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.

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Uncovering North Korean forced labour in Africa : towards a research framework (2018)

T.A. van der Hoog

Editors: R.E. Breuker; I.B.L.H. van Gardingen

Type of publication: Book Chapter

In: People for profit: North Korean forced labour on a global scale

The footprints of North Korean influence can be found all over Africa, most clearly in the form of monuments, museums, and government buildings constructed using forced labour. Such prominent projects, which are potent symbols of African nationalism, simultaneously adopt the...

Keywords: diplomacy, forced labour, foreign policy, history, monuments, national liberation movements, slavery, Zimbabwe

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Added to database: 21 August 2018

Wen er maar aan! Migratie en ontwikkeling : een ongemakkelijke boodschap (2018)

A.J. Dietz; H. de Haas

Type of publication: Journal Article

In: Geografie

Afrika is een mobiel continent: mensen zijn on the move. Daarnaast groeit Afrika sinds het begin van dit millennium economisch en sociaal snel. Welk verband is er met de internationale migratie? We nemen een duik in de migratiedynamiek toen het nog niet zo goed ging, v...

Keywords: Africa, migration

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Added to database: 10 July 2018

Translocality, texts and discourses: ritual transformations of Islamic sacrifices (2018)

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

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Added to database: 05 July 2018

Wat komt u hier doen? : terug in Obunga (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

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Added to database: 04 July 2018

Handbook training in community-based sociotherapy : experiences in Rwanda, East Congo and Liberia (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

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Added to database: 04 July 2018

Introduction: promise and peril in Africa-growth narratives vs. local environmental problems (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

Losing the plot: environmental problems and livelihood strife in developing rural Ethiopia-Suri agropastoralism vs. state resource use (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

Civil society engagement with land rights advocacy in Kenya: what roles to play? Literature review (2018)

M. Matelski; B. Otundo; S. Zijlstra; M. Dekker; L. van Kempen; A. Nangulu; M. Spierenburg

Type of publication: Other

Keywords: Kenya, land rights

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Added to database: 12 June 2018

The environmental crunch in Africa : growth narratives vs. local realities (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

Stamp emissions as a sociological and cultural force : the case of Mali (2018)

J.A.M.M. Jansen

Type of publication: Other

Keywords: Mali, postage stamps

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