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Articles

Africa
The political economy of infrastructure development in Africa : an assessment of the NEPAD Presidential Infrastructure Champion Initiative (PICI) / Francis Nguendi Ikome and Robert Tama Lisinge. - (Abstract available)
In: Canadian Journal of African Studies / Revue canadienne des études africaines : (2016), vol. 50, no. 2, p. 255-277 : fig., tab
ASC Subject Headings: Africa ; development projects ; heads of State ; infrastructure
http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/00083968.2016.1221768 (Restricted access)

Cameroon
Politics at the margins : alternative sites of political involvement among young people in Cameroon / Jude Fokwang. - (Abstract available)
In: Canadian Journal of African Studies / Revue canadienne des études africaines : (2016), vol. 50, no. 2, p. 211-228
ASC Subject Headings: Cameroon ; political attitudes ; youth
http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/00083968.2016.1219671 (Restricted access)

Cape Verde
Painting between the lines : the Cape Verdean community of Colonial Dakar, 1920-1945 / Rachel M. Petrocelli. - (Abstract available)
In: Canadian Journal of African Studies / Revue canadienne des études africaines : (2016), vol. 50, no. 2, p. 149-168
ASC Subject Headings: Cape Verde ; capitals ; colonial history ; identity ; immigrants ; Senegal
http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/00083968.2015.1100545 (Restricted access)

Côte d'Ivoire
Diminishing returns and agricultural involution in Côte d'Ivoire's cocoa sector / Ehis Michael Odijie. - (Abstract available)
In: Review of African Political Economy : (2016), vol. 43, no. 149, p. 504-517 : graf.
ASC Subject Headings: agricultural production ; cocoa ; Côte d'Ivoire ; deforestation
http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/03056244.2015.1085381 (Restricted access)

Democratic Republic of Congo
Hydro-politics and hydro-power : the century-long saga of the Inga project / Keith Gottschalk. - (Abstract available)
In: Canadian Journal of African Studies / Revue canadienne des études africaines : (2016), vol. 50, no. 2, p. 279-294 : tab
ASC Subject Headings: Democratic Republic of Congo ; development projects ; hydroelectricity ; international relations ; regional economic relations
http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/00083968.2016.1222297 (Restricted access)

Namibia
Rain and prehistoric pregnancy in a hunter-gatherer rock painting from Namibia / by Piet van Rooyen. - (Abstract available)
In: Journal / Namibia Scientific Society : (2015), vol. 63, p. 135-150 : ill., foto's, krt
ASC Subject Headings: Namibia ; rainmaking ; rituals ; rock art

Namibia
Sprache, Bildung, Religion : die Bedeutung (prä-)kolonialer Missionsarbeit für das postkoloniale Namibia / von René Smolarski. - (Abstract available)
In: Journal / Namibia Scientific Society : (2015), vol. 63, p. 95-132 : foto's
ASC Subject Headings: missionary history ; missions ; Namibia

Namibia
The Namibia Scientific Society 90 Years (1925-2015) / by Antje Otto. - (Abstract available)
In: Journal / Namibia Scientific Society : (2015), vol. 63, p. 9-89 : foto's
ASC Subject Headings: libraries ; museums ; Namibia ; research centres

Namibia
The Victorians and Namibia / by Alexander Brewis. - (Abstract available)
In: Journal / Namibia Scientific Society : (2015), vol. 63, p. 181-202 : ill., foto's
ASC Subject Headings: 1800-1899 ; British ; images ; Namibia ; travel ; travel books (form)

Niger
From nuclear imperialism to petro-democracy? : resource assemblages and the emergence of a new political configuration in Niger / Jannik Schritt. - (Abstract available)
In: Canadian Journal of African Studies / Revue canadienne des études africaines : (2016), vol. 50, no. 2, p. 229-254
ASC Subject Headings: Niger ; petroleum ; political economy ; uranium
http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/00083968.2016.1202850 (Restricted access)

Nigeria
Financialisation and economic growth in Nigeria / Ejike Udeogu. - (Abstract available)
In: Review of African Political Economy : (2016), vol. 43, no. 149, p. 489-503 : graf., tab
ASC Subject Headings: capitalism ; economic policy ; financial market ; interest rates ; investments ; Nigeria
http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/03056244.2015.1085377 (Restricted access)

Somalia
The geopolitics of Turkey's 'humanitarian diplomacy' in Somalia : a critique / Theodore Baird. - (Abstract available)
In: Review of African Political Economy : (2016), vol. 43, no. 149, p. 470-477
ASC Subject Headings: foreign policy ; humanitarian assistance ; international relations ; Somalia ; Turkey
http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/03056244.2015.1084913 (Restricted access)

