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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A. Kazimierczuk
Type of publication: Book

This thesis investigates the potential contribution of the Dutch private sector, and supportive Dutch Private Sector Development policies, to inclusive development (in terms of outcomes and processes) in Kenya in three sectors: tea, flowers and renewable energy. This study is...

Keywords: dissertations (form), inclusive development, Kenya, Netherlands, private sector
Open access: Full text
Added to database: 01 February 2021
A. Akinyoade; Y.T. Agbaje; O.O. Olasanmi; I.E. Olubodun
Type of publication: Journal Article
In: European journal of business and management

The study assessed home ownership, social costs and wellbeing in self residence in Nigeria using the employees of Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife as case study. Structured questionnaire was designed to elicit information from 279 respondents that were selected using...

Keywords: employees, home ownership, housing policy, Nigeria, social welfare, workers'housing
Added to database: 31 January 2021
A. Akinyoade; O.O. Olasanmi; Y.T. Agbaje
Type of publication: Journal Article
In: International journal of humanities and social studies

The study was about the economic impact of covid-19 lockdown and the sustenance of commercial motorcycle operators in Ile-Ife, Osun State, Nigeria. The objective of the study was to compare the economic position of respondents during the compulsory stay at home order relative...

Keywords: COVID-19, economic conditions, motorcycle, Nigeria, transport
Added to database: 31 January 2021
A.L. Akyala; L. Muhammad; E. Akabe; A. Akinyoade; E. Agogo
Type of publication: Journal Article
In: Pan African medical journal

The continued absence of viable vaccines, limited diagnostic tools, insufficient protocol for isolation period, and weak health care system in developing countries with Nigeria inclusive heightens the tension trailing the arrival of Novel SARS-CoV-2 that was officially...

Keywords: COVID-19, Nigeria
Added to database: 31 January 2021
D.J. Money
Editors: D.J. Money; D. Van Zyl-Hermann
Type of publication: Book Chapter
In: Rethinking white societies in Southern Africa: 1930s–1990s
Keywords: poverty, race relations, social history, Southern Africa, Whites, working class
Open access: Full text
Added to database: 31 January 2021
D.J. Money
Editors: S. Belluci; H. Weiss
Type of publication: Book Chapter
In: The internationalisation of the labour question: ideological antagonism, workers’ movements and the ILO since 1919
Keywords: labour, South Africa, trade unions
Added to database: 31 January 2021
A.J. Dietz; M.A. Westra; A.K.van Gent
Type of publication: Other
Keywords: Africa
Added to database: 30 January 2021
A.J. Dietz
Type of publication: Other
Keywords: Africa, COVID-19
Added to database: 30 January 2021
A.J. Dietz; D.W.L. Ehrhardt
Type of publication: Other
Keywords: Africa, innovations, knowledge
Added to database: 29 January 2021
A. Raia
Type of publication: Book

In her dissertation, the author attempts a critical text edition of the Joseph story and a study on its adaptation to the Swahili Coast.The story of Joseph has been disseminated all over the world, translated into many different languages and adapted into various genres...

Added to database: 14 January 2021
G.J. Abbink
Type of publication: Book Chapter
In: Il Mondo Che Verrà 2021
Keywords: Abiy Ahmed, Ethiopia, politicans
Added to database: 10 January 2021
G.J. Abbink
Type of publication: Book Chapter
In: The World in 2021
Keywords: Abiy Ahmed, Ethiopia, politicans
Added to database: 10 January 2021
J.C.M. Damen
Type of publication: Journal Article
In: IP: vakblad voor informatieprofessionals
Keywords: digital publishing
Open access: Full text
Added to database: 10 January 2021
A. Meckelburg; G.J. Abbink
Type of publication: Journal Article
In: Northeast African Studies

In Ethiopia, as elsewhere in Africa, the boundaries of political belonging have always shifted. They continue to do so. Since the 1995 constitution, in a both peculiar and complex manner, ethnicity has been included in the apparatus of rights and practices, with often far-...

Keywords: citizenship, Ethiopia
Added to database: 07 January 2021
D.J. Money; H.O. Frøland; T. Gwatiwa
Type of publication: Journal Article
In: Review of African political economy

Summary.This article examines the changing forms of African agency in the context of contestations over natural resource governance with the European Union. The authors argue that EU policy is motivated by material self-interest but that it has not been able to successfully...

Keywords: African Union, European Union, natural resources, policy
Added to database: 27 December 2020
V.A.S. Nyst; H. Smits
Editors: G.J. van der Wal; H. Smits; S. Petrollino; V.A.S. Nyst; M.G. Kossmann
Type of publication: Book Chapter
In: Essays on African languages and linguistics in honour of Maarten Mous
Keywords: grammar, Kordofanian languages, Lumun language, Sudan
Open access: Full text
Added to database: 17 December 2020
S. Reinders; M. Dekker; J.-B. Falisse
Type of publication: Journal Article
In: Development policy review

Motivation: Higher education is regarded as a key instrument to enhance socioeconomic mobility and reduce inequalities. Recent literature reviews have examined inequalities in the higher education systems of high-income countries, but less is known about the situation in low...

Keywords: higher education, income, inequality, literature reviews (form)
Added to database: 07 December 2020
W.M.J.van Kessel
Editors: K. Felter
Type of publication: Book Chapter
In: Kind in Indië: jeugdjaren en familieleven in Nederlands-Indië. deel II
Added to database: 07 December 2020
H.E. Awuh; M. Dekker
Type of publication: Journal Article
In: Journal of entrepreneurship in emerging economies

Building on the limitations of the efforts of aid agencies and non-governmental organisations to pull the poor out of poverty in low- and middle-income countries and declining opportunities for market expansion in high-income countries, microfranchising is being promoted as a...

Keywords: entrepreneurship, Ghana, microfranchising
Added to database: 06 December 2020
G.J. van der Wal; H. Smits; S. Petrollino; V.A.S. Nyst; M.G. Kossmann
Type of publication: Book

This book celebrates Maarten Mous, professor of African Linguistics at Leiden University. For many people engaged in the field of African linguistics (and beyond), Maarten has been a teacher, an engaged colleague, and an inspiration. On the occasion of his 65th birthday, the...

Keywords: Africa, linguistics
Open access: Full text
Added to database: 02 December 2020

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