Marcel Rutten
The ASCL is deeply saddened to report that Dr Marcel Rutten passed away on 12 January 2020. Read the In Memoriam.
Marcel Rutten's research activities concentrated on natural resource management, notably of land and water, in (semi-)arid Africa. In addition, his interest was directed to (eco)tourism and Kenyan politics. Research programmes focused on: conflicts over land; famine and drought coping strategies; and sustainable development of low-cost water sources (shallow wells).
Keywords: land tenure, land governance, land conflicts, water, drought, drylands, climate change, nomadic pastoralism, Maasai, Turkana, Orma, wildlife conservation, eco-tourism, Kenya (population, politics, election observation, terrorism, economy).
Dr.
M.M.E.M.
(Marcel)
Rutten
Former research staff
Publications by M.M.E.M. Rutten via Google Scholar
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Rembrandt, lion and fox: the intimate relationship between art, media, philanthropy and wildlife conservation in Africa. (2019)
Type of Publication: Other
Shompole ecotourism : absolutely fabulous or a dream turned nightmare? : endeavouring a new model of community-based wildlife tourism in southern Kenya (2018)
Type of Publication: Other
Climate change in semi-arid Kenya : analysis of daily rainfall observations at Isinya Maasai Rural Training Centre 1962-2016 (2018)
Type of Publication: Other
Families losing land through husband's lady friends in Africa : analysis of the land-loss mistresses of Tsangatsini, Kenya (2018)
Type of Publication: Other
Loisijo eco-lodge versus nature: genuine ecotourism gone down the drain? : the unfortunate misfortune of a community-based, wildlife-tourism project in southern Kenya (2018)
Type of Publication: Other
Disability in a nomadic community : analysis of disability among the Maasai nomadic pastoralists, Kajiado County, Kenya, Vol 1. Setting the scene (2018)
Type of Publication: Other
The land broker : the underrated role of the land broker in land transfers in Africa (2016)
Type of Publication: Other
Wives-for-hire : revealing the practice of imposing fake wives in dispossessing family land in Africa (2016)
Type of Publication: Other
Dying cows due to climate change? : drought can never finish the Maasai cattle, only the human mouth can (Maasai saying) (2016)
Type of Publication: Book Chapter
Land-use changes by large-scale plantations and their effects on soil organic carbon, micronutrients and bulk density: empirical evidence from Ethiopia (2015)
Type of Publication: Journal Article
Large-scale land acquisitions in Ethiopia : implications for agricultural transformation & liveliood security (2015)
Type of Publication: Book Chapter
Large-scale land acquisitions in Ethiopia : implications for agricultural transformation & liveliood security (2015)
Type of Publication: Book Chapter
Impacts of large-scale farming on local communities' food security and income levels : empirical evidence from Oromia Region, Ethiopia (2015)
Type of Publication: Journal Article
How natural is natural?: seeking conceptual clarity over natural resources and conflicts (2014)
Type of Publication: Book Chapter
Water dynamics in the seven African countries of Dutch policy focus : Benin, Ghana, Kenya, Mali, Mozambique, Rwanda, South Sudan : report on South Sudan (2014)
Type of Publication: Other
Water dynamics in the seven African countries of Dutch policy focus : Benin, Ghana, Kenya, Mali, Mozambique, Rwanda, South Sudan : report on Kenya (2014)
Type of Publication: Other
Water dynamics in the seven African countries of Dutch policy focus : Benin, Ghana, Kenya, Mali, Mozambique, Rwanda, South Sudan : general report and pressing needs (2014)
Type of Publication: Other
Biofuels or grazing lands? Heterogeneous interests in the Tana Delta, Kenya: a cross-community perspective (2013)
