; patronage ; Sierra Leone ; veterans
http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.2979/africonfpeacrevi.6.2.02 (Restricted access)

South Sudan
What went wrong in South Sudan in December 2013 / John Mwangi Githigaro. - (Abstract available)
In: African Conflict and Peacebuilding Review : (2016), vol. 6, no. 2, p. 112-122
ASC Subject Headings: peacebuilding ; political violence ; South Sudan
http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.2979/africonfpeacrevi.6.2.06 (Restricted access)

Electronic documents

Developing countries
What works in girls' education : evidence for the world's best investment / Gene B. Sperling, Rebecca Winthrop with Christina Kwauk ; foreword by Malala Yousafzai. - Washington, DC : Brookings Institution Press, 2016
ASC Subject Headings: developing countries ; education ; girls
http://www.asclibrary.nl/docs/410247073.pdf

Nigeria
Rurality and climate change vulnerability in Nigeria : assessment towards evidence based even rural development policy / Ignatius A. Madu. - [S.l. : s.n.], 2015
ASC Subject Headings: climate change ; conference papers (form) ; Nigeria ; rural development
http://www.diss.fu-berlin.de/docs/servlets/MCRFileNodeServlet/FUDOCS_der...

Nigeria
Songs about Aids! / created by Seun Odukoya and Samuel Achema. - [Lagos : author], 2013
ASC Subject Headings: AIDS ; comic strips (form) ; Nigeria
http://www.asclibrary.nl/docs/410329215.pdf https://iraborjustin.files.wordpress.com/2013/12/songs-about-aids-1.pdf

Books

Africa
Battling over human rights : twenty essays on law, politics and governance / J. Oloka-Onyango. - Mankon : Langaa Research & Publishing Common Initiative Group, 2015
ASC Subject Headings: Africa ; essays (form) ; human rights ; international law ; Kenya ; Uganda
 

Africa
Towards good order at sea : African experiences / editors, Francois Vrey, Thomas Mandrup. - (Abstract available) - Stellenbosch : Sun Media, 2015
ASC Subject Headings: Africa ; international cooperation ; piracy ; regional security
 

Africa
Philosophy of practical communications in Africa / Oladele Osunbote. - Ibadan : Pentagon Book Limited, 2009
ASC Subject Headings: Africa ; communication ; ethics
 

Africa
The writers and politics / Yemi D. Prince (poetic nom de plume), Yemi D. Ogunyemi (name of the family tree). - New York : Authors Choice Press, 2005
ASC Subject Headings: Africa ; cold war ; international relations ; literature ; peacebuilding
 

Botswana
Religion as a social construct : African, Asian, comparative and theoretical excursions in the social science of religion / by Wim M.J. van Binsbergen . - Haarlem : Shikanda Press, 2017
ASC Subject Headings: Asia ; Botswana ; cults ; Guinea-Bissau ; magic ; religion ; religious movements ; rituals ; shrines ; Tunisia ; Zambia
 

Cape Verde
Legislação de direito fiscal / Jorge Bacelar Gouveia, Mário Ramos Pereira Silva (organização). - Praia : FDJ & Edições ISCJS, 2014
ASC Subject Headings: Cape Verde ; fiscal law
 

Central African Republic
Pour une politique de paix en Centrafrique / Aristide Briand Reboas ; préf. d'Emmanuel Caulier. - Paris : L'Harmattan, 2015
ASC Subject Headings: boundaries ; Central African Republic ; conflict resolution ; national security ; political violence
 

Comoros
Culture intellectuelle et colonisation aux Comores : 1895-1974 : Amad Qamar al-Dîn et sa génération / Toibibou Ali Mohamed ; préf. de Noel J. Gueunier. - Paris : L'Harmattan, 2016
ASC Subject Headings: colonial administrators ; Comoros ; intellectual history ; intellectuals ; Islam
 

