Publications

The African Studies Centre Leiden currently publishes eight different series. Books published in the ASCL Collection Series and Occasional Publications Series can be ordered from the Webshop or they can be purchased during a visit to the ASCL library, as long they are in stock. Book series published by Brill can be ordered directly from the publisher, or they can be purchased during a visit to the ASCL library, as long as they are in stock.

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A. Lakwo
Type of publication: Book

This study examines in what ways and to what extent microfinance services facilitate the empowerment of married rural women in Nebbi district, northwestern Uganda. In particular, it examines the gender relations inherent in the livelihood practices of the community, the...

Keywords: credit, dissertations (form), empowerment, gender relations, livelihoods, rural women, Uganda
Open access: Full text
Added to database: 23 December 2011
S. van der Staak
Type of publication: Book

This study discusses the fate of Botswana, Lesotho, Namibia and Swaziland (BLNS) following the 1999 free trade agreement between the European Union and South Africa. As members - with South Africa - of the Southern African Customs Union (SACU), the BLNS countries are now...

Keywords: Botswana, European Union, financial aid, Lesotho, Namibia, South Africa, Swaziland, theses (form), trade agreements, trade policy
Open access: Full text
Added to database: 23 December 2011
L.F. Zubieta
Type of publication: Book

Mwana wa Chentcherere II, or Chentcherere Rock Shelter II, the name by which it was more generally known when it was excavated in 1972, is one of the largest rock painting sites in Malawi. It has been a national monument since 1972 and has been the subject of extensive...

Keywords: Chewa, girls' initiation, Malawi, rock art
Open access: Full text
Added to database: 23 December 2011
Editors: A. Reeves; M.C.A. van Winden
Type of publication: Book
Keywords: African studies, annual reports (form), Netherlands
Open access: Full text
Added to database: 23 December 2011
K. van Til
Type of publication: Conference Paper
In: African slave trades and African slavery in a global comparative perspective
Keywords: African studies, kinship, Mauritania, slavery, slaves, social inequality
Added to database: 23 December 2011
J. Ndaya
Type of publication: Journal Article
In: Quest: An African Journal of Philosophy/Revue Africaine de Philosphie
Open access: Full text
Added to database: 23 December 2011
J. Ndaya
Type of publication: Journal Article
In: Vice Versa
Added to database: 23 December 2011
I. Brinkman
Editors: B. Heintze; A. von Oppen
Type of publication: Book Chapter
In: Angola on the move : transport routes, communications and history
Keywords: Angola, refugees
Added to database: 23 December 2011
I. Brinkman
Editors: J. Laband
Type of publication: Book Chapter
In: Daily lives of civilians in wartime Africa. From slavery days to the diamond wars
Keywords: Africa, mobility
Added to database: 23 December 2011
I. Brinkman
Type of publication: Journal Article
In: Canadian journal of African studies

Contact between northern Angola and the Lower Congo region has always been intensive. This historical context proved crucial during the Angolan guerrilla war for independence that began in March 1961. This paper examines the various ways in which war and mobility interrelate...

Keywords: Angola, Democratic Republic of Congo, guerrilla warfare, mobility, national liberation struggles, refugees
Added to database: 23 December 2011
A.H.M. Leliveld
Type of publication: Book
Keywords: Uganda
Added to database: 23 December 2011
A.H.M. Leliveld
Type of publication: Book
Open access: Full text
Added to database: 23 December 2011
M.E. de Bruijn
Editors: P.J.J. Konings; D.W.J. Foeken
Type of publication: Book Chapter
In: Crisis and creativity, exploring the wealth of the African neighbourhood

Drought and war are important reasons for migration to small urban centres in Chad, and those who are forced to migrate are often the poor who find they can no longer survive in their villages. The central question in this chapter is whether these people group together once...

Keywords: Chad, Country, history, migrants, migration, neighbourhoods, poverty, urbanization, women
Added to database: 23 December 2011
M.E. de Bruijn
Editors: G. Mommersteeg; T. Robben
Type of publication: Book Chapter
In: Een handvol kolanoten : antropologische opstellen aangeboden aan Wouter van Beek

Het veldwerk dat het hart van de antropologie is, bestaat vooral uit het aangaan van nauwe banden met mensen. Dergelijke relaties kunnen niet met alle leden van een samenleving worden aangegaan en persoonlijke voorkeuren van de onderzoeker spelen een rol. Dientengevolge zijn...

Keywords: anthropological research, family, Fulani, Mali, social change
Added to database: 23 December 2011
M.E. de Bruijn
Type of publication: Journal Article
In: CODESRIA Bulletin, special issue on the African Woman
Keywords: gender
Open access: Full text
Added to database: 23 December 2011

Chad (2006)
M.E. de Bruijn; J.W.M. van Dijk
Editors: A. Mehler; H. Melber; K. van Walraven
Type of publication: Book Chapter
In: Africa yearbook: politics, economy and society South of the Sahara in 2005
Keywords: Africa, Chad, politics
Added to database: 23 December 2011
M.E. de Bruijn; J. Bouju
Type of publication: Book Chapter
In: Violences sociales & exclusions : le développement social de l'Afrique en question = Social violence & exclusion : questioning Africa's social development
Keywords: Africa, violence
Added to database: 23 December 2011
M.E. de Bruijn; N. Djindil
Type of publication: Journal Article
In: Psychopathologie Africaine 2005-2006

Cette étude sur les enfants de la rue à N'Djamena (Tchad) est fondée sur une base exploratrice et descriptive. Les données ont été recueillies à travers des mesures anthropométriques, des entretiens, des discussions en groupe et des observations. Les résultats des...

Keywords: Chad, malnutrition, social problems, street children
Added to database: 23 December 2011
M.E. de Bruijn
Type of publication: Journal Article
In: Zem Zem
Keywords: Sahel
Added to database: 23 December 2011
M.E. de Bruijn; J.W.M. van Dijk
Type of publication: Book Chapter
In: Responding to cimate change; Solutions aux changements climatiques
Keywords: Africa
Added to database: 23 December 2011

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