Type of Publication: Other
Sanitation in Africa : access to improved sanitation facility and improvement index (2013)
Type of Publication: Other
Drinking water in Africa : access to improved drinking water source and improvement index (2013)
Type of Publication: Other
Do geopolitical and historical contexts in explaining conflicts over natural resources really matter? An example from Africa (2013)
Type of Publication: Other
How well are Water Resource User Associations in the Upper Ewaso Ng'iro River Basin (Kenya) functioning? (2013)
Type of Publication: Other
A happy marriage of traditional and modern knowledge - shallow wells: a sustainable and inexpensive alternative for boreholes in Kenya? (2010)
Type of Publication: Book Chapter
Dashed hopes and missed opportunities: anti-malaria policy in Kenya, 1896-2009 (2010)
Type of Publication: Book Chapter
Conference file (2010)
Type of Publication: Book Chapter
Harry Thuku (2010)
Type of Publication: Book Chapter
Harry Leakey (2010)
Type of Publication: Book Chapter
Ali Mazrui (2010)
Type of Publication: Book Chapter
Weapons of mass destruction: land, ethnicity and the 2007 elections in Kenya (2010)
Type of Publication: Book Chapter
Kenya (2009)
Type of Publication: Book Chapter
Weapons of mass destruction: land, ethnicity and the 2007 elections in Kenya (2009)
Type of Publication: Journal Article
Ignoring another inconvenient truth? Challenges in managing Africa's water crisis (2009)
Type of Publication: Other
Why De Soto's land-tenure ideas of formalized property rights are failing to benefit Africa's poor (2009)
Type of Publication: Other
Inside poverty and development in Africa : critical reflections on pro-poor policies (2008)
Type of Publication: Book
'It's the contract, stupid!' (2007)
Type of Publication: Journal Article
Ecotourism initiatives in the East African region (2007)
Type of Publication: Book Chapter
Is er (weer) plaats voor ontwikkelingsgeografie? (2006)
Type of Publication: Journal Article
Kenya (2006)
Type of Publication: Book Chapter
Findings, views and policies on migration in Kenya (2006)
Type of Publication: Conference Paper
Shallow wells: a sustainable and inexpensive alternative to boreholes in Kenya (2005)
Type of Publication: Other
Partnerships in community-based eco-tourism projects: examples from the Maasai region, Kenya (2004)
Type of Publication: Conference Paper
Over het plagiaat van Arend Jan Boekesteijn (2004)
Type of Publication: Journal Article
Partnerships in community-based ecotourism projects: experiences from the Maasai Region, Kenya: volume 1 (2004)
Type of Publication: Other
"Donor Money is There to be Eaten" - De Nederlandse ontwikkelingssamenwerking in Afrika bezien vanaf de zijlijn (2004)
Type of Publication: Conference Paper
Drought Planning and Rainwater Harvesting for Arid-Zone Pastoralists: The Turkana and Maasai (Kenya) and the Negev Bedouin (Israel): Social Constraints and Opportunities (2003)
Type of Publication: Book
Institute for Education in Democracy: Pre and Post Electoral Support: Domestic Electoral Process Monitoring and Observation of the 2002 Transition general Elections in Kenya (KEN00010) (2003)
Type of Publication: Book
Parks beyond parks : genuine community-based wildlife eco-tourism or just another loss of land for Maasai pastoralists in Kenya? (2002)
Type of Publication: Book
Pastoral community-based property rights: a case study : ecotourism in Kenya: benign community-based resource management or a new loss of land for Maasai pastoralists? (2002)
Type of Publication: Book Chapter
Observing and analysing the 1997 general election : an introduction (2001)
Type of Publication: Book Chapter
'Fresh Killings': The Njoro and Laikipia violence in the 1997 Kenyan election aftermath (2001)
Type of Publication: Book Chapter
