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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G.C. van de Bruinhorst
Editors: F. Declich
Type of publication: Book Chapter
In: Translocal connections across the Indian Ocean : Swahili speaking networks on the move.

This is a post-refereed pre-print version of an article published in: Translocal connections across the Indian Ocean : Swahili speaking networks on the move / Francesca Declich.

Keywords: birth, Islam, pilgrimages, sacrificial rites, Tanzania
Open access: Full text
Added to database: 05 July 2018
R. van Gemert
Type of publication: Book

In 2050 zullen er in de Afrikaanse steden naar schatting 1,3 miljard mensen wonen, tweemaal zoveel als in heel Europa. Deze steden ontwikkelen zich vanuit een geheel eigen dynamiek. De stad Kisumu in Kenia telt in 2018 700.000 inwoners, waarvan er 550.000 in krottenwijken...

Keywords: Kenya, urban development, urban renewal
Open access: Full text
Added to database: 04 July 2018
C. Dekker
Type of publication: Book

This handbook describes the process of training community-based sociotherapy in four geographically and politically diverse areas where war had left deep scars. The training is aimed at developing three skills in targeted groups: the ability to facilitate sociotherapy groups...

Keywords: Congo (Kinshasa), handbooks (form), Liberia, Rwanda, social participation, social work
Open access: Full text
Added to database: 04 July 2018
G.J. Abbink
Editors: G.J. Abbink
Type of publication: Book Chapter
In: The environmental crunch in Africa : growth narratives vs. local realities

While Africa is going through a remarkable economic development trajectory, including educational and agrarian and industrial uptake, there are major tensions emerging in the domain of environmental-demographic realities. The continent's image today is...

Keywords: Africa, economic growth, environment, environmental degradation
Added to database: 18 June 2018
G.J. Abbink
Editors: G.J. Abbink
Type of publication: Book Chapter
In: The environmental crunch in Africa : growth narratives vs. local realities

This is a study of how a local agropastoral society in Southwest Ethiopia conceptualizes and experiences changing 'resource use' and environmental problems in a time of state-imposed agrarian development schemes. Local space and livelihoods of local...

Keywords: agropastoralism, environment, environmental degradation, Ethiopia, land scarcity, rural development, Suri
Added to database: 18 June 2018
M. Matelski; B. Otundo; S. Zijlstra; M. Dekker; L. van Kempen; A. Nangulu; M. Spierenburg
Type of publication: Other
Keywords: Kenya, land rights
Open access: Full text
Added to database: 12 June 2018
Editors: G.J. Abbink
Type of publication: Book

This book discusses the problems and challenges of environmental-ecological conditions in Africa, amidst the current craze of economic growth and 'development'. Africa's significant economic dynamics and growth trajectories are marked by neglect of the environment...

Keywords: Africa, agropastoralism, economic policy, ecotourism, environmental management, population growth, rural society
Added to database: 11 June 2018
J.A.M.M. Jansen
Type of publication: Other
Keywords: Mali, postage stamps
Open access: Full text
Added to database: 08 June 2018
A.J. Dietz
Type of publication: Other
Keywords: postage stamps, South Africa
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Added to database: 08 June 2018
A.J. Dietz
Type of publication: Other
Keywords: postage stamps, postal services, Zambia, Zimbabwe
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Added to database: 08 June 2018
A.J. Dietz
Type of publication: Other
Keywords: Nyasaland, postage stamps, postal services, Zimbabwe
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Added to database: 08 June 2018
A.J. Dietz
Type of publication: Other
Keywords: postage stamps, postal services, Zimbabwe
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Added to database: 08 June 2018
A.J. Dietz
Type of publication: Other
Keywords: postage stamps, postal services, Zimbabwe
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Added to database: 08 June 2018
A.J. Dietz
Type of publication: Other
Keywords: postage stamps, postal services, South Africa
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Added to database: 08 June 2018
A.J. Dietz
Type of publication: Other
Keywords: postage stamps, postal services, South Africa
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Added to database: 08 June 2018
A.J. Dietz
Type of publication: Other
Keywords: postage stamps, postal services, South Africa
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Added to database: 08 June 2018
A.J. Dietz
Type of publication: Other
Keywords: postage stamps, postal services, South Africa
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Added to database: 08 June 2018
A.J. Dietz
Type of publication: Other
Keywords: postage stamps, postal services, South Africa
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Added to database: 08 June 2018
A.J. Dietz
Type of publication: Other
Keywords: postage stamps, postal services, South Africa
Open access: Full text
Added to database: 08 June 2018
A.J. Dietz
Type of publication: Other
Keywords: British Central Africa, Malawi, Nyasaland, postage stamps, postal services
Open access: Full text
Added to database: 08 June 2018

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