Publications

The African Studies Centre Leiden publishes nine different series. Four book series are published by Brill and one by Langaa (Cameroon). Publications can be ordered from the ASCL or directly from the (external) publisher. Many of the ASCL’s publications are also available in pdf format and can be downloaded free of charge.

Browse our publications and those by our staff members using the simple search form below to look for a keyword in the title.

 

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Coup-contrecoup: Rahmane Idrissa on Burkina Faso (2022)
A. Idrissa
Type of publication: Journal Article
In: London review of books
Keywords: 2022, Burkina Faso, coups d'état
Added to database: 13 March 2023

Special issue on ethnographies of postcrisis situations in Africa (2022)
Editors: M. Bedert; A. Bochow; R.A. van Dijk
Type of publication: Other
In: Africa today
Keywords: Africa, ethnography
Added to database: 13 March 2023

De vrijheidsstrijd van Guinee-Bissau: door de ogen van een jonge dokter, Roel Coutinho (2022)
R.A. Coutinho
Type of publication: Book
Keywords: Coutinho, R.A. (1946- ), diaries (form), doctors, Guinea-Bissau, national liberation struggles, pictorial works (form)
Open access: Full text
Added to database: 10 March 2023

Dokter in Guinee-Bissau in 1974: ooggetuige van het einde van het Portugese kolonialisme in Afrika (2022)
J.C.M. Damen
Editors: R.A. Coutinho
Type of publication: Book Chapter
In: De vrijheidsstrijd van Guinee-Bissau: door de ogen van een jonge dokter, Roel Coutinho
Keywords: Coutinho, R.A. (1946- ), diaries (form), doctors, Guinea-Bissau, national liberation struggles, pictorial works (form)
Open access: Full text
Added to database: 10 March 2023

Slam poetry in Chad: a space of belonging in an environment of violence and repression (2022)
M.E. de Bruijn
Type of publication: Journal Article
In: Conflict and society: advances in research

How can we explain the increasing popularity of slam poetry among youth in societies colored by long histories of conflict and political repression? This article explores this question for the rise of slam poetry in Chad, since 2014, a conflict-ridden country with an...

Keywords: Chad, slam poetry
Open access: Full text
Added to database: 07 March 2023

Mediatization of ethnographic research practice in the digital age: an essay about research and Sahel dynamics since 1990s (2022)
M.E. de Bruijn
Editors: L. Kroeker; A. Dreiser; C. Samimi
Type of publication: Book Chapter
In: Frontiers in African digital research: conference proceedings

This essay departs from my search to understand how (new/digital) media interact with society and vice versa, especially in relation to political communication and political change. These ‘effects’ of changing media technology, however, not only touch the...

Keywords: Africa, digitalization, Sahel
Open access: Full text
Added to database: 07 March 2023

While the focus is on Ukraine, Russia’s presence in the Sahel is steadily growing (2022)
B. Mutsvairo; K. Ogoreth; M.E. de Bruijn
Type of publication: Journal Article
In: The Guardian
Keywords: geopolitics, Mali, Russia, Sahel
Added to database: 07 March 2023

Tourism, climate change and biodiversity in Sub-Saharan Africa (2022)
R. Okech; D. Kieti; V.R. van der Duim
Type of publication: Book
Keywords: biodiversity, climate change, festschrifts (form), Sub-Saharan Africa, tourism, Wishitemi, B.E. (1958-2021)
Open access: Full text
Added to database: 07 March 2023

Een nieuwe kijk op de Sahara: de woestijn als een gebied van verbinding (2022)
M.E. de Bruijn
Editors: M. Storms
Type of publication: Book Chapter
In: Kaarten die geschiedenis schreven: 1000 jaar wereldgeschiedenis in 100 oude kaarten
Keywords: cartography, historiography, Sahara
Added to database: 06 March 2023

A new view of the Sahara: the desert as a connecting space (2022)
M.E. de Bruijn
Editors: M. Storms
Type of publication: Book Chapter
In: Maps that made history: 1000 years of world history in 100 old maps
Keywords: cartography, historiography, Sahara
Added to database: 06 March 2023

Chad's transition: easing tensions online (2022)
M.E. de Bruijn
Type of publication: Other

Chadians’ growing use of social media could prove a boon for the country’s political transition, but it could also fuel violence offline. With donor backing, authorities, civil society, online platforms and influencers should work to ensure social media remains a...

