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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P. Douma; M. Diop; L.J. de Haan
Type of publication: Book
Keywords: agricultural policy, animal husbandry, Burkina Faso, farmers' associations, Mali, natural resource management, Niger, pastoralists
Open access: Full text
Added to database: 23 December 2011
P. Douma; M. Diop; L.J. de Haan
Type of publication: Book
Added to database: 23 December 2011
P. Douma; M. Diop; L.J. de Haan
Type of publication: Book
Added to database: 23 December 2011
T. Blakely; W.E.A. van Beek; D.L. Thomson
Type of publication: Book

This book stems from a conference entitled 'Religion in Africa: the variety of religious experience in sub-Saharan Africa', held in Provo, Utah, 22-25 October 1986. The first section of the book (Religion and its translatability) focuses on the effects of...

Keywords: 1986, Africa, African religions, conference papers (form), Subsaharan Africa
Added to database: 23 December 2011
J.K. van Donge
Type of publication: Journal Article
In: Journal of international development
Added to database: 23 December 2011
A.H.M. Leliveld
Type of publication: Book

This study, which is based on field research carried out in Swaziland from October 1989 to December 1990, starts with an introductory chapter followed by three theoretical chapters on social security in developing countries. The content of these chapters is illustrated with...

Keywords: developing countries, Social security, Swaziland, theses (form)
Open access: Full text
Added to database: 23 December 2011
A.H.M. Leliveld
Type of publication: Journal Article
In: Focaal : tijdschrift voor antropologieFocaal

As labour migration to South Africa is a pronounced feature of Swazi society, its impact on Swazi society is substantial. This paper examines what labour migration means to the social security role of the Swazi rural homestead. By discussing the relationship between labour...

Keywords: Africa, family, labour migration, social networks, Social security, South Africa, Swaziland
Open access: Full text
Added to database: 23 December 2011
P.J.J. Konings
Editors: M. Douma
Type of publication: Book Chapter
In: Kameroen op zoek naar nieuwe verhoudingen
Open access: Full text
Added to database: 23 December 2011
W.M.J. van Binsbergen
Editors: M. Lucas
Type of publication: Book Chapter
In: Afrika: een sprekend verleden
Added to database: 23 December 2011
W.M.J. van Binsbergen
Editors: S. van der Geest
Type of publication: Book Chapter
In: De macht der dingen: medische technologie in perspectief
Added to database: 23 December 2011
W.M.J. van Binsbergen
Editors: R. Fardon; G. Furniss
Type of publication: Book Chapter
In: African languages, development and the state

The chapters in this collection record a workshop held at the School of Oriental and African Studies, in April 1991, on African languages, development and the State. The book is divided into an introductory chapter, by Richard Fardon and Graham Furniss, and three parts. Part...

Keywords: 1991, Africa, African studies, Botswana, ethnicity, Ghana, Kenya, language policy, modernization, multilingualism, policy, politics, South Africa, Zambia
Open access: Full text
Added to database: 23 December 2011
W.M.J. van Binsbergen
Type of publication: Conference Paper
In: Section 'Identity, knowledge and ideas', African research futures: Postcolonialism and identity, Second Inter-University Colloquium, International Centre for Contemporary Cultural Research, Manchester, 13-16 May 1994, organized by the Standing Committee o
Keywords: Africa, African studies, identity
Added to database: 23 December 2011
W.M.J. van Binsbergen
Type of publication: Conference Paper
In: Paper as basis for oral presentation, Netherlands Institute for Advanced Studies in the Humanities and Social Sciences (NIAS), Wassenaar, 7 november 1994, 24 pp, 1994
Keywords: Africa, social sciences
Added to database: 23 December 2011
W.M.J. van Binsbergen
Type of publication: Conference Paper
In: Seminar paper, theme group on 'Magic and religion in the Ancient Near East', Netherlands Institute for Advanced Studies in the Humanities and Social Sciences (NIAS), Wassenaar, 6 december 1994, 48 pp, 1994.
Keywords: social sciences
Added to database: 23 December 2011
W.M.J. van Binsbergen
Type of publication: Journal Article
In: Antropologische verkenningen

De auteur stelt dat het einde bereikt is van een vrij lange periode waarin cultuurdynamiek in Afrika in hoofdzaak vanuit een Marxistisch geïnspireerde politiek-economische optiek werd bezien. Een nieuwe benadering van de dynamiek van Afrikaanse culturen begint zich af te...

Keywords: Africa, African culture, ethnicity, Nkoya, Zambia
Open access: Full text
Added to database: 23 December 2011
W.M.J. van Binsbergen
Type of publication: Journal Article
In: African studies : a quarterly journal devoted to the study of African administration, cultures and languages

This paper explores the cultural dynamics of ethnicity in the context of a postcolonial African State, Zambia. The opening sections define ethnicity and pinpoint its central dilemma: while unmistakably constructed and thus selectively empowering the brokers coordinating the...

Keywords: ethnicity, gender, Nkoya, traditional festivals, Zambia
Open access: Full text
Added to database: 23 December 2011
G.S.C.M. Hesseling
Type of publication: Book Chapter
In: Social (in)security and poverty as global issues
Keywords: 1994, Africa, children, conference papers (form), developing countries, Social security
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Added to database: 23 December 2011
G.S.C.M. Hesseling
Type of publication: Book
Keywords: 1994, Africa, children, conference papers (form), developing countries, Social security
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Added to database: 23 December 2011
G.S.C.M. Hesseling
Editors: F.G. Barbier-Wiesser
Type of publication: Book Chapter
In: Comprendre la Casamance
Open access: Full text
Added to database: 23 December 2011
G.S.C.M. Hesseling
Editors: R.J. Bakema
Type of publication: Book Chapter
In: Land tenure and sustainable land use

Facing problems of land, natural resources and environment, Sahelian governments have become increasingly aware that solutions must be sought first among local communities. These communities, in association with government at local and national levels, should be responsible...

Keywords: decentralization, environmental policy, land law, Mali, policy
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Added to database: 23 December 2011

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