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.
If you have questions about publishing with the ASCL, please contact Mrs. Maaike Westra (m.a.westra@asc.leidenuniv.nl).

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A. Idrissa
Editors: E. Apard
Type of publication: Book Chapter
In: Transnational Islam: circulation of religious ideas, actors and practices between Niger and Nigeria
Keywords: Islam, Niger, Nigeria, radicalism
Open access: Full text
Added to database: 26 August 2021
E. Apard
Type of publication: Book
In: West African politics and society series
Keywords: Islam, Niger, Nigeria
Open access: Full text
Added to database: 13 August 2021
E. Apard
Type of publication: Book
Keywords: Islam, Niger, Nigeria
Open access: Full text
Added to database: 13 August 2021
A. Bakuri; R. Spronk; R.A. van Dijk
Type of publication: Journal Article
In: Ethnography

This paper examines the productive role of secrecy in the nexus of transnational mobility, kinship, and intimate relations among Ghanaian-Dutch and Somali-Dutch in the Netherlands. Whereas secrecy is typically understood as one person concealing knowledge from another,...

Keywords: diasporas, Ghana, kinship, Netherlands, secrecy, sexuality
Open access: Full text
Added to database: 25 July 2021
R.A. van Dijk
Editors: H. Dilger; A. Bochow; M. Burchardt; M. Wilhelm-Solomon
Type of publication: Book Chapter
In: Affective trajectories: religion and emotion in African city-scapes
Keywords: Africa, Pentecostalism, religion
Added to database: 25 July 2021
L.ten Kate; A.W. Braam; R.A. van Dijk; J. van Ravesteyn; F. Bergmans
Type of publication: Journal Article
In: Journal of Immigrant & Refugee Studies
Keywords: Africa, Pentecostalism, The Netherlands, trafficking
Added to database: 25 July 2021
A. Raia
Editors: A. Brita; G. Ciotti; F. De Simini; A. Roselli
Type of publication: Book Chapter
In: Copying manuscripts: textual and material craftsmanship
Keywords: manuscripts, Swahili, Swahili language
Open access: Full text
Added to database: 22 April 2021
L. Zuidberg; S. Kortbeek; K. Kingma; A. Koning
Type of publication: Book

Abstract: In 2012 we returned to Southern Mali, where we have worked in the Women and Development programme of the Malian cotton company (CMDT) between 1987 and 1995. We were curious to find out what had changed for women in the cotton area since 1980.Have women been able to...

Keywords: cotton industry, economic conditons, Mali, social conditions, social status, women, women's employment
Open access: Full text
Added to database: 22 April 2021
J. Westeneng; R. Reis; L.H. Berckmoes
Type of publication: Other
Keywords: Burundi, health education
Added to database: 12 April 2021
C. Tize; L.H. Berckmoes; J.T.V.M.de Jong; R. Reis
Type of publication: Journal Article
In: Transcultural psychiatry

This paper examines responses to the 2015 terror attack on Charlie Hebdo, a French satirical magazine, amongst students in a secondary school in Berlin-Neukölln, Germany. The Charlie Hebdo attack occurred in the final weeks of a 19-month ethnographic study in the...

Keywords: Charlie Hebdo, Germany, schools, terrorism
Added to database: 29 March 2021
L.H. Berckmoes
Type of publication: Journal Article
In: Clingendael spectator
Keywords: Africa, development, future, peace, wars
Added to database: 29 March 2021
R.A. van Dijk
Type of publication: Journal Article
In: Africa today
Added to database: 05 February 2021

Somalia (2020)
G.J. Abbink
Editors: A.K. Awedoba; B. Kamski; A. Mehler; D. Sebududubu
Type of publication: Book Chapter
In: Africa yearbook: politics, economy and society South of the Sahara in 2019
Keywords: development, economy, policy, politics, Somalia
Added to database: 03 February 2021

Ethiopia (2020)
G.J. Abbink
Editors: A.K. Awedoba; B. Kamski; A. Mehler; D. Sebududubu
Type of publication: Book Chapter
In: Africa yearbook: politics, economy and society South of the Sahara in 2019
Keywords: development, economy, Ethiopia, policy, politics
Added to database: 03 February 2021
K. van Walraven
Type of publication: Book Chapter
In: The individual in African history: the importance of biography in African historical studies

Barthélémy Boganda, the principal anti-colonial politician in Oubangui-Chari (now the Central African Republic) during the 1950s, was an extraordinary character. Little known in the Anglophone literature on Africa, Boganda developed into an exceptional orator...

Keywords: Boganda,Barthélemy,1910-1959, Central African Republic
Added to database: 02 February 2021

Niger (2020)
K. van Walraven
Editors: A.K. Awedoba; B. Kamski; A. Mehler; D. Sebududubu
Type of publication: Book Chapter
In: Africa yearbook: politics, economy and society South of the Sahara in 2019
Keywords: development, economy, Niger, policy, politics
Added to database: 02 February 2021
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

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