Keywords: Chad, politics, social media
Open access: Full text
Added to database: 06 March 2023

Religious movements in the drylands: ethnicity, jihadism, and violent extremism (2022)
J.W.M. van Dijk; M.E. de Bruijn
Editors: A.K. Garcia; T. Haller; J.W.M. van Dijk; C. Samimi; J. Warner
Type of publication: Journal Article
In: Drylands facing change: interventions, investments and identities
Keywords: Drylands, pastoralism, Sahel
Added to database: 06 March 2023

Drylands connected: mobile communication and changing power positions in (nomadic) pastoral societies (2022)
M.E. de Bruijn; Q. Zhang; H. Abu-Kishk; B. Butt; N. Hashimshony-Yaffe; T. Sternberg; A. Pas
Editors: A.K. Garcia; T. Haller; J.W.M. van Dijk; C. Samimi; J. Warner
Type of publication: Book Chapter
In: Drylands facing change: interventions, investments and identities

The new connectivity, through mobile phones, social media, and wireless internet, is an agent in social change in the drylands. In this chapter, we present four case studies: the introduction of mobile apps in Mongolia and Kenya, the role of mobile telephony in the Sahel, and...

Keywords: Drylands, Kenya, mobile phones, Mongolia, Negev Desert, Sahel, social change, social media
Open access: Full text
Added to database: 06 March 2023

Conceptualizing the after-crisis through ethnographies of postcrisis situations in Africa (2022)
M. Bedert; A. Bochow; R.A. van Dijk
Type of publication: Journal Article
In: Africa today
Keywords: Africa, postcrisis
Added to database: 03 March 2023

From the Netherlands East Indies to Indonesia: a philatelic iconography of political upheaval (2022)
A.J. Dietz; O. Louw; A. Zonjee
Editors: S.D. Brunn
Type of publication: Book Chapter
In: Stamps, nationalism and political transition

The Netherlands East Indies were regarded as the ‘Emerald Belt’ of the Netherlands, and a...

Keywords: identity, Indonesia, Netherlands, political change, postage stamps
Added to database: 01 March 2023

Imaging political turmoil through postage stamps in the heart of Africa: Congo/Zaire 1950-1971 from colonialism to national identity (2022)
A.J. Dietz; P. Kabamba
Editors: S.D. Brunn
Type of publication: Book Chapter
In: Stamps, nationalism and political transition

The Belgian Congo suddenly became an independent republic in 1960 and that was followed by four years of turmoil and by an attempt to develop a national ‘authentic’ identity afterwards. Focusing on the 1950-1971 period these major changes can be made visible on...

Keywords: Democratic Republic of Congo, political change, postage stamps
Added to database: 01 March 2023

Africa's agricultural revolution after 1980 (2022)
A.J. Dietz; J. Sterkenburg
Type of publication: Other
Keywords: Africa, Agricultural development, agriculture, food crisis
Added to database: 01 March 2023

Ap(p)iculture – beekeeping in the digital turn (2022)
C.E. Swinkels; E. Agasha; R. Kiconco
Type of publication: Other
Keywords: Africa, beekeeping, digitalisation
Added to database: 28 February 2023

Note 2: Ap(p)iculture: compatibility mode for digitalisation? (2022)
E. Agasha; R. Kiconco; C.E. Swinkels
Type of publication: Other
Keywords: digitalisation, Uganda
Added to database: 28 February 2023

Single and ready to mingle: single registries in social protection (2022)
C.E. Swinkels; A. Altaf
Type of publication: Other
Keywords: Africa, social protection
Open access: Full text
Added to database: 28 February 2023

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Posted on 9 November 2011, last modified on 12 May 2022