South Africa
'Per aspera ad astra' : aus den Anfängen der südafrikanischen Luftfahrt / von Wolfgang Reith. - (Abstract available)
In: Journal / Namibia Scientific Society : (2015), vol. 63, p. 161-179 : foto's
ASC Subject Headings: 1900-1909 ; 1910-1919 ; air force ; air transport ; South Africa

Swaziland
Swaziland: the struggle for political freedom and democracy / Bongani Masuku & Peter Limb. - (Abstract available)
In: Review of African Political Economy : (2016), vol. 43, no. 149, p. 518-527
ASC Subject Headings: political conditions ; political repression ; resistance ; Swaziland
http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/03056244.2015.1084916 (Restricted access)

Tanzania
A personal issue : feminist standpoint theory, epistemologies of ignorance, and perceptions of HIV transmission among northern Tanzanian wildlife conservation professionals / John Reid-Hresko and Mara Goldman. - (Abstract available)
In: Canadian Journal of African Studies / Revue canadienne des études africaines : (2016), vol. 50, no. 2, p. 169-189
ASC Subject Headings: AIDS ; class relations ; preventive medicine ; Tanzania
http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/00083968.2016.1202848 (Restricted access)

Tanzania
Beyond quota seats for women in the Tanzanian legislature / Mi Yung Yoon. - (Abstract available)
In: Canadian Journal of African Studies / Revue canadienne des études africaines : (2016), vol. 50, no. 2, p. 191-210 : graf.
ASC Subject Headings: gender relations ; political conditions ; Tanzania ; voting ; women parliamentarians
http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/00083968.2016.1202849 (Restricted access)

West Africa
Waste and well-being: a political economy of informal waste management and public policy in urban West Africa / Bernard Ugochukwu Nwosu, Thaddeus Chidi Nzeadibe & Peter Oluchukwu Mbah. - (Abstract available)
In: Review of African Political Economy : (2016), vol. 43, no. 149, p. 478-488 : tab
ASC Subject Headings: Ghana ; informal sector ; living conditions ; Nigeria ; standard of living ; waste management ; West Africa
http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/03056244.2015.1084914 (Restricted access)

Electronic documents

Ethiopia
Assessment of legal aid in Ethiopia : a research report & proceeding of the National Workshop of Legal Aid Providers / by Anchinesh Shiferaw and Ghetnet Mitiku ; ed. Kokebe Wolde and Fasika Hailu. - Addis Ababa : Center for Human Rights, Addis Ababa University, 2013
ASC Subject Headings: 2013 ; access to justice ; conference papers (form) ; Ethiopia ; legal aid
http://www.asclibrary.nl/docs/408179309.pdf

Kenya
Master plan for the conservation and sustainable management of water catchment areas in Kenya / Republic of Kenya, Ministry of Environment and Mineral Resources. - Nairobi : Ministry of Environment and Mineral Resources, 2012
ASC Subject Headings: Kenya ; water management
http://www.kenyawetlandsforum.org/Reports/Conservation_Masterplan.pdf

Namibia
Energy demand and forecasting in Namibia : energy for economic development / by Ms. Manuel. - Windhoek : National Planning Commission, 2013
ASC Subject Headings: energy consumption ; energy policy ; Namibia
http://www.npc.gov.na/?wpfb_dl=229

Nigeria
Stephen Ellis bibliography / Jos Damen. - Leiden : African Studies Centre Leiden (ASCL), 2016
ASC Subject Headings: bibliographies (form) ; Madagascar ; Nigeria ; South Africa
http://hdl.handle.net/1887/44389

South Africa
South African history online : towards a people's history / South African History Online (SAHO). - Cape Town : SAHO
ASC Subject Headings: Africa ; biographies (form) ; historical sources ; history ; South Africa ; websites (form)

South Africa
South African green economy modelling report (SAGEM) / Department Environmental Affairs republic of South Africa. - Pretoria : Department Environmental Affairs republic of South Africa, 2013
ASC Subject Headings: economic models ; energy policy ; natural resource management ; South Africa
http://www.asclibrary.nl/docs/408181109.pdf

Tanzania
A synthesis research report on the participation of citizens in the East African Community integration process / edited by Azaveli Feza Lwaitama, James Kasombo & Kitila Mkumbo. - Dar es Salaam : Friedrich Ebert Stiftung, 2012
ASC Subject Headings: Burundi ; East African Community ; Kenya ; political participation ; Rwanda ; Tanzania ; Uganda
http://library.fes.de/pdf-files/bueros/tanzania/10173.pdf

Zambia
Situation analysis of children and women 2008 / UNICEF Zambia. - Lusaka : UNICEF Zambia, 2009
ASC Subject Headings: children ; health care ; social conditions ; women ; Zambia
https://www.unicef.org/sitan/files/UNICEF_GRZ_Situation_Analysis_2008.pdf

