Mayke Kaag
Mayke Kaag is a social anthropologist interested in processes of change and continuity in West and West-Central Africa. She did her PhD on land use and social dynamics in Senegal (Vrije Universiteit 2001) and after that conducted research on transnational Islamic NGOs in Africa (2004 -) and Senegalese Mouride migrants in Italy (2005-2007). From 2008-2011, she coordinated the Senegal project of the Islam Research Programme that was initiated by the Netherlands Ministry of Foreign Affairs and was executed in collaboration with Dutch embassies in selected countries. Her current research focuses primarily on African transnational relations, including land issues, transnational Islamic charities and engagements with the diaspora. As from October 2014, she also directs the NWO-funded research programme Increasing Political Leverage of Informal and Formal Workers’ Organisations for Inclusive Development: The Cases of Ghana and Benin.
Keywords: Africa in the world, political anthropology, religion and development, migration, land issues, informal workers, West-Africa.
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Africa in the world - Rethinking Africa’s global connections
(Collaborative Research Group)
Politics, governance and law in Africa: Exploring connections
(Collaborative Research Group)
Muslim Africa’s global connections
(Research project)
New topographies of power? Africa negotiating an emerging multipolar world
(Research project)
Transnational Islamic NGOs in Africa
(Research project)
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Linking-in through education? : exploring the educational question in Africa from the perspective of flows and (dis)connections (2018)
Type of Publication: Journal Article
The role of Islam in forging linkages between Africa and Asia from the 1970s : the case of Islamic relief and development support (2017)
Type of Publication: Book Chapter
Islamic charities from the Arab world in Africa : intercultural encounters of humanitarianism and morality (2016)
Type of Publication: Book Chapter
South Korea in Africa : from arbitrary foreign policy to win-win ideology (2015)
Type of Publication: Other
État, sociétés et Islam au Sénégal : un air de nouveau temps? (2015)
Type of Publication: Book
Gulf charities in Africa (2014)
Type of Publication: Book Chapter
Conclusion: Beyond the global land grab hype: ways forward in research and action (2014)
Type of Publication: Book Chapter
The global land grab: beyond the hype (2014)
Type of Publication: Book
Introduction: The global land grab hype and why it is important to move beyond (2014)
Type of Publication: Book Chapter
Africa's economic growth from a labour perspective: selected decent work indicators (2013)
Type of Publication: Other
Africa Muslims Agency (2013)
Type of Publication: Book Chapter
Les conflits fonciers au Sénégal revisités: continuités et dynamiques émergentes (2013)
Type of Publication: Book Chapter
Transnational elite formation : the case of the Senegalese Murid community in Italy (2013)
Type of Publication: Journal Article
Islam and politics in Senegal (2013)
Type of Publication: Other
Connectivities compared: transnational Islamic NGOs in Chad and Senegal (2012)
Type of Publication: Book Chapter
Accountability in land governance : a study into the stakes in Senegal (2012)
Type of Publication: Book
Aid, Umma and politics: transnational islamic NGOs in Chad (2012)
Type of Publication: Book Chapter
African engagements : Africa negotiating an emerging multipolar world (2011)
Type of Publication: Book
Land conflicts in Senegal revisited: continuities and emergent dynamics (2011)
Type of Publication: Book Chapter
Connecting to the Umma through Islamic relief: transnational Islamic NGOs in Chad (2011)
Type of Publication: Journal Article
The new visibility of religion in the development arena: Christian and Muslim elites' engagement with public policies in Africa. (2011)
Type of Publication: Journal Article
Islam et engagements au Sénégal: résultats d'un programme de recherche demandé par l'Ambassade du Royaume des Pays-Bas à Dakar (2011)
Type of Publication: Book
Special issue: Religious elites in the development arena (2011)
Type of Publication: Book
African engagements: on whose terms? Africa negotiating an emerging multi-polar world (2011)
Type of Publication: Book Chapter
The work of transnational Islamic NGOs in Africa: Chad and Senegal compared (2010)
Type of Publication: Journal Article
Aide, Oumma et politique: Les ONG islamiques transnationales au Tchad (2009)
Type of Publication: Book Chapter
Mouride Transnational Livelihoods at the Margins of a European Society: The Case of Residence Prealpino, Brescia, Italy (2008)
