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.

Unfortunately we no longer accept publications for our book series.

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

Displaying 61 - 80 of 4624, page 4 of 232
M. Kagan; W. Nakatudde
Type of publication: Journal Article
In: Girlhood studies

We based this article on a qualitative study that focuses on barriers to the integration of Somali Muslim urban refugee girls in Uganda. We were interested in how different ethnic and gender identities influence Somali refugee girls’ access to education and...

Keywords: comparative analysis, discrimination, education, ethnicity, host society, integration, refugees, Uganda
Added to database: 12 February 2025

Introduction (2024)
A. Altaf; D. Tsikata; G.D. Torvikey; M. Dekker
Editors: A. Altaf; D. Tsikata; G.D. Torvikey; M. Dekker
Type of publication: Book Chapter
In: Equity in COVID-19: mitigation and policy responses in Africa
Keywords: Africa, COVID-19, social inequality
Open access: Full text
Added to database: 11 February 2025

Niger (2024)
A. Idrissa
Editors: A. Altaf; D. Tsikata; G.D. Torvikey; M. Dekker
Type of publication: Book Chapter
In: Equity in COVID-19: mitigation and policy responses in Africa
Keywords: COVID-19, Niger
Open access: Full text
Added to database: 11 February 2025
M.M.A. Kaag
Editors: M. Glatzer; P.C. Manuel; C.A. Gustafson
Type of publication: Book Chapter
In: Faith-based organizations and social welfare in Africa and Latin-America

This chapter explores the multi-layered relationship between religion, society, and the state in Chad by investigating the role of religion and religious actors in the current historical moment, characterized by social cleavages, persistent poverty and insecurity for a large...

Keywords: Chad, society, state
Added to database: 11 February 2025

Niger (2024)
K. van Walraven
Editors: S.M. Alidu; B. Kamski; A. Mehler; D. Sebudubudu
Type of publication: Book Chapter
In: Africa yearbook: politics, economy and society South of the Sahara 2023
Keywords: development, economics, Niger, politics
Added to database: 11 February 2025
A. Idrissa
Type of publication: Journal Article
In: Revue Internationale et Stratégique (RIS)
Keywords: Burkina Faso, France, history, Mali, Niger, politics, Sahel
Open access: Full text
Added to database: 10 February 2025
C.T. Nijenhuis; A. Nieuwendijk
Type of publication: Other
Keywords: education, educational innovation, teaching methods, Zen
Added to database: 10 February 2025
C.U. Uche
Type of publication: Journal Article
In: Business history
Keywords: book review (form), capitalism, Lagos, Nigeria
Added to database: 07 February 2025
A. Ezeoha; C.U. Uche
Type of publication: Journal Article
In: Business history

The 1970 nationalisation of foreign businesses in Uganda was arguably the first time that a country would announce to pay compensation for nationalised businesses from the future profits earned by such businesses. Using two interrelated models, namely the Obsolescing...

Keywords: British Government, foreign business, Milton Obote, Obsolescing Bargaining Model (OBM), Political Bargaining Mode (PBM), postcolonialism, Uganda
Added to database: 07 February 2025
M.E. de Bruijn
Type of publication: Other
Keywords: Africa, conflicts, nomads
Added to database: 07 February 2025
L.H. Berckmoes
Type of publication: Journal Article
In: Impact magazine

Dutch summary: Hoe verandert jarenlang politiek en etnisch conflict de opvoeding van nieuwe generaties? Lidewyde Berckmoes onderzocht die vraag in Rwanda. In twee verschillende gemeenschappen  hadden geweldservaringen een andere uitwerking op de opvoeding die ouders hun...

Keywords: education, ethnic conflicts, family, genocide, Rwanda, social change, war
Open access: Full text
Added to database: 05 February 2025
A. Altaf; D. Tsikata; G.D. Torvikey; M. Dekker
Editors: A. Altaf; D. Tsikata; G.D. Torvikey; M. Dekker
Type of publication: Book Chapter
In: Equity in COVID-19: mitigation and policy responses in Africa
Keywords: Africa, COVID-19, social inequality
Open access: Full text
Added to database: 05 February 2025
Editors: L.H. Berckmoes; C. Tize
Type of publication: Journal Article
In: Genealogy
Keywords: Burundi, care, family, generation, intergenerational relations, polycrisis, Rwanda, social change, sociality, Tanzania, war
Added to database: 04 February 2025
B. Tuyishimire; J.M. Kwaks; L.H. Berckmoes
Type of publication: Journal Article
In: Genealogy
Keywords: caregiving, Congolese Banyamulenge, displacement, intergenerational relations, parenting, refugee families, Rwanda
Added to database: 04 February 2025
L.H. Berckmoes; M.R. Maagenberg
Type of publication: Other
Keywords: Burundi, civil wars, diaspora, ethnography, families, personal narratives, photo-ethnography, photography, social relations, violence, youth
Added to database: 04 February 2025
A.J. Dietz
Type of publication: Journal Article
In: Notities van de Nederlandse Academie voor Filatelie
Keywords: Ethiopia, philately, postage stamps
Added to database: 03 February 2025
S.N. Abokyi; A. Akinyoade; F.A. Fordjour
Type of publication: Journal Article
In: UDS international journal of development

Northern Ghana has been associated with the use of hallucinogenic substances and stimulants such as pito, datura, marijuana, kola nuts and tobacco since pre-colonial times. Stimulants such as kola nuts and tobacco featured prominently as essential commodities in long distance...

Keywords: Ghana, Moringa snuff addiction, sniffing culture, social history, Tamale
Open access: Full text
Added to database: 03 February 2025
G. Ruiu; M.L. Ruiu; M. Ragnedda; A. Akinyoade
Type of publication: Journal Article
In: Review of religious research

This study uses nationally representative survey data collected in Nigeria by the Pew Research Center in 2015, 2018, and 2019 to conduct a secondary analysis of three factors that can interact with concerns about climate change. The factors are: vulnerabilities to climate...

Keywords: climate change, Nigeria
Added to database: 31 January 2025
L. Zurné; L.W. Oudenhuijsen
Type of publication: Journal Article
In: Tijdschrift voor genderstudies

Despite decades of feminist critique on androcentric biases in academia, mainstream academic literature and training of ethnographic research typically neglects the gendered and sexualised dynamics between researchers and interlocutors, in particular the prevalence of...

Keywords: ethnography, fieldwork, neoliberalisation, sexualised harassment, universities
Added to database: 31 January 2025
L. Zurné; L.W. Oudenhuijsen; J. Rana
Type of publication: Journal Article
In: LOVA journal of feminist anthropology and gender studies
Keywords: feminism, gender discrimination, gender equality, Netherlands, women's rights
Added to database: 30 January 2025

Pages