Publications

In deze bijdrage wordt in enkele algemene lijnen geponeerd dat de noodzaak tot staatsomvorming in Afrika voor het komende decennium prioriteit nummer één is. De rol van buitenlandse mogendheden en organisaties kan daarbij belangrijk zijn, maar moet niet worden overschat....

According to the policy of the government of the Ethiopian Peoples' Revolutionary Democratic Front (EPRDF), ethnic identity is the ideological basis of Ethiopia's political organization and administration and as such has been enshrined in the Federal Constitution of...

This article examines recent developments of local authority and 'leadership' among the Surma of southern Ethiopia, where the author carried out field research over the years 1990-1995. The intention is to analyse the nature of 'authority' in a non-State...

In Afrika bezuiden de Sahara heeft de islam een bijzonder complexe en rijke geschiedenis. De auteur schetst deze geschiedenis vanaf 615, wanneer de Profeet een groot deel van zijn volgelingen naar Ethiopië stuurt, tot de hedendaagse periode van mondialisering, waarin de islam...

The natural environment of the Kenyan coast is threatened in many ways. A study day was organized on August 7, 1996, by the School of Environmental Studies, Moi University, Eldoret, with presentations on the activities and research priorities of organizations concerned with...

The past few decades have shown an increasing awareness of the importance of small-scale enterprises for the livelihood of rural Africans and the role of these nonagricultural activities in the economic development of rural areas. This book examines the development of rural...

This study analyses the structure and development of horticultural marketing channels in Kenya. It is based primarily on a farm survey among some 500 farmers in Nyandarua, Kisii and Taita Taveta Districts, and a trade survey of about 750 horticultural traders in 18 different...

The origins of this book date back to a workshop held at the Afrika-Studiecentrum, Leiden, in May 1994. The authors examine de-agrarianization in Africa, which takes the form of urban migration as well as the expansion of nonagricultural activities in rural areas. An...

This tribute to Jan Kleinpenning, specialist in the human geography of Latin America, professor at the University of Nijmegen from 1965 to 1997, contains contributions from (former) colleagues, students and friends in which they discuss trends in the human geography of...

This paper examines strategies used by rural households in Ntcheu District, Malawi, to cope with a decreasing fuelwood availability. Fieldwork was carried out in 1990 and 1991. With increasing distance to woodlands, households initially collected further away, spending more...

Dit cahier, uitgegeven ter gelegenheid van de 65e verjaardag in 1997 van de Nederlandse Afrikanist Laurens van der Laan, bevat - na een inleiding door Gerti Hesseling, directeur van het Afrika-Studiecentrum te Leiden - de volgende bijdragen: Afrikanist in vogelvlucht (Maja...

L'Afrique noire semble sur la pente d'une criminalisation préoccupante de l'État: fraudes et trafics en grand, exploitation sauvage des ressources, économie en pillage, privatisation des institutions, multiplication des milices armées, extension de la guerre....

Dit cahier bevat bijdragen van verschillende auteurs. Na een algemene inleiding over democratiseringsprocessen en de rol van de media in Afrika, volgt een aantal landenoverzichten die met name aandacht besteden aan de recente ontwikkelingen binnen pers, radio en televisie,...