Type of Publication: Journal Article
Transnational Islamic NGOs in Chad: Islamic Solidarity in the Age of Neoliberalism (2008)
Type of Publication: Journal Article
Review of 'Evangelical Christians in the Muslim Sahel' by Barbara M. Cooper (2008)
Type of Publication: Review
Aid, Umma and Politics: Transnational Islamic NGOs in Chad (2007)
Type of Publication: Book Chapter
Women, gender and muslim diasporas: Sub-Saharan Africa (2006)
Type of Publication: Book Chapter
Il ruolo della confraternita dei Muridi nella vita dei migranti senegalesi (2006)
Type of Publication: Book Chapter
Exploring the context of service provision in Senegal: social dynamics and decentralisation in the Senegalese countryside (2005)
Type of Publication: Journal Article
Fighting over Crumbs? Small valleys in West Africa as a new locus of land claims (2005)
Type of Publication: Book Chapter
Sahelian pathways. Climate and society in Central and South Mali (2005)
Type of Publication: Book
Murid transnational livelihoods at the margins of an European society: the case of Residence Prealpino, Brescia, Italy (2005)
Type of Publication: Conference Paper
Water- en voedselvoorziening (2003)
Type of Publication: Journal Article
Fighting over Crumbs? Small valleys in West Africa as a new locus of land claims (2003)
Type of Publication: Conference Paper
The Niassene Tijaniyya; A preliminary investigation into the transnational and radical character of a Senegalese brotherhood (2003)
Type of Publication: Conference Paper
Poverty is bad. Ways forward in livelihood research (2003)
Type of Publication: Conference Paper
Local manifestations of a globalising donor regime : 'good governance' in a Senegalese rural community (2002)
Type of Publication: Book Chapter
Women's Issues in decentralization policy; An illustration of practices in Senegal (2002)
Type of Publication: Journal Article
Exploring the Context of Service Provision in Senegal: Social dynamics and decentralisation in the Senegalese countryside (2002)
Type of Publication: Conference Paper
Favorieten gender en milieu (2001)
Type of Publication: Journal Article
Usage foncier et dynamique sociale au Sénégal rural : l'histoire d'un bas-fond et de ses défricheurs (2001)
Type of Publication: Book
The implementation of environmental policies in Africa: an example from Senegal (1999)
Type of Publication: Book Chapter
Women's issues in Decentralisation Policy: An illustration of practices in Senegal (1999)
Type of Publication: Conference Paper
Presentation at the congress '100 jaar antropologie in Nederland' (1998)
Type of Publication: Conference Paper
Trust, mistrust and co-operation in a Senegalese rural community (1998)
Type of Publication: Book Chapter
Le savoir local et la gestion des ressources naturelles dans les communautées rurales Sénégalaises. Le cas de l'arrondissement de Médina Sabakh (1997)
Type of Publication: Book
Trust, Mistrust and Co-operation in a Senegalese Rural Community (1997)
Type of Publication: Conference Paper
The Implementation of Environmental Policies in Africa: an example from Senegal (1997)
Type of Publication: Conference Paper
La gestion des bas-fonds (1997)
Type of Publication: Conference Paper
In Afrika: een beginnend antropologe en de blote voeten van de autoriteit (1996)
Type of Publication: Book Chapter
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Accountability in land governance : a study into the stakes in Senegal
Utrecht: IS Academy on Land Governance for Equitable and Sustainable Development, LANDac Research Report 2012
M.M.A. Kaag; Y. Gaye; M. Kruis
Islam et engagements au Sénégal: résultats d'un programme de recherche demandé par l'Ambassade du Royaume des Pays-Bas à Dakar
Leiden: Centre d'Etudes Africaines, ASC occasional publications 11, 2011
M.M.A. Kaag
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Sahelian pathways. Climate and society in Central and South Mali
Leiden: African Studies Centre, Research report ; 78 2005
M.E. de Bruijn; M.M.A. Kaag; K. van Til; J.W.M. van Dijk
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Usage foncier et dynamique sociale au Sénégal rural : l'histoire d'un bas-fond et de ses défricheurs
Amsterdam: Rozenberg Publishers, 2001
M.M.A. Kaag
Le savoir local et la gestion des ressources naturelles dans les communautées rurales Sénégalaises. Le cas de l'arrondissement de Médina Sabakh
[s.I.]: [s.n.], NIRP final report 1997
M.M.A. Kaag; L.B. Venema
'The role of Islam in forging linkages between Africa and Asia from the 1970s : the case of Islamic relief and development support'
In: P.A. Raposo; D. Arase; S Cornelissen: 'Routledge handbook of Africa-Asia relations', London: Routledge, 2017.