The Kenya 1997 general elections in Maasailand: of 'sons' and 'puppets' and how KANU defeated itself (2001)
Type of Publication: Book Chapter
Out for the count : the 1997 general elections and prospects for democracy in Kenya (2001)
Type of Publication: Book
The Kenyan media in the 1997 general elections: a look at the watchdogs (2001)
Type of Publication: Book Chapter
Ecotoerisme: Brandhaarden langs de evenaar (2000)
Type of Publication: Conference Paper
Mzungu, Mzungu! Pitjur, pitjur! Toerisme in Afrika (2000)
Type of Publication: Book Chapter
The Kenyan general elections of 1997 : implementing a new model for international election observation in Africa (2000)
Type of Publication: Book Chapter
East Africa's pastoral peoples in the 21st century: of land and conflicts (2000)
Type of Publication: Conference Paper
Explanatory frameworks for non-sustainable natural resource management practices: a critique of the perception rationale (1999)
Type of Publication: Book Chapter
The media in multiparty Kenya: a look at the watchdogs (1998)
Type of Publication: Conference Paper
The Kenya 1997 general elections in Maasailand (1998)
Type of Publication: Conference Paper
The Kenya 1997 general elections in Maasailand: of 'sons' and 'puppets' and how Kanu defeated itself (1998)
Type of Publication: Conference Paper
Kenya General elections in 1997. Implementing a new model for international observation in Africa (1998)
Type of Publication: Conference Paper
Kenya general elections 1997 : implementing a new model for international election observation in Africa (1998)
Type of Publication: Book
Land tenure frontiers and food security among Maasai pastoralists in Kenya (1998)
Type of Publication: Book Chapter
Huwelijk tussen traditionele en moderne kennis : 'shallow wells' en 'boreholes' in Kenia (1998)
Type of Publication: Journal Article
Van Eratosthenes tot Jan Kleinpenning. Verleden en toekomst van het geografisch onderzoek aan de KUN, in het bijzonder met betrekking tot Afrika (1997)
Type of Publication: Book Chapter
Ecotoerisme in Kenia: een praktijkvoorbeeld (1997)
Type of Publication: Book Chapter
The diversity of development : essays in honour of Jan Kleinpenning (1997)
Type of Publication: Book
The Maasai concept of drought (1995)
Type of Publication: Journal Article
Drought: scientific definitions and the Maasai concept (1995)
Type of Publication: Conference Paper
Selling wealth to buy poverty : the process of the individualization of landownership among the Maasai pastoralists of Kajiado district, Kenya, 1890-1990 (1992)
Type of Publication: Book
The future of Maasai pastoralists in Kajiado District, Kenya : integrated Proceedings of a Conference organized by the Arid and Semi-Arid Lands Programme, Kajiado District, Kenya (1990)
Type of Publication: Book
The district focus policy for rural development in Kenya: The decentralization of planning and Implementation, 1983-9 (1990)
Type of Publication: Book Chapter
The Struggle for Land and Livestock among the Turkana, (ex) nomadic pastoralists of North-West Kenya (1989)
Type of Publication: Book Chapter
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Drought Planning and Rainwater Harvesting for Arid-Zone Pastoralists: The Turkana and Maasai (Kenya) and the Negev Bedouin (Israel): Social Constraints and Opportunities
Amsterdam: KIT Publishers, 2003
H.J. Bruins; M.M.E.M. Rutten; J.J. Akong'a; G.M. Kressel
Editors: M.A.F. Ros-Tonen
Institute for Education in Democracy: Pre and Post Electoral Support: Domestic Electoral Process Monitoring and Observation of the 2002 Transition general Elections in Kenya (KEN00010)
s.I: s.n., Evaluation Report for Westminster Foundation for Democracy (WFD) 2003
M.M.E.M. Rutten
Parks beyond parks : genuine community-based wildlife eco-tourism or just another loss of land for Maasai pastoralists in Kenya?
