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 Dr. Klaas van Walraven (k.van.walraven@asc.leidenuniv.nl).

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Displaying 3501 - 3520 of 4590, page 176 of 230
R.J.A. Berkvens
Type of publication: Book

This paper examines the interaction of agricultural and nonagricultural activities in Mutoko communal area, Mashonaland East Province, Zimbabwe. It looks at three particular issues arising from the interaction of farming households' agricultural and nonagricultural...

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Added to database: 02 April 2012
M. Demeke
Type of publication: Book

This study examines the extent of deagrarianization in North Shoa, one of the most impoverished regions of Ethiopia. It describes the role and trend of farm activities and output, the trends in income diversification and the historical evolution of non-farm activities, and...

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Added to database: 02 April 2012
Editors: M.E. de Bruijn; I. van Halsema; H. van den Homberg
Type of publication: Book

Gender, land use and environmental management in developing countries intersect in a complex setting in which culture, economics and politics interfere. This collective volume - the product of a seminar organized in Amsterdam in May 1995 - unravels these complexities. The...

Keywords: 1995, Africa, agricultural land, Cameroon, conference papers (form), Country, developing countries, environment, farmers, gender, gender relations, Kenya, land use, politics, Subsaharan Africa, women
Added to database: 23 December 2011
Editors: M.E. de Bruijn; J.W.M. van Dijk
Type of publication: Book

Ce livre est issu du congrès de l'Association des études mandingues tenu les 20-24 mars 1995 à Leiden (Pays-Bas). Contributions: Préface (Jean-Loup Amselle); Peuls et Mandingues: dialectique des constructions identitaires (Mirjam de Bruijn et Han van Dijk); Les rapports...

Keywords: 1995, conference papers (form), Dogon, ethnic relations, ethnicity, Fulani, Islam, Mali, Manding, Sudan, West Africa
Added to database: 23 December 2011
M.E. de Bruijn
Type of publication: Journal Article
In: Africa : journal of the International African InstituteAfrica

In pastoral Fulbe society in central Mali women had, and to some degree still have, an important social and economic role, concentrated on a 'milk economy' organized through a female-headed, women-centred unit, called 'fayannde' or 'hearthhold'....

Keywords: female-headed households, Fulani, gender, Mali, marriage, Social security, women
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Added to database: 23 December 2011
K. van Walraven
Type of publication: Journal Article
In: de Helling
Added to database: 23 December 2011
K. van Walraven
Type of publication: Journal Article
In: Internationale spectator : tijdschrift voor internationale politiekInternationale spectator
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Added to database: 23 December 2011
W.M.J.van Kessel
Type of publication: Journal Article
In: Zuidelijk Afrika
Added to database: 23 December 2011
W.M.J.van Kessel
Type of publication: Journal Article
In: Wordt Vervolgd
Added to database: 23 December 2011
W.M.J.van Kessel; B.M. Oomen
Type of publication: Journal Article
In: African affairs

This article examines the position of traditional leaders in postapartheid South Africa. It first surveys changing perspectives of chieftaincy within the ANC and its allied movements. During the apartheid era, chiefs were maligned as puppets of bantustan rule. In ANC-related...

Keywords: Africa, politics, South Africa
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Added to database: 23 December 2011
W.M.J.van Kessel
Type of publication: Journal Article
In: Zuidelijk Afrika
Keywords: media
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Added to database: 23 December 2011
W.M.J.van Kessel
Type of publication: Journal Article
In: Zuidelijk Afrika
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Added to database: 23 December 2011
W.M.J.van Kessel
Type of publication: Journal Article
In: Zuidelijk Afrika
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Added to database: 23 December 2011
L.J. de Haan
Type of publication: Journal Article
In: Internationale spectator : tijdschrift voor internationale politiekInternationale spectator
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Added to database: 23 December 2011
L.J. de Haan
Editors: T. van Naerssen; M.M.E.M. Rutten; A. Zoomers
Type of publication: Book Chapter
In: The diversity of development : essays in honour of Jan Kleinpenning

After a general description of pastoralism in Africa, focusing mainly on the Wodaabe and Macina Fulbe in West Africa, the author discusses livestock development policies. He notes that, in the 1960s and 1970s, much effort was put into programmes to improve cattle breeds and...

Keywords: Africa, agricultural policy, animal husbandry, Fulani, policy, West Africa
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Added to database: 23 December 2011
L.J. de Haan
Type of publication: Book

L'étude présentée ici est une tentative de synthèse de différentes approches géographiques dans l'analyse des changements qui s'opèrent dans la province du Borgou au Nord-Bénin. Le projet de recherche, financé par la Commission de l'Union européenne, a été...

Keywords: agriculture, Bariba, Benin, Dendi, environment, farmers, Fulani, nomads, pastoralists, soil fertility
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Added to database: 23 December 2011
L.J. de Haan
Type of publication: Book Chapter
In: Over Grenzen
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Added to database: 23 December 2011
A.J. Dietz
Type of publication: Book
Keywords: Geografie, Ontwikkelingsproblematiek, Redes (vorm), Sociale geografie
Added to database: 23 December 2011
A.J. Dietz; W. Yabann
Type of publication: Book
Keywords: Educational assistance, Environmental studies, Kenya, MOI-University,Kenya
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Added to database: 23 December 2011
A.J. Dietz; W. Yabann
Type of publication: Book
Keywords: Educational assistance, Environmental studies, Kenya, MOI-University,Kenya
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Added to database: 23 December 2011

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