Books

Africa
Copyright Africa : how intellectual property, media and markets transform immaterial cultural goods / ed. by Ute Röschenthaler and Mamadou Diawara. - (Abstract available) - Canon Pyon : Sean Kingston Publishing, 2016
ASC Subject Headings: Africa ; Cameroon ; combat sports ; copyright ; Mali ; music ; Nigeria ; oral literature ; performing arts ; Senegal ; South Africa

Africa
Region-building in Africa : political and economic challenges / edited by Daniel H. Levine and Dawn Nagar. - (Abstract available) - New York City : Palgrave Macmillan, 2016
ASC Subject Headings: Africa ; African organizations ; economic integration ; regional economic relations ; regionalism

Africa
L'Afrique en images : représentations & idées reçues de la crise / sous la dir. de Michael Rinn & Nathalie Narváez Bruneau. - Paris : L'Harmattan, 2015
ASC Subject Headings: Africa ; Cameroon ; Egypt ; images ; literature ; mass media ; public opinion ; Rwanda ; stereotypes ; Tunisia

Africa
Les intellectuels africains au Canada : missions, figures, visions et leaderships / sous la dir. de Benoît Awazi Mbambi Kungua. - (Abstract available) - Paris : L'Harmattan, 2015
ASC Subject Headings: Africa ; Canada ; Congo (Brazzaville) ; Democratic Republic of Congo ; diasporas ; elite ; ethnicity ; Guinea ; intellectuals ; language instruction ; literature ; South Africa

Africa
Subjectivités et écritures de la diaspora francophone : Maryse Condé, Alain Mabanckou et Melchior Mbonimpa / Bodia Bavuidi. - Paris : L'Harmattan, 2015
ASC Subject Headings: Africa ; Caribbean ; diasporas ; French language ; literature ; writers

Africa
Les chemins de la critique africaine : actes du Colloque international de Libreville "La critique africaine existe-t-elle?" / Georice Berthin Madébé, Sylvère Mbondobari, Steeve Robert Renombo ; préf. de Pius Ngandu Nkashama. - Paris : L'Harmattan, 2012
ASC Subject Headings: 2007 ; Africa ; conference papers (form) ; literary criticism ; literary history ; literature

Algeria
Les facéties de Djeha : contes kabyles / Lounès Benrejdal. - Paris : L'Harmattan, 2015
ASC Subject Headings: Algeria ; Berber ; folk tales (form) ; Kabyle

Botswana
Improvising medicine : an African oncology ward in an emerging cancer epidemic / Julie Livingston. - Durham [etc.] : Duke University Press, 2012
ASC Subject Headings: Botswana ; cancer ; health care ; hospitals ; social conditions

Cameroon
Les systèmes politiques précoloniaux au Cameroun / Joseph Owona. - Paris : L'Harmattan, 2015
ASC Subject Headings: Cameroon ; monarchy ; political history ; political systems ; traditional polities

Chad
Pour le Tchad : récit au cur de la révolution / Moussa Medella Youssouf ; préf. de Hassan Mahamat Abbas. - Paris : L'Harmattan, 2015
ASC Subject Headings: 1970-1979 ; 1980-1989 ; Chad ; civil wars ; personal narratives (form) ; political history ; revolutions

Democratic Republic of Congo
RD Congo, le 30 juin 2005 : ça passe ou ça casse? : retour sur un épisode crucial de l'histoire congolaise / Banza Mukalay Nsungu ; préf. de Camille Sesep N'Sial. - Paris : L'Harmattan, 2015
ASC Subject Headings: 2005 ; constitutional history ; Democratic Republic of Congo ; political conflicts ; political history

Guinea
Ebola : how a people's science helped end an epidemic / Paul Richards. - London : Zed Books Ltd, 2016
ASC Subject Headings: communities ; Ebola ; funerals ; Guinea ; humanitarian assistance ; Liberia ; Sierra Leone

Kenya
Madness and marginality : the lives of Kenya's white insane / Will Jackson. - Manchester : Manchester University Press, 2016
ASC Subject Headings: colonialism ; colonists ; Kenya ; mental health ; Whites

Mali
Potières du Sahel : à la découverte des traditions céramiques de la boucle du Niger (Mali) / Alain Gallay ; avec la coll. d'Eric Huysecom, Anne Mayor et Agnès Gelbert. - Gollion : Infolio, 2012
ASC Subject Headings: archaeology ; Dogon ; history ; Mali ; pottery ; women

Morocco
De Fès à Marrakech via Paris : du bled au doctorat d'État / Jilali Chabih. - Paris : L'Harmattan, 2015
ASC Subject Headings: 1960-1969 ; autobiographies (form) ; boys ; Morocco ; rural areas ; schooling