Democratic Republic of Congo
Clitorisation de la fille mushi : antithèse de la mutilation génitale féminine : plaidoyer pour un renouveau culturel / Ntanda Nkingi Nkere. - Paris : L'Harmattan, 2016
ASC Subject Headings: Democratic Republic of Congo ; female circumcision ; girls ; initiation ; sex education ; sexuality ; Shi
 

Democratic Republic of Congo
La crise congolaise : enjeux et reconstruction nationale : actes du Colloque international de solidarité avec le peuple congolais, Université libre de Bruxelles, 16-17 mars 2001 : colloque international organisé par le GRAPPE CONGO, en collaboration avec le Brussels Center [sic] of African Studies (ULB-VUB), le Conseil de la communauté africaine en Europe/Belgique et l'association Congo Luxembourg / [sous la dir. de Jeannôt Mokili Danga Kassa] ; Groupe de réflexions et d'actions pour la paix et le progrès économique au Congo. - (Abstract available) - Paris [etc.] : L'Harmattan, 2002
ASC Subject Headings: 2001 ; civil wars ; conference papers (form) ; Democratic Republic of Congo ; political conditions ; political violence ; social conditions
 

Democratic Republic of Congo
Dignité humaine en Afrique : hommage à Henry De Decker / [Claude Pairault ... [et al.]. - (Abstract available) - Yaoundé : Presses de l'Université Catholique d'Afrique Centrale, 1996
ASC Subject Headings: Cameroon ; Catholic Church ; Democratic Republic of Congo ; ethics ; missions
 

Equatorial Guinea
Inmigración y género : el caso de Guinea Ecuatorial / Remei Sipi Mayo. - San Sebastian : Tercera Prensa, 2004
ASC Subject Headings: Equatorial Guinea ; Spain ; women migrants
 

Eritrea
The struggling state : nationalism, mass militarization, and the education of Eritrea / Jennifer Riggan. - Philadelphia [etc.] : Temple University Press, 2016
ASC Subject Headings: educational policy ; Eritrea ; militarism ; nationalism ; teachers
 

Mali
Les trajectoires de l'État au Mali / Virginie Baudais. - Paris : L'Harmattan, 2015
ASC Subject Headings: democracy ; governance ; Mali ; State ; State formation
 

Nigeria
Dear Ijeawele, or, A feminist manifesto in fifteen suggestions / Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie. - New York [etc.] : Alfred A. Knopf, 2017
ASC Subject Headings: child rearing ; feminism ; Nigeria
 

Nigeria
Critical issues in Nigerian property law / ed. by Professor Amos Agbe Utuama. - (Abstract available) - Lagos : Malthouse Press Limited, 2016
ASC Subject Headings: land law ; land use ; legislation ; Nigeria ; real property ; urban planning
 

Nigeria
Àkàndá Èdá : the story of Olusgun basanj / edited by Dare Babarinsa. - [Ogba, Ikeja, Lagos State] : Gaskia Media Limited (GML), 2015
ASC Subject Headings: biographies (form) ; heads of State ; Nigeria ; politicians
 

Nigeria
Chinua Achebe / Rita Wöbcke. - München : Edition Text + Kritik, 2015
ASC Subject Headings: colonialism ; literature ; Nigeria ; social conditions ; traditional society
 

Nigeria
The theatrical aesthetics of Wole Soyinka and the Pyrates Confraternity / Dolapo Sikuade . - Ibadan : Kraft Books, 2015
ASC Subject Headings: Nigeria ; student movements
 

Nigeria
Thoughts on Nigeria : speeches, letters & essays / Steve Azaiki. - Ibadan : Y-Books, 2015
ASC Subject Headings: academics ; essays (form) ; governance ; interviews (form) ; Niger Delta conflict ; Nigeria ; political conditions
 

Nigeria
Possessed : a history of law & justice in the Crown Colony of Lagos 1861-1906 / Olasupo Shasore. - Nigeria : Q Books, 2014
ASC Subject Headings: colonial conquest ; colonial history ; Lagos polity ; legal history ; Nigeria
 

