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).

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H.A. Meilink
Type of publication: Review
In: Sociologia
Added to database: 03 April 2012
R.M.K. Silitshena
Type of publication: Book

The system of land use as practised in the mid-20th century was as follows: the fields, called the lands, were found outside the village at distances varying from 5 to 50 km. Every household maintained a temporary shelter at the lands for use during the agricultural season....

Keywords: Botswana, rural society, rural-rural migration
Open access: Full text
Added to database: 23 December 2011
V.A. February
Type of publication: Book

This anthology explains and highlights the 'political culture' of those people taxonomically referred to in South African racial legislation as "Coloured". It is based on articles written for a journal called 'The Educational Journal', which was...

Keywords: Coloureds, political attitudes, South Africa, teachers, trade unions
Open access: Full text
Added to database: 23 December 2011
L. de Jong; J.K. van Donge
Type of publication: Journal Article
In: The journal of modern African studies : a quarterly survey of politics, economics and related topics in contemporary Africa

The authors examine the empirical realities of interaction between the Government and citizens in rural Zambia - the channels of commmunication between Ward Development Committees and District Government in Chipata - and show that current explanations of administrative...

Keywords: Zambia
Added to database: 23 December 2011
P.J.J. Konings
Type of publication: Journal Article
In: Politique africaine

La disponibiblité des terres et d'une main-d'oeuvre relativement bon marché a été l'un des fondements de l'expansion et de la rentabilité de la riziculture capitaliste dans la vallée de Gbedembilisi, située dans le sud-est de la Builsa Traditional Area (...

Keywords: class relations, farmers, Ghana, rice
Open access: Full text
Added to database: 23 December 2011
P.J.J. Konings
Type of publication: Book
Keywords: Zambia
Added to database: 23 December 2011
P.J.J. Konings
Type of publication: Journal Article
In: Derde Wereld
Keywords: Ghana
Added to database: 23 December 2011
P.J.J. Konings
Type of publication: Journal Article
In: Ghana Nieuwsbrief
Open access: Full text
Added to database: 23 December 2011
W.E.A. van Beek
Type of publication: Journal Article
In: Prana
Open access: Full text
Added to database: 23 December 2011
W.M.J. van Binsbergen
Type of publication: Book Chapter
In: Rural communities : first part : societies without writing (Africa - America - Europe)

Nkoya is an ethnic and linguistic label applying to about 50,000 people inhabiting the wooded plateau of Central Western Zambia. The author discusses the valley as the effective rural community and the villages as the main constituent social units within the valley and...

Keywords: Africa, Nkoya, Rural, rural society, Zambia
Open access: Full text
Added to database: 23 December 2011
G.S.C.M. Hesseling
Type of publication: Book
Keywords: Senegal
Added to database: 23 December 2011
G.S.C.M. Hesseling
Type of publication: Book
Keywords: Senegal
Open access: Full text
Added to database: 23 December 2011
G.S.C.M. Hesseling; M. Sypkens Smit; C. Miginiac
Type of publication: Book

Pendant l'année 1982 et une partie de l'année 1983 l'auteur a effectué une recherche au Sénégal avec la collaboration de M. Sypkens Smit, anthropologue. Le thème central de la recherche était l'interaction entre les différents systèmes de droit foncier. Le...

Keywords: customary law, land law, Senegal
Open access: Full text
Added to database: 23 December 2011
S.D.K. Ellis
Editors: F. Raison-Jourde
Type of publication: Book Chapter
In: Les souverains de Madagascar : l'histoire royale et ses résurgences contemporaines

Une introduction est suivie de 17 études rassemblées en quatre parties: Structures symboliques et histoire (5) - les rituesl (3) - L'exercice du pouvoir (4) - Banalisation des pouvoirs monarchiques et reconstruction des légitimités (5)

Keywords: history, Madagascar, traditional polities, traditional rulers
Added to database: 23 December 2011
J.C. Hoorweg
Editors: B. Schurch
Type of publication: Book Chapter
In: Evaluation of Nutrition Education in Third World Communities
Keywords: education
Open access: Full text
Added to database: 23 December 2011
J.C. Hoorweg; R. Niemeijer; W. van Steenbergen
Type of publication: Book
Keywords: child nutrition, children, Kenya
Open access: Full text
Added to database: 23 December 2011
A.J. Dietz; A. van Haastrecht; M. Schomaker; S. Lopeyok; H. Hendrix
Type of publication: Book
Keywords: Kenya
Open access: Full text
Added to database: 23 December 2011
A.J. Dietz; A. van Haastrecht; M. Schomaker; S. Lopeyok; H. Hendrix
Type of publication: Book
Keywords: Kenya
Open access: Full text
Added to database: 23 December 2011
L.J. de Haan
Type of publication: Journal Article
In: Derde Wereld
Open access: Full text
Added to database: 23 December 2011
L.J. de Haan
Type of publication: Journal Article
In: Erdkunde

In diesem Artikel wird erörtert, auf welche Weise die kolonialräumliche Struktur des deutschen Schutzgebietes Togo zustande gekommen ist, weil die Entwicklungen in dieser Periode von Togos Geschichte (1884-1914) die räumliche Struktur Togos bis nach dem Zweiten Weltkrieg...

Keywords: German Togoland, physical planning, transport
Open access: Full text
Added to database: 23 December 2011

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