London: International Institute for Environment and Development, Issues paper no. 111 2002
M.M.E.M. Rutten
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Kenya general elections 1997 : implementing a new model for international election observation in Africa
s.l.: s.n., 1998
M.M.E.M. Rutten
The diversity of development : essays in honour of Jan Kleinpenning
Assen: Van Gorcum, 1997
A.L. Naerssen; M.M.E.M. Rutten; J.M.G. Kleinpenning
Selling wealth to buy poverty : the process of the individualization of landownership among the Maasai pastoralists of Kajiado district, Kenya, 1890-1990
Saarbrücken [etc.]: Breitenbach, Nijmegen studies in development and cultural change, ISSN 0935-7173 ; 10 1992
M.M.E.M. Rutten
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The future of Maasai pastoralists in Kajiado District, Kenya : integrated Proceedings of a Conference organized by the Arid and Semi-Arid Lands Programme, Kajiado District, Kenya
Amsterdam/Leiden: Report for the ASAL Programme Kajiado District 1990
A.J. Dietz; M.M.E.M. Rutten
'Dying cows due to climate change? : drought can never finish the Maasai cattle, only the human mouth can (Maasai saying)'
In: T. Tvedt; T. Oestigaard: 'A history of water', London: I.B. Tauris, 2016.
'Large-scale land acquisitions in Ethiopia : implications for agricultural transformation & liveliood security'
In: R. Hall; I. Scoones; D. Tsikata: 'Africa's land rush : rural livelihoods and agrarian change', Woodbridge: James Currey Ltd, 2015.
'Large-scale land acquisitions in Ethiopia : implications for agricultural transformation & liveliood security'
In: R. Hall; I. Scoones; D. Tsikata: 'Africa's land rush : rural livelihoods and agrarian change', Woodbridge: James Currey Ltd, 2015.
'How natural is natural?: seeking conceptual clarity over natural resources and conflicts'
In: M. Bavinck; L. Pellegrini; E. Mostert: 'Conflicts over natural resources in the Global South: conceptual approaches', Boca Raton [etc.]: CRC Press, 2014.
'Conference file'
In: M.K. van Klinken; J. Seitah: 'The future of Maasai pastoralists in Kajiado District, Kenya; proceedings of a conference held in Limuru, Kenya, 28-31 May 1989,', Kajiado: ASAL Programme Kajiado, 2010.
'Dashed hopes and missed opportunities: anti-malaria policy in Kenya, 1896-2009'
In: M. Dekker; R.A. van Dijk: 'Markets of well-being: navigating health and healing in Africa', Leiden/Boston: Brill Academic Publishers, 2010.
'A happy marriage of traditional and modern knowledge - shallow wells: a sustainable and inexpensive alternative for boreholes in Kenya?'
In: B. Calas; C.A.M. Martinon: 'Shared waters, shared opportunities: hydropolitics in East Africa', Nairobi: French Institute for Research in Africa, 2010.
'Weapons of mass destruction: land, ethnicity and the 2007 elections in Kenya'
In: R. Southall; P. Kagwanja: 'Kenya's uncertain democracy: the electoral crisis of 2008', London and New York: Routledge, 2010.
'Harry Leakey'
'Encyclopedia of African thought', New York: Oxford University Press, 2010.
'Ali Mazrui'
'Encyclopedia of African thought', New York: Oxford University Press, 2010.
'Harry Thuku'
'Encyclopedia of African thought', New York: Oxford University Press, 2010.
'Kenya'
In: D. Sagar: 'Political parties of the world', London: John Harper Publishing, 2009.
'Ecotourism initiatives in the East African region'
In: G. Bartles: 'Connecting the agendas - proceedings of the RMNO conference on sustainable development of tourism', The Hague: Advisory Council for Research on Spatial Planning, Nature and the Environment (RMNO), 2007.
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'Kenya'
In: A. Mehler; H. Melber; K. van Walraven: 'Africa yearbook: politics, economy and society South of the Sahara in 2005', Leiden: Brill, 2006.
'Addis Ababa'
In: K. Shillington: 'Encyclopedia of African History', New York: Fitzroy Dearborn, 2005.
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'Tourism'
In: K. Shillington: 'Encyclopedia of African History', New York: Fitzroy Dearborn, 2005.
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'Kenya'
In: B. Szajkowski: 'Political parties of the world ; an international reference guide', John Harper Publishing, 2005.
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'Kenya'
In: A. Mehler; H. Melber; K. van Walraven: 'Africa yearbook : politics, economy and society South of the Sahara in 2004', Leiden: Brill, 2005.