Nigeria
The story of the origins of the Bura/Pabir people of Northeast Nigeria : language, migrations, the myth of Yamta-ra-wala, social organization and culture / Ayuba Y. Mshelia. - Bloomington, IN : Authorhouse, 2014
ASC Subject Headings: Bura ; languages ; marriage ; Nigeria ; Pabir polity ; social structure ; witchcraft
 

Nigeria
Up & on : the autobiography of Olajide Olaolu Adedapo Ajayi / [Olajide Olaolu Adedapo Ajayi]. - Ibadan : BookBuilders, Editions Africa, 2014
ASC Subject Headings: academics ; autobiographies (form) ; doctors ; Nigeria
 

Nigeria
Fashola : the historic reconstruction of Lagos / Emeka Anthony Odikpo. - Lagos : Flory Ann's Investments Limited, 2013
ASC Subject Headings: infrastructure ; local government ; Nigeria ; urban development ; urban planning ; urban transport
 

Nigeria
Merger politics of Nigeria and surge of sectarian violence / James Ohwofasa Akpeninor. - Bloomington, IN : Authorhouse, 2013
ASC Subject Headings: ethnic conflicts ; federalism ; nationalism ; Nigeria ; political stability ; political violence ; State
 

Nigeria
Democracy and good governance in Nigeria : a survey of indices of transparency and accountability / Obi Kelvin Ezenyili. - Bloomington, IN : Authorhouse, 2012
ASC Subject Headings: corruption ; democracy ; development ; governance ; Nigeria
 

Nigeria
The trilogy of Akachi Adimora-Ezeigbo : perspectives in language & style / G.I.N. Emezue . - Lagos : Sam Iroanusi Publications, 2012
ASC Subject Headings: literary criticism ; Nigeria ; novels
 

Nigeria
In touch : journalism as national narrative / Sam Omatseye. - Ibadan : Kraft Books Limited, 2011
ASC Subject Headings: essays (form) ; journalism ; Nigeria ; political conditions ; social conditions
 

Nigeria
The road to national self-fulfillment, 2007-2011 : years of quality assurance and control : evaluating democratic governance in Nigeria / Francis Uche Ohale. - Nigeria : Dove & Success Communication, 2011
ASC Subject Headings: democracy ; governance ; Nigeria ; public administration
 

Nigeria
In the eyes of the beholder : popular perceptions of the 2007 elections in Nigeria : a post-election survey report / Okechukwu Ibeanu. - Lagos [etc.] : CLEEN Foundation, 2009
ASC Subject Headings: 2007 ; elections ; Nigeria ; voting
 

Nigeria
Yoruba legal culture / O.B. Olaoba. - Lagos : New Age Publishers Ltd, 2008
ASC Subject Headings: customary law ; legal history ; legal systems ; Nigeria ; punishment ; Yoruba
 

Nigeria
The librarianship of developing countries : the librarianship of diminished resources / by Oladipo Olusegun Ogundipe. - Lagos : Ikofa Press, 2005
ASC Subject Headings: librarianship ; libraries ; Nigeria ; Sierra Leone ; university libraries ; Zambia
 

Nigeria
Male role and responsibility in fertility and reproductive health in Nigeria / Uche C. Isiugo-Abanihe. - Ibadan [etc.] : Centre for Population Activities and Education for Development (CEPAED) [etc.], 2003
ASC Subject Headings: family planning ; gender relations ; Nigeria ; reproductive health ; sexuality
 

Nigeria
Political writings of Lam Adesina : issues & personalities / by Lai Olurode. - Mushin : Rebonik Publications Ltd, 2001
ASC Subject Headings: articles (form) ; Nigeria ; political conditions ; politicians ; politics
 

Nigeria history
Nigeria : a new history of a turbulent century / Richard Bourne. - London : Zed Books, 2015
ASC Subject Headings: 1900-1999 ; 2000-2009 ; history ; Nigeria ; political history
 

Senegal
La Casamance face à son destin / Christian Roche. - Paris : L'Harmattan, 2016
ASC Subject Headings: Casamance conflict ; colonial history ; France ; political history ; Senegal
 

