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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T.S. Ruberu; J.C. Hoorweg
Type of publication: Book
Open access: Full text
Added to database: 23 December 2011
J.K. van Donge
Type of publication: Journal Article
In: The journal of development studies : a quarterly journal devoted to economic, political and social development

Abstr.: This case study from Eastern Zambia challenges the thesis that after independence an elite of privileged farmers entrenched itself through domination of the local political arena and a coalition with the civil service. It argues that such a view may be a reification...

Keywords: Zambia
Added to database: 23 December 2011
P.J.J. Konings
Type of publication: Book
Keywords: Ghana
Added to database: 23 December 2011
P.J.J. Konings
Type of publication: Journal Article
In: Ghana Nieuwsbrief
Keywords: Ghana
Open access: Full text
Added to database: 23 December 2011
W.E.A. van Beek
Type of publication: Book Chapter
In: La quete du savoir, Essais pour une anthropologie de l'education au Cameroun

Pour analyser les diverses formes d'éducation au Cameroun, les responsables de cet ouvrage collectif, qui comporte 31 articles différents, ont fait appel à vingt-cinq spécialistes d'origine et de discipline diverses. Vingt-huit articles du recueil sont classés en...

Keywords: Cameroon, education, Islamic education, traditional education
Open access: Full text
Added to database: 23 December 2011
W.E.A. van Beek
Editors: P.E. de Josselin de Jong
Type of publication: Book Chapter
In: Symbolic anthropology in the Netherlands
Keywords: Netherlands
Open access: Full text
Added to database: 23 December 2011
W.E.A. van Beek
Editors: S. van Londen; A. de Ruijter
Type of publication: Book Chapter
In: Cognitie: snijvlak van cultuur en habitat
Keywords: Dogon
Open access: Full text
Added to database: 23 December 2011
H.A. Meilink
Type of publication: Book

This paper attempts to assess to what extent the growth of the manufacturing sector in Kenya has contributed to a process of integrated and widespread economic development. The first section reviews the general arguments of development theory to promote industrial development...

Keywords: Country, economic development, import substitution, industrial development, Kenya, policy
Open access: Full text
Added to database: 23 December 2011
W.M.J. van Binsbergen
Editors: G. Alemu; G. Williams
Type of publication: Book Chapter
In: Sociology of "Developing Societies": Sub-Saharan Africa
Keywords: Africa
Added to database: 23 December 2011

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W.M.J. van Binsbergen; P.L. Geschiere
Editors: W.M.J. van Binsbergen; P.L. Geschiere
Type of publication: Book Chapter
In: Oude produktiewijzen en kapitalisme : antropologische verkenningen in Afrika

De in deze bundel gepresenteerde studies sluiten aan bij de theorieën van Franse marxistische antropologen, zoals Meillassoux, Godelier, Rey en Terray. Met behulp van deze theorieën kunnen de resultaten van antropologisch veldwerk in Afrika verbonden worden met wijdere...

Keywords: Africa, dual economy, modes of production
Added to database: 23 December 2011
W.M.J. van Binsbergen
Type of publication: Book

Aim of this research report is to present a picture of anthropological work on sub-Saharan Africa as undertaken in the Netherlands during the 1970s. After an introduction follows, in section 2, a discussion of the discipline and its predicaments. In section 3 the author...

Keywords: Africa, African studies, anthropology, Bibliographies (form), Netherlands
Added to database: 23 December 2011
W.M.J. van Binsbergen
Editors: W.M.J. van Binsbergen; P.L. Geschiere
Type of publication: Book Chapter
In: Oude produktiewijzen en binnendringend kapitalisme : antropologische verkenningen in Afrika

Doel van dit artikel is te verkennen in hoeverre het marxistisch paradigma van de koppeling van produktiewijzen licht werpt op een religieus verschijnsel, n.l. de Bituma ziekte-cultus in Lusaka, beoefend door migranten uit het Kaoma district. Met behulp van de...

Keywords: African religions, faith healing, modes of production, Zambia
Added to database: 23 December 2011
G.S.C.M. Hesseling
Type of publication: Book

Deze studie behandelt het staatsrecht in Senegal in historisch perspectief, met nadruk op de receptie van het Franse staatsrecht. In hfdst. 1 wordt ingegaan op het verschijnsel receptie van het staatsrecht. Hfdst. 2 geeft achtergrondinformatie over de geopolitieke context, de...

Keywords: political conditions, public law, Senegal, theses (form)
Added to database: 23 December 2011
G.S.C.M. Hesseling
Type of publication: Journal Article
In: Zero
Keywords: Senegal
Open access: Full text
Added to database: 23 December 2011
G.S.C.M. Hesseling; W.M.J. van Binsbergen
Type of publication: Journal Article
In: IMWOO-bulletin
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
J.C. Hoorweg; R. Niemeijer
Type of publication: Book

During the course of 1978, the three Family Life Training Centres studied admitted 273 women accompanied by 674 children. Women with malnourished children (and their siblings) are admitted to these centres for a 3-week course consisting primarily of nutrition and health...

Keywords: agriculture, children, education, food, Kenya, nutrition education, Rural, women
Open access: Full text
Added to database: 23 December 2011
L.J. de Haan; R. de Groot; P. van Rijsbergen
Editors: T. van Naerssen; R. Meeuws; J. Vossen
Type of publication: Book Chapter
In: Regionale ontwikkeling in perifere landen
Keywords: Tanzania
Open access: Full text
Added to database: 23 December 2011
L.J. de Haan; P. de Mas
Type of publication: Journal Article
In: IMWOO-bulletin
Added to database: 23 December 2011
A.J. Dietz; A. van Haastrecht; A. Kotomei
Type of publication: Book
Keywords: change, Economic change, Kenya, Market integration, Rural, rural development, West-Pokot
Open access: Full text
Added to database: 23 December 2011

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