Mozambique
Violent becomings : state formation, sociality, and power in Mozambique / Bjorn Enge Bertelsen. - New York [etc.] : Berghahn Books, 2016
ASC Subject Headings: modernization ; Mozambique ; nation building ; political violence ; sovereignty ; traditional polities

Mozambique
Gramática de Gitonga (Guitonga) : língua falada na província de Inhambane, Moçambique / por Muagi Momade Cabrá. - Maputo : [s.n.], 2012
ASC Subject Headings: grammar ; Mozambique ; Tonga language (Mozambique)

Mozambique
Mouzinho : bibliografia, iconografia : catálogo. - [Luanda] : Museu de Angola, 1955
ASC Subject Headings: biobibliographies (form) ; colonial administrators ; Mozambique

Nigeria
Stephen Ellis bibliography / Jos Damen. - Leiden : African Studies Centre Leiden (ASCL), 2016
ASC Subject Headings: bibliographies (form) ; Madagascar ; Nigeria ; South Africa

Nigeria
June 12 : 1993: annulment / Abraham Oshoko. - Lagos : Farafina, 2013
ASC Subject Headings: 1993 ; comic strips (form) ; Nigeria ; presidential elections

Nigeria
Quality education in Nigeria : the imperative of teacher motivation and job satisfaction / E. Olu Abiala. - Ibadan : Solemilia Resources Centre (SRC), 2013
ASC Subject Headings: educational quality ; job satisfaction ; Nigeria ; teachers ; work attitudes

Nigeria
Grave issues Nigeria must tackle / Areoye Oyebola. - Ibadan : Movement for Nigeria's Total Transformation, 2012
ASC Subject Headings: corruption ; Nigeria ; political conditions ; social conditions

Nigeria
Footprints & footnotes : an autobiography / Ladipo Akinkugbe. - Ibadan : Bookcraft, 2010
ASC Subject Headings: autobiographies (form) ; education ; health education ; Nigeria

Nigeria
Word tablets : God's word is medicine, proverbs 4: 22 / Gloria Davies. - Jos : SANIEZ Publications, 2003
ASC Subject Headings: Christianity ; faith healing ; Nigeria ; religious literature

Nigeria
The transition of Obafemi Awolowo / by Lai Olurode. - Lagos : John West Publications, 1992
ASC Subject Headings: death ; funerals ; Nigeria ; politicians

Portugal
Castelos a Bombordo : etnografias de patrimónios africanos e memórias portuguesas / coordenação: Maria Cardeira da Silva. - [Lisbao] : Centro em Rede de Investigação em Antropologia (CRIA), 2013
ASC Subject Headings: Arabs ; cultural heritage ; images ; Islam ; Jews ; literature ; Mauritania ; Morocco ; Portugal ; Spain

Uganda
Uganda's economic war / Uganda , Ministry of Information and Broadcasting. - Kampala : Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, Publications Section, 1975
ASC Subject Headings: 1970-1979 ; economic conditions ; economic policy ; Uganda

Zimbabwe
Ordered estates : welfare, power and maternalism on Zimbabwe's (once white) highveld / Andrew M.C. Hartnack. - Harare : Weaver Press, 2016
ASC Subject Headings: agricultural workers ; rural areas ; social welfare ; white women ; women farmers ; Zimbabwe

Zimbabwe
Popularising mineral revenue transparency and accountability initiatives in Zimbabwe's rural mining communities : a baseline study of diamond mining communities in Manicaland Province and the Great Dyke in the Midlands Province / Darlington F. Muyambwa, Gilbert Makore and Joyce Nyamukunda. - Harare : Zimbabwe Environmental Law Association, 2014
ASC Subject Headings: communities ; mining ; mining companies ; responsibility ; rural areas ; Zimbabwe

African Literature

Egypt
Mortal designs / Reem Bassiouney ; translated by Melanie Magidow. - Cairo [etc.] : The American University In Cairo Press, 2016
ASC Subject Headings: Egypt ; romance novels (form)

Nigeria
And after many days : a novel / Jowhor Ile. - New York : Tim Duggan Books, 2016
ASC Subject Headings: children ; communities ; Nigeria ; novels (form)

Nigeria
The spider king's daughter / Chibundu Onuzo. - London : Faber and Faber, 2012
ASC Subject Headings: Nigeria ; romance novels (form) ; social classes

Nigeria
Walking in the shadow / Emiola Sunday Opasina. - Lagos : Frontline Educational Services, 2011
ASC Subject Headings: Nigeria ; novels (form)

Nigeria
"Confessions of a ritual killer" / Ogundipe Oluwafemi. - Ebute-Metta : Ibukun Alafia Nig, 2006
ASC Subject Headings: homicide ; Nigeria ; prose (form)

South Africa
Missing / John Kani ; introd. by Njabulo S. Ndebele. - Johannesburg : Witswatersrand University Press, 2015
ASC Subject Headings: drama (form) ; South Africa

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