South Africa
Patriots & parasites : South Africa and the struggle to evade history / Dene Smuts. - Rondebosch : Quivertree Publications, 2016
ASC Subject Headings: Democratic Alliance ; democratization ; personal narratives (form) ; political opposition ; politicians ; South Africa
 

South Africa
Secret revolution : memoirs of a spy boss / Niel Barnard, as told to Tobie Wiese. - Cape Town : Tafelberg, 2015
ASC Subject Headings: intelligence services ; personal narratives (form) ; South Africa
 

South Africa
The judiciary in South Africa / contributing editors, Cora Hoexter and Morné Olivier. - (Abstract available) - Claremont, Cape Town : Juta, 2014
ASC Subject Headings: constitutional courts ; courts ; judges ; judicial system ; jurisprudence ; South Africa
 

South Africa
South African AIDS activism and global health politics / Mandisa Mbali. - Houndmills : Palgrave Macmillan, 2013
ASC Subject Headings: action groups ; AIDS ; health policy ; South Africa
 

South Africa
Breaking our silence : an introduction to the Women's Charter for effective equality. - Johannesburg: Women's National Coalition, 1997
ASC Subject Headings: comic strips (form) ; South Africa ; women's rights
 

Subsaharan Africa
África subsahariana y occidente : historia de una dependencia / Muakuku Rondo Igambo, Fernando. - Barcelona : Ediciones Carena, 2001
ASC Subject Headings: decolonization ; economic development ; Subsaharan Africa
 

Zimbabwe
A balancing act : a history of the legal resources foundation in Zimbabwe, 1985-2015 / Mary Ndlovu. - Harare : Legal Resources Foundation, 2016
ASC Subject Headings: legal practitioners ; NGO ; Zimbabwe

African Literature

Côte d'Ivoire
Là où il fait si clair en moi / Tanella S. Boni. - Paris : Bruno Doucey, 2017
ASC Subject Headings: Côte d'Ivoire ; poetry (form)
 

Mauritius
Petit éloge des fantômes / Nathacha Appanah. - [Paris] : Gallimard, 2016
ASC Subject Headings: Mauritius ; memory ; personal narratives (form) ; short stories (form)
 

Nigeria
Naked truth : poems / Chris Anyokwu. - Ibadan : Kraft Books Limited, 2015
ASC Subject Headings: economic development ; Nigeria ; poetry (form) ; social conditions
 

Nigeria
Saving Dapo : a novel / by Seun Odukoya. - [S.l : author], 2014
ASC Subject Headings: Nigeria ; novels (form)
 

Nigeria
My gazar with my geisha (a novel of magic realism) / Yemi D. Ogunyemi (Yemi D. Prince). - Denver, CO : Outskirts Press, 2008
ASC Subject Headings: Japan ; Nigeria ; novels (form) ; romantic relationships
 

Rwanda
Le feu sous la soutane : un prêtre au coeur du génocide rwandais / Benjamin Sehene. - Paris : Esprit frappeur, 2005
ASC Subject Headings: genocide ; novels (form) ; Rwanda
 

South Africa
Modern Rasputin : poems / by Rosa Lyster. - Cape Town : uHlanga, 2016
ASC Subject Headings: poetry (form) ; South Africa
 

South Africa
Three plays / Craig Higginson. - London : Oberon Books, 2016
ASC Subject Headings: drama (form) ; South Africa
 

South Africa
Dub steps / by Andrew Miller. - Auckland Park : Jacana, 2015
ASC Subject Headings: novels (form) ; South Africa
 

Uganda
The switch / Mary Karooro Okurut. - Kampala : FEMRITE, 2016
ASC Subject Headings: female circumcision ; novels (form) ; Uganda
 

Zimbabwe
Like the untouchable wind : an anthology of poems / edited by Makhosazana Xaba. - Cape Town : Modjaji Books, 2016
ASC Subject Headings: lesbianism ; LGBT ; poetry (form) ; Zimbabwe

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