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'Kenya: nineteenth century, precolonial'
In: K. Shillington: 'Encyclopedia of African History', New York: Fitzroy Dearborn, 2005.
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'Pastoral community-based property rights: a case study : ecotourism in Kenya: benign community-based resource management or a new loss of land for Maasai pastoralists?'
'Amplifying local voices, striving for environmental justice: (2002)', 2002.
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'The Kenyan media in the 1997 general elections: a look at the watchdogs'
In: M.M.E.M. Rutten; A. Mazrui; F. Grignon: 'Out for the count : the 1997 general elections and prospects for democracy in Kenya: (2001)', 2001.
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'The Kenya 1997 general elections in Maasailand: of 'sons' and 'puppets' and how KANU defeated itself'
In: M.M.E.M. Rutten; A. Mazrui; F. Grignon: 'Out for the count : the 1997 general elections and prospects for democracy in Kenya', 2001.
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'Observing and analysing the 1997 general election : an introduction'
In: M.M.E.M. Rutten; A. Mazrui; F. Grignon: 'Out for the count : the 1997 general elections and prospects for democracy in Kenya: (2001)', 2001.
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'Conclusion'
In: M.M.E.M. Rutten; A. Mazrui; F. Grignon: 'Out for the count : the 1997 general elections and prospects for democracy in Kenya: (2001)', Kampala: Fountain Publishers, 2001.
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'Epilogue : after the count'
In: M.M.E.M. Rutten; A. Mazrui; F. Grignon: 'Out for the count : the 1997 general elections and prospects for democracy in Kenya: (2001)', Kampala: Fountain Publishers, 2001.
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''Fresh Killings': The Njoro and Laikipia violence in the 1997 Kenyan election aftermath'
In: M.M.E.M. Rutten; A. Mazrui; F. Grignon: 'Out for the count : the 1997 general elections and prospects for democracy in Kenya: (2001)', Kampala: Fountain Publishers, 2001.
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'The Kenyan general elections of 1997 : implementing a new model for international election observation in Africa'
In: G.J. Abbink; G.S.C.M. Hesseling: 'Election observation and democratization in Africa', London: MacMillan, 2000.
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'Mzungu, Mzungu! Pitjur, pitjur! Toerisme in Afrika'
In: H. ter Borg; W.M.J.van Kessel: 'Beelden van Afrika', Utrecht: Uitgeverij Het Spectrum, 2000.
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'Explanatory frameworks for non-sustainable natural resource management practices: a critique of the perception rationale'
In: K. von Benda-Beckmann; H.W. Flinker: 'Papers of the XIth international congress folk law and legal pluralism: Societies in transformation', 1999.
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'Land tenure frontiers and food security among Maasai pastoralists in Kenya'
In: H. Bruins; H. Lithwick: 'The arid frontier- interactieve management of environment and development', Dordrecht [etc.]: Kluwer Academic Publishers, 1998.
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'Land reform in Africa : lessons from Kenya'
In: A.L. Naerssen; M.M.E.M. Rutten; A. Zoomers: 'The diversity of development : essays in honour of Jan Kleinpenning', Assen: Van Gorcum, 1997.
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'Van Eratosthenes tot Jan Kleinpenning. Verleden en toekomst van het geografisch onderzoek aan de KUN, in het bijzonder met betrekking tot Afrika'
In: A.J. Dietz; J.M.G. Kleinpenning; A.L. van Naerssen; M.M.E.M. Rutten; J.G. Smit: 'SGO in Reünie', Nijmegen: Katholieke Universiteit Nijmegen, 1997.
'Ecotoerisme in Kenia: een praktijkvoorbeeld'
'Onderwijs wereldreis - Derde Wereld, vrede, milieu en mensenrechten', Nijmegen: Stichting Onderwijs Wereldwijs, 1997.
'The district focus policy for rural development in Kenya: The decentralization of planning and Implementation, 1983-9'
In: D. Simon: 'Third World regional development: A reappraisal', London: Paul Chapman Publishers, 1990.
