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Dangote Cement : an African success story? (2016)
A. Akinyoade; C.U. Uche
Type of publication: Other

This paper critiques the rise of Dangote Cement plc to become the dominant player in the Nigerian cement industry. Although the close relationship between the company's founder, Aliko Dangote, and subsequent Nigerian governments has been an important factor in this...

Keywords: cement industry, Nigeria
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Added to database: 30 March 2016

Islamic charities from the Arab world in Africa : intercultural encounters of humanitarianism and morality (2016)
M.M. A. Kaag
Editors: M. Heins; K. Koddenbrock; C. Unrau
Type of publication: Book Chapter
In: Humanitarianism and challenges of cooperation
Keywords: Africa, charities, Islam
Added to database: 29 February 2016

A perspective on problems and prospects for academic publishing in Geography (2016)
M. Meadows; A.J. Dietz; C. Vandermotten
Type of publication: Journal Article
In: Geo : geography and environment

This commentary highlights problems of inequity in academic publishing in geography that arise from the increasing use of metrics as a measure of research quality. In so doing, we examine patterns in the ranking of geographical journals in the major global databases (e.g. Web...

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Added to database: 22 February 2016

Violence in Nigeria : a qualitative and quantitative analysis (2016)
Editors: M.-A. Pérouse de Montclos
Type of publication: Book
Keywords: Nigeria, violence
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Added to database: 12 February 2016

Google Books : hoe verder na 25 miljoen gedigitaliseerde boeken? (2016)
J.C.M. Damen
Type of publication: Journal Article
In: IP: vakblad voor informatieprofessionals

Sinds de start van Google Books in 2004 zijn er meer dan 25 miljoen boeken gedigitaliseerd. Tijd voor een tussenstand. Hoe staat het boekenproject er nu voor? Heeft Google pijnpunten als copyright en zeggenschap weten op te lossen? En welke rol spelen de Nederlandse en...

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Added to database: 12 February 2016

Partner countries for Dutch bilateral development assistance 1962-2015 (2016)
Editors: A. Kazimierczuk; A.J. Dietz; N. de Vink
Type of publication: Other

The Netherlands has been an active supporter of international development aid. Dutch development cooperation started in response to Truman's "Four point programme" announced in 1949. It began as technical assistance, channelled through multilateral channels....

Keywords: developing countries, development cooperation, Netherlands
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Added to database: 11 February 2016

Synthesis report : defining, targeting and reaching the very poor: Bangladesh, Benin and Ethiopia (2016)
A. Altaf
Type of publication: Other
Keywords: Bangladesh, Benin, Ethiopia
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Added to database: 10 February 2016

Addis Ababa field report : defining, targeting and reaching the very poor (2016)
A. Altaf
Type of publication: Other
Keywords: Ethiopia
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Added to database: 10 February 2016

Jeldu (Ethiopia) field report : defining, targeting and reaching the very poor (2016)
A. Altaf
Type of publication: Other
Keywords: Ethiopia
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Added to database: 10 February 2016

Benin field report : defining, targeting and reaching the very poor (2016)
A. Altaf
Type of publication: Other
Keywords: Benin
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Added to database: 10 February 2016

Bangladesh field report : defining, targeting and reaching the very poor (2016)
A. Altaf
Type of publication: Other
Keywords: Bangladesh
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Added to database: 10 February 2016

The cross in Ethiopian Christianity: ecclesial symbolism and religious experience (2016)
G.J. Abbink
Editors: E.K. Bongmba
Type of publication: Book Chapter
In: Routledge companion to Christianity in Africa
Keywords: Christianity, Ethiopia
Added to database: 01 February 2016

Pivoting to Russia, China and anti-Western rhetoric: South Africa's foreign policy shifts (2016)
H. Matthee
Type of publication: Other
Keywords: China, foreign policy, Russia, South Africa
Open access: Full text
Added to database: 28 January 2016

Ethiopian-Eritrean studies: a bibliography on society and history, 2010-2015 (2016)
G.J. Abbink
Type of publication: Book

This work is another instalment of a scholarly bibliography in the social sciences and history of Ethiopia and Eritrea, produced at the African Studies Centre (University of Leiden). It is...

Keywords: Bibliographies (form), Eritrea, Eritrean studies, Ethiopia, Ethiopian studies
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Added to database: 26 January 2016

A postal history of the First World War in Africa and its aftermath - German colonies/postal areas : V Morocco (2016)
A.J. Dietz
Type of publication: Other

This is the fifth Working Paper of the African Studies Centre in Leiden about African Postal History before, during and after the First World War, in areas where there have been German Post Offices in Africa, and where Germany lost those Postal Administrations during the 1914...

Keywords: colonies, Germany, Morocco, postage stamps, postal services, World War I
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Added to database: 25 January 2016

The history of witchcraft accusations and persecutions in Africa (2016)
S. Ellis; G. ter Haar
Editors: W. Behringer; S. Lorenz; D.R. Bauer
Type of publication: Book Chapter
In: Späte Hexenprozesse: der Umgang der Aufklärung mit dem Irrationalen
Keywords: Africa, witchcraft
Added to database: 20 January 2016

African Studies Abstracts Online: number 53, 2016 (2016)
Type of publication: Book

ASA Online provides a quarterly overview of journal articles and edited works on Africa in the field of the social sciences and the humanities available in the ASC library. Issue 53 (2016). African Studies Centre, Leiden.

Keywords: abstracts journals (form), Africa, African studies, ASC, social sciences
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Added to database: 05 January 2016

Citizen journalism at crossroads : mediated political agency and duress in Central Africa (2016)
M.E. de Bruijn
Editors: B. Mutsvairo
Type of publication: Book Chapter
In: Participatory politics and citizen journalism in a networked Africa : a connected continent
Keywords: Central Africa, journalism
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Added to database: 01 December 2015

Thuis in Afrika : een dubbelleven (2016)
W.E.A. van Beek
Type of publication: Book

Hoewel antropologen alle culturen in de wereld bestuderen, zijn ze vanouds gefascineerd door samenlevingen die ver over de horizon liggen. Zo ook Wouter van Beek, een antropoloog uit Utrecht, die nu als hoogleraar antropologie van de religie werkt in Tilburg en aan het Afrika...

Keywords: anthropological research, autobiographies (form), Cameroon, Dogon, Kapsiki, Mali
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Added to database: 09 November 2015

‘There are worse places than Dalmuir!’: Glaswegian Riveters on the Clyde and the Copperbelt (2015)
D.J. Money
Type of publication: Journal Article
In: Labour history review

This article follows the fortunes of a group of riveters who moved, briefly, from the Clyde to the Copperbelt to work on construction at the newly opened copper mines in the region in 1930. Escaping from Depression-era Glasgow, these volatile riveters clashed with hard-bitten...

Keywords: copper mining, racism, trade unions, Zambia
Added to database: 19 March 2020

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