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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A.J. Dietz
Type of publication: Other

An earlier version of this African Postal Heritage Paper was published as African Studies Centre Leiden Working Paper 119 / 2015: "A postal history of the First World War in Africa and its aftermath - German colonies; III Deutsch Ostafrika / German East Africa",...

Keywords: colonies, Germany, postage stamps, postal services, Tanzania
Open access: Full text
Added to database: 10 March 2017
A. Koduah
Type of publication: Journal Article
In: BMC Health Services Research

Background: Why issues get on the policy agenda, move into policy formulation and implementation while others drop off in the process is an important field of enquiry to inform public social policy development and implementation. This paper seeks to advance our understanding...

Keywords: Ghana, health care, health insurance, health policy
Open access: Full text
Added to database: 10 March 2017
Type of publication: Journal Article
In: Maritime Studies

Beach seine gear is one of the prominent fishing gears in Nile Perch fishery. Before Nile Perch was introduced to the lake, beach seines the species targeted with beach seine were Tilapia, Bagrus, Haplochromis, Protopterus and Labeo. In 1994, beach seines were banned in...

Keywords: Fishery, Tanzania
Open access: Full text
Added to database: 10 March 2017
M. Wuyts; B. Kilama
Type of publication: Journal Article
In: Journal of agrarian change

Recently, Tanzania witnessed a revival of economic planning that explicitly aimed to combine rapid economic growth with accelerated structural transformation of the economy. To achieve these planning targets would require a relatively modest drop in the share of agriculture...

Keywords: economic growth, Tanzania
Added to database: 09 March 2017
K. Krause
Type of publication: Journal Article
In: Diaspora: a journal of transnational studies

The nexus between Pentecostalism and migration has been studied extensively and in divergent terms. One line of research has looked at churches founded by migrants as home away from home, helping migrants to settle in a new place and at the same time connecting them back to...

Keywords: Ghana, migration, Pentecostalism
Added to database: 09 March 2017
R.A. van Dijk
Type of publication: Journal Article
In: Anthropology Southern Africa

While it has become common knowledge that in many parts of Africa — including Botswana — weddings and marital arrangements in general have increasingly become subject to consumerist desires of style and glamour, much less is known about how such expectations of...

Keywords: Botswana, marriage, marriage rites
Added to database: 09 March 2017
W.E.A. van Beek
Editors: P.Q. Mason
Type of publication: Book Chapter
Added to database: 09 March 2017
W.E.A. van Beek
Editors: J. Duyndam; A.-M. Korte; M. Poorthuis
Type of publication: Book Chapter
Keywords: Cameroon, Kapsiki, Nigeria
Added to database: 09 March 2017
A.J. Dietz
Type of publication: Other

An earlier version of this African Postal Heritage Paper was published as African Studies Centre Leiden Working Paper 117 / 2015: A postal history of the First World War in Africa and its aftermath - German colonies: I German Togo, written by Ton Dietz.

Keywords: colonies, Germany, postage stamps, postal services, Togo
Open access: Full text
Added to database: 08 March 2017
A.J. Dietz
Type of publication: Other
Keywords: colonies, Germany, postage stamps, postal services, Tanzania
Open access: Full text
Added to database: 06 March 2017
A.J. Dietz
Type of publication: Other
Keywords: Cameroon, colonies, Germany, postage stamps, postal services
Open access: Full text
Added to database: 06 March 2017
A. Akinyoade; O. Ekumankama; C.U. Uche
Type of publication: Journal Article
In: Journal of the Institute of Brewing

This paper critiques the attempt by Nigerian Breweries Plc (NB, a subsidiary of Heineken) to increase its use of local raw materials for beer brewing. It argues that the greatest threat to this initiative has been the inconsistent Nigerian Government policies, especially with...

Keywords: agricultural policy, beer, investment policy, multinational enterprises, Nigeria
Added to database: 25 January 2017
A.J. Dietz
Type of publication: Other
Keywords: Cameroon, colonies, Germany, postage stamps, postal services
Added to database: 20 December 2016
A.J. Dietz
Type of publication: Other
Keywords: colonies, Germany, postage stamps, postal services, Tanzania
Added to database: 20 December 2016
A.J. Dietz
Type of publication: Other
Keywords: colonies, Germany, postage stamps, postal services, Togo
Added to database: 20 December 2016
J.C.M. Damen
Type of publication: Book

List of publications by Stephen Ellis: books, articles & book chapters, book reviews, blogs, press articles, interviews

Open access: Full text
Added to database: 28 November 2016
M. van den Bergh
Type of publication: Book
Keywords: bird conservation, birds, Burkina Faso, sustainable development
Open access: Full text
Added to database: 25 November 2016
W.E.A. van Beek
Type of publication: Book

This study on Kapsiki-Higi tales compares two corpuses of stories collected over two generations. In this oral setting, folktales appear much more dynamic than usually assumed, depending on genre, performance and the memory characteristics of the tales themselves. In...

Keywords: Cameroon, folk tales, Kapsiki, Nigeria
Added to database: 24 November 2016
M. van Leeuwen; D. Kobusingye; P.H. Justin; R. Tchatchoua Djomo; J.W.M. van Dijk
Type of publication: Other
Keywords: Burundi, governance, Great Lakes Region, land, land conflicts, land reform, land rights, land tenure, landownership, South Sudan, Uganda, women
Open access: Full text
Added to database: 03 November 2016
M. van Leeuwen; D. Kobusingye; P.H. Justin; R. Tchatchoua Djomo; J.W.M. van Dijk
Type of publication: Other
Keywords: Burundi, governance, Great Lakes Region, land, land conflicts, land reform, land tenure, landownership, pastoralism, South Sudan, Uganda
Open access: Full text
Added to database: 03 November 2016

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