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'The Struggle for Land and Livestock among the Turkana, (ex) nomadic pastoralists of North-West Kenya'
In: G. Peperkamp; C. Remie: 'The Struggle for Land World-wide', Nijmegen: NICCOS, 1989.
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Inside poverty and development in Africa : critical reflections on pro-poor policies
M.M.E.M. Rutten; A.H.M. Leliveld; D.W.J. Foeken (editors)
Leiden ; Boston: Brill, African Dynamics 7, 2008.
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Out for the count : the 1997 general elections and prospects for democracy in Kenya
M.M.E.M. Rutten; A. Mazrui; F. Grignon (editors)
Kampala: Fountain Publishers, 2001.
'Impacts of large-scale farming on local communities' food security and income levels : empirical evidence from Oromia Region, Ethiopia'
in: Land use policy, vol. 47, pp. 282 - 292, 2015.
'Land-use changes by large-scale plantations and their effects on soil organic carbon, micronutrients and bulk density: empirical evidence from Ethiopia'
in: Agriculture and human values, pp. 1 - 16, 2015.
'Weapons of mass destruction: land, ethnicity and the 2007 elections in Kenya'
in: Journal of contemporary African studies, vol. 27, no. 3, pp. 305 - 325, 2009.
'Een beeld van stabiliteit : onlusten in Kenia'
in: Vice versa : vakblad ontwikkelingssamenwerking, vol. 42, no. 1, pp. 40 - 41, 2008.
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''It's the contract, stupid!''
in: Indigo, no. 1, pp. 12 - 15, 2007.
'Is er (weer) plaats voor ontwikkelingsgeografie?'
in: Geografie, vol. 15, no. 3, pp. 11 - 14, 2006.
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'Over het plagiaat van Arend Jan Boekesteijn'
in: Internationale Samenwerking, vol. 10, pp. 51 - 51, 2004.
'Huwelijk tussen traditionele en moderne kennis : 'shallow wells' en 'boreholes' in Kenia'
in: Derde wereld : tijdschrift over imperialisme, onderontwikkeling en verzet, vol. 17, no. 3, pp. 209 - 228, 1998.
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'The Maasai concept of drought'
in: Kajiado Focus, vol. 8, pp. 1 - 3, 1995.
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Leiden: African Studies Centre Leiden (ASCL), 2019.
Leiden ; Kitui: African Studies Centre Leiden (ASCL) ; South Eastern Kenya University, Disability Kenya working paper 1, 2018.
Leiden ; Kitui: African Studies Centre Leiden (ASCL) ; South Eastern Kenya University, Cocoon Initiative Kenya working paper 30, 2018.
Leiden ; Kitui: African Studies Centre Leiden (ASCL) ; South Eastern Kenya University, Cocoon Initiative Kenya working paper 18, 2018.
Leiden ; Kitui: African Studies Centre Leiden (ASCL) ; South Eastern Kenya University, Cocoon Initiative Kenya working paper 32, 2018.
Leiden ; Kitui: African Studies Centre Leiden (ASCL) ; South Eastern Kenya University, Cocoon Initiative Kenya working paper 7, 2018.
Leiden: African Studies Centre Leiden (ASCL), Cocoon Initiative Kenya working paper 5, 2016.
Leiden: African Studies Centre Leiden (ASCL), Cocoon Initiative Kenya working paper 4, 2016.
Leiden: African Studies Centre, 2014.
Leiden: African Studies Centre, 2014.
Leiden: African Studies Centre, 2014.
Leiden: African Studies Centre, ASC info sheet 17, 2013.
Leiden: African Studies Centre, ASC info sheet 16, 2013.
Leiden: African Studies Centre, ASC info sheet 15, 2013.
Leiden: African Studies Centre, ASC info sheet 6, 2009.
Leiden: African Studies Centre, ASC info sheet 5, 2009.
Leiden: African Studies Centre, ASC working paper 66, 2005.
Leiden [etc.]: African Studies Centre [etc.], ASC working paper 57, 2004.
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