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).

Browse our publications and those by our staff members using the simple search form below.

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R.A. van Dijk
Type of publication: Conference Paper
In: Paper presented at the Studyday 'Ngoma; the political and therapeutical in Southern Africa', Leiden, 22 March, 1996
Keywords: Africa
Added to database: 23 December 2011
D. Merolla
Type of publication: Journal Article
In: L'Uomo, Rivista semestrale dell'Universit.di Roma La Sapienza
Keywords: gender
Open access: Full text
Added to database: 23 December 2011
D. Merolla
Type of publication: Book
Keywords: Algeria, dissertations (form), ethnic literature, folk tales (form), French language, gender, literature
Open access: Full text
Added to database: 23 December 2011
B.F. Soares
Type of publication: Journal Article
In: Cahiers d'études africaines

In the late twentieth century, Nioro du Sahel, an economically marginal town in Mali, has become an important regional pilgrimage centre for Muslims. The present paper discusses the prayer economy in this town, the rather complex but pervasive practices in which gifts are...

Keywords: Islam, Mali, Muslim brotherhoods, pilgrimages
Open access: Full text
Added to database: 23 December 2011
A. Amha
Type of publication: Journal Article
In: African languages and cultures
Keywords: Ethiopia
Added to database: 18 March 2014
T. Dijkstra; T.D. Magori
Editors: S. Ellis; Y.A. Fauré
Type of publication: Book Chapter
In: Entreprises et entrepreneurs Africains
Added to database: 06 February 2013
D.F. Bryceson
Editors: D.F. Bryceson
Type of publication: Book Chapter
In: Women wielding the hoe : lessons from rural Africa for feminist theory and development practice
Added to database: 06 February 2013
M. van den Engel
Type of publication: Book
Added to database: 27 June 2012
J.A. Dijk
Type of publication: Book

This book, which is based on field research carried out between 1987 and 1990, explores government interventions in soil and water conservation (SWC) in the dryland region around the town of Kassala, in eastern Sudan. The interventions introduced from the early 1980s onwards...

Keywords: Beja, dissertations (form), environment, Sudan, water management
Added to database: 19 June 2012
J.K. van Donge
Type of publication: Review
In: African affairs : the journal of the Royal African Society
Added to database: 03 April 2012
J.K. van Donge
Type of publication: Review
In: The journal of commonwealth & comparative politics
Added to database: 03 April 2012
H.A. Meilink
Type of publication: Review
In: Internationale spectator : tijdschrift voor internationale politiek
Keywords: Africa
Open access: Full text
Added to database: 03 April 2012
H.A. Meilink
Type of publication: Review
In: Internationale spectator : tijdschrift voor internationale politiek
Keywords: Africa
Added to database: 03 April 2012
H.A. Meilink
Type of publication: Review
In: Internationale spectator : tijdschrift voor internationale politiek
Keywords: Africa
Added to database: 03 April 2012
G.J. Abbink
Type of publication: Review
In: Internationale spectator : tijdschrift voor internationale politiek
Open access: Full text
Added to database: 03 April 2012
T. Dijkstra
Type of publication: Book

This paper analyses a selection of the literature that has been published on the relationship between the development of food trade and urbanization in sub-Saharan Africa. The evolution of food marketing systems and the urbanization process are described in three phases: the...

Keywords: Africa
Open access: Full text
Added to database: 02 April 2012
D.F. Bryceson
Type of publication: Book Chapter
In: Women Wielding the Hoe: Lessons from Rural Africa for Feminist Theory and Development Practice
Keywords: Africa, development, Rural, women
Added to database: 23 December 2011
W.E.A. van Beek
Editors: J.P.M. van den Breemer; C.A. Drijver; L.B. Venema
Type of publication: Book Chapter
In: Local Resource Management in Africa
Keywords: 1993, Africa, conference papers (form), Dogon, Mali, natural resource management
Open access: Full text
Added to database: 23 December 2011
W.E.A. van Beek
Editors: A. de Ruijter; L. van Vucht Tijssen
Type of publication: Book Chapter
In: Cultural dynamics in development processes
Open access: Full text
Added to database: 23 December 2011
W.E.A. van Beek
Type of publication: Book Chapter
In: Raad in Religies; raadvragen en -geven in enkele religieuze tradities, speciaal in multi-religieus Nederland
Open access: Full text
Added to database: 23 December 2011

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