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 Mrs. Maaike Westra (m.a.westra@asc.leidenuniv.nl).

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

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A.J. Dietz; Ch. Okidi
Type of publication: Book
Keywords: Educational assistance, Environmental studies, Kenya, MOI-University,Kenya
Open access: Full text
Added to database: 23 December 2011
A.J. Dietz
Editors: J. Markakis
Type of publication: Book Chapter
In: Conflict and the decline of pastoralism in the Horn of Africa
Keywords: Africa
Added to database: 23 December 2011
A.J. Dietz
Type of publication: Journal Article
In: Geografie
Added to database: 23 December 2011
I. Brinkman
Type of publication: Journal Article
In: Derde Wereld
Added to database: 23 December 2011
I. Brinkman
Type of publication: Journal Article
In: Groniek
Open access: Full text
Added to database: 23 December 2011
M.C.A. van Doorn
Type of publication: Journal Article
In: African Research & Documentation

This article provides brief background information on the Afrika-Studiecentrum (African Studies Centre, ASC) in Leiden, the Netherlands, its origins, aims, organizational structure and research activities, followed by a more detailed description of the Library and...

Keywords: Africa, African Studies centres, information management, Netherlands, special libraries
Added to database: 17 July 2012
E.A.B. van Rouveroy van Nieuwaal
Type of publication: Book

De film 'Democratisch avontuur in Togo: traditionele leiders bekneld tussen staat en volk' vormt een geintegreerd onderdeel van een onderzoek naar de relatie tussen staatsbestuur en neotraditionele vormen van lokaal gezag in Togo, dat de auteur in 1987 begon. Het...

Keywords: cinema, democracy, public administration, Togo, traditional rulers
Added to database: 21 June 2012
S.D.K. Ellis
Type of publication: Journal Article
In: Second Amandla Lecture
Added to database: 20 June 2012
G.S.C.M. Hesseling
Type of publication: Book
Keywords: land law, land reform, Mali
Added to database: 20 June 2012
S.D.K. Ellis
Type of publication: Review
In: The journal of African history
Open access: Full text
Added to database: 03 April 2012
S.D.K. Ellis
Type of publication: Review
In: The journal of African history
Open access: Full text
Added to database: 03 April 2012
C.F. Fisiy
Type of publication: Book

The objective of this study is to determine to what extent the land law reform which was implemented in Cameroon in 1974 caused dislocations of local norms, and to what extent it gave the State better control and management of land. More specifically, the author's aim is...

Keywords: Cameroon, conflict of laws, land reform
Open access: Full text
Added to database: 23 December 2011
N. Tellegen; L. Verstrate; D.W.J. Foeken
Type of publication: Book

This study, carried out in 1989, is a support study for a larger survey of the nutritional situation in the households of labourers on large farms in Trans Nzoia, Kenya. Three categories were distinguished: permanent labourers, casual labourers living on the farm and casual...

Keywords: agricultural workers, household income, Kenya, rural households, social networks
Open access: Full text
Added to database: 23 December 2011
N. Tellegen; D.W.J. Foeken
Type of publication: Book

This is the final report in a series of four regarding household resources and nutrition of farm labourers in Trans Nzoia District, Kenya. In the first three reports the findings of three surveys, carried out in 1989, were presented and discussed (Labour conditions on large...

Keywords: 1992, agricultural workers, conference papers (form), household income, Kenya, nutrition, work environment
Open access: Full text
Added to database: 23 December 2011
C. Coulibaly; G.S.C.M. Hesseling
Type of publication: Book
Keywords: customary law, land law, land scarcity, Mali
Open access: Full text
Added to database: 23 December 2011
T. Dijkstra; T.D. Magori
Type of publication: Book

Two-thirds of the area of Nyandarua (Central Province, Kenya) is suited for horticulture and the district's farmers have developed a flourishing horticultural industry. In 1990, a farm survey was carried out among 240 rural households in eight sublocations to study the...

Keywords: agricultural production, horticulture, Kenya, marketing
Open access: Full text
Added to database: 23 December 2011
H. Reitsma; L.J. de Haan
Type of publication: Journal Article
In: Political geography
Keywords: global economy, subsistence economy, Togo
Open access: Full text
Added to database: 23 December 2011
H. Reitsma; A.J. Dietz; L.J. de Haan
Editors: L.J. de Haan; A.J. Dietz; H. Reitsma
Type of publication: Book Chapter
In: Coping with semiaridity. How the rural poor survive in dry-season environments
Open access: Full text
Added to database: 23 December 2011
J.K. van Donge
Type of publication: Journal Article
In: African affairs : the journal of the Royal African Society

This article highlights the fallacy of the market as an abstract idea, arguing that any market is created in a particular form through social behaviour. It focuses on a specific group of people, Waluguru traders in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, originating from Mgeta, about 200...

Keywords: history, Tanzania
Added to database: 23 December 2011
J.K. van Donge
Type of publication: Journal Article
In: African affairs : the journal of the Royal African Society

This article describes social and economic change over the last thirty years in the Mgeta division of Morogoro rural district in Tanzania's Uluguru mountains. Over this period, Mgeta has become more and more involved in wider networks of economic exchange. The area faces...

Keywords: Tanzania
Added to database: 23 December 2011

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