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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G.S.C.M. Hesseling; M. van den Engel
Editors: J.A. Andersson; M. Breuers
Type of publication: Book Chapter
In: Kinship structures and enterprising actors: anthropological essays on development
Keywords: Mali, women
Open access: Full text
Added to database: 23 December 2011
G.S.C.M. Hesseling
Type of publication: Conference Paper
In: Paper presented at the AEGIS Summer School 'Theory and conflict prevention in Africa', Leipzig, 31 August, 2001.
Keywords: Africa, Mali
Added to database: 23 December 2011
G.S.C.M. Hesseling
Type of publication: Conference Paper
In: Paper presented at the Wits Institute for Social and Economic Research, Johannesburg, 23 October, 2001.
Added to database: 23 December 2011
G.S.C.M. Hesseling; B.M. Oomen
Type of publication: Journal Article
In: L'Afrique politique

Cet article remet en cause le rôle de l'État comme mécanisme central de régulation sociale en Afrique, en prenant en compte la jeunesse relative de l'État-nation, la faiblesse de l'appareil étatique et l'influence croissante de processus juridiques...

Keywords: law, political change, political systems, Subsaharan Africa
Open access: Full text
Added to database: 23 December 2011
S. Ellis
Type of publication: Conference Paper
In: Paper read at Center for Defence Studies
Added to database: 23 December 2011
S. Ellis
Type of publication: Conference Paper
In: Paper presented at Conference on Systemes de guerre et nouveaux modes diplomatiques
Added to database: 23 December 2011
S. Ellis
Type of publication: Conference Paper
In: Paper presented at African Studies Centre conference
Keywords: African studies, history
Added to database: 23 December 2011
S. Ellis
Type of publication: Conference Paper
In: Paper read at Centre d'Etudes et de Recherches Internationales
Keywords: violence
Added to database: 23 December 2011
S. Ellis
Type of publication: Conference Paper
In: Paper read to 'Artsen zonder Grenzen'
Keywords: Africa
Added to database: 23 December 2011
S. Ellis
Type of publication: Conference Paper
In: Paper read to African Studies Centre, University of Copenhagen, conference on the Great Lakes
Keywords: Africa, African studies
Added to database: 23 December 2011
S. Ellis
Type of publication: Conference Paper
In: Keynote speech, Studium Generale
Keywords: Africa
Added to database: 23 December 2011
S. Ellis
Type of publication: Conference Paper
In: Paper presented at the African Studies Association of the USA
Keywords: Africa, African studies, history
Added to database: 23 December 2011
S. Ellis
Type of publication: Journal Article
In: Harvard International Review
Added to database: 23 December 2011
S. Ellis
Type of publication: Journal Article
In: Internationale spectator : tijdschrift voor internationale politiekInternationale spectator

Dit essay gaat in op lange-termijnperspectieven voor Afrika. De auteur stelt dat in het Westen de Afrikaanse situatie te vaak gezien wordt in het licht van een evolutieschema, waaruit ook de begrippen 'ontwikkeling' en 'vooruitgang' zijn afgeleid. Wanneer...

Keywords: Africa, future, political systems
Open access: Full text
Added to database: 23 December 2011
S. Ellis
Type of publication: Journal Article
In: Afrique contemporaine : documents d'Afrique noire et de Madagascar

Pour analyser les conflits qui ont lieu actuellement en Afrique de l'Ouest il faut remonter loin dans l'histoire. Il convient d'examiner la période antérieure aux indépendances qui datent, pour la plupart, des années 1960. Tandis que les conflits constatés dans...

Keywords: civil wars, history, West Africa
Open access: Full text
Added to database: 23 December 2011
S. Ellis
Type of publication: Journal Article
In: Journal of religion in Africa

During the civil war in Liberia (1989-1997), many participants, as well as local journalists, used terms such as 'sorcery', 'witchcraft', 'voodoo', 'juju' and 'African science' to describe certain techniques used by fighters....

Keywords: civil wars, Islam, Liberia, magic, witchcraft
Added to database: 23 December 2011

Sierra Leone (2001)
S. Ellis
Editors: N. Tellegen
Type of publication: Book Chapter
In: Afrika-expertbijeenkomst: Ghana, Mali, Mozambique, Sierra Leone, Congo, Rwanda
Keywords: Ghana, Mali
Added to database: 23 December 2011
S. Ellis
Type of publication: Journal Article
In: The Fletcher Forum of World Affairs

West Africa, affected by war since the outbreak of hostilities in Liberia in 1989, is peering into an abyss of violence. The various theatres of war in the region are connected in ways characteristic of a new generation of wars, like those in central Africa and central Asia....

Keywords: Africa, civil wars, Country, diaspora, violence, West Africa
Added to database: 23 December 2011
G.J. Abbink
Type of publication: Book

In deze inaugurele rede besteedt de auteur aandacht aan drie thema's: strijd, identiteit et continuïteit in Afrika. Hij richt zich met name op het verschijnsel van de opkomst van neo-etnische bewegingen in Afrika die een nieuwe combinatie van elementen vertegenwoordigen...

Keywords: Continuity, identity, Lectures (form), Modernism (culture)
Open access: Full text
Added to database: 23 December 2011
G.J. Abbink
Type of publication: Journal Article
In: Internationale spectator : tijdschrift voor internationale politiekInternationale spectator

Na ruim twee jaar oorlog verrasten Ethiopië en Eritrea de wereld met ondertekening van een vredesovereenkomst in Algiers, onder bemiddeling van de OAE. Hoewel er nu sprake is van een soort vredesproces - of beter 'onderhandelingsproces' - is verzoening nog ver weg....

Keywords: Eritrea, Ethiopia, international politics, peace treaties, war
Open access: Full text
Added to database: 23 December 2011

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