'Islamic charities from the Arab world in Africa : intercultural encounters of humanitarianism and morality'
In: M. Heins; K. Koddenbrock; C. Unrau: 'Humanitarianism and challenges of cooperation', London: Routledge, 2016.
'Gulf charities in Africa'
In: J. Benthall; R. Lacey: 'Gulf charities and Islamic philanthropy in the 'age of terror'' and beyond', Berlin [etc.]: Gerlach Press, 2014.
'Conclusion: Beyond the global land grab hype: ways forward in research and action'
In: M.M.A. Kaag; A. Zoomers: 'The global land grab: beyond the hype', Londen [etc.]: Zed Books, 2014.
'Introduction: The global land grab hype and why it is important to move beyond'
In: M.M.A. Kaag; A. Zoomers: 'The global land grab: beyond the hype', Londen [etc.]: Zed Books, 2014.
'Les conflits fonciers au Sénégal revisités: continuités et dynamiques émergentes'
'Gerti Hesseling : á l'ombre du droit', Paris: Harmattan, 2013.
'Africa Muslims Agency'
In: K. Fleet: 'The encyclopaedia of Islam', Leiden [etc.]: Brill, 2013.
'Aid, Umma and politics: transnational islamic NGOs in Chad'
In: R. Otayek; B.F. Soares: 'Arabic translation of Islam and Muslim politics in Africa (with a new preface)', Cairo: al-Maktabah al-Akadimiyah, 2012.
'Connectivities compared: transnational Islamic NGOs in Chad and Senegal'
In: M.E. de Bruijn; R.A. van Dijk: 'The social life of connectivity in Africa', New York: Mac Millan, 2012.
'African engagements: on whose terms? Africa negotiating an emerging multi-polar world'
In: A.J. Dietz; K. Havnevik; M.M.A. Kaag; T. Oestigaard: 'African engagements : Africa negotiating an emerging multipolar world', Leiden [etc.]: Brill, 2011.
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'Land conflicts in Senegal revisited: continuities and emergent dynamics'
In: G.J. Abbink; M.E. de Bruijn: 'Land, law and politics in Africa : mediating conflict and reshaping the state', Leiden: Brill, 2011.
'Aide, Oumma et politique: Les ONG islamiques transnationales au Tchad'
In: R. Otayek; B.F. Soares: 'Islam, État et société en Afrique', Paris: Karthala, 2009.
'Aid, Umma and Politics: Transnational Islamic NGOs in Chad'
In: R. Otayek; B.F. Soares: 'Muslim Politics in Africa', New York:: Palgrave Macmillan, 2007.
'Il ruolo della confraternita dei Muridi nella vita dei migranti senegalesi'
In: A.C. Paltrinieri: 'Un futuro in gioco. Tra muridi Senegalesi e comunità Italiana.', Milano: Franco Angeli, 2006.
'Women, gender and muslim diasporas: Sub-Saharan Africa'
'Encyclopaedia of women in islamic cultures', Leiden: Brill, 2006.
'Fighting over Crumbs? Small valleys in West Africa as a new locus of land claims'
In: S.J.T.M. Evers; M. Spierenburg; H. Wels: 'Competing jurisdiction. Settling land claims in Africa', Leiden: Brill, 2005.
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'Ways forward in livelihood research'
In: D. Kalb; W.G. Pansters; H. Siebers: 'Globalization and development: themes and concepts in current research', Dordrecht: Kluwer, 2004.
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'Local manifestations of a globalising donor regime : 'good governance' in a Senegalese rural community'
In: D. Kooijman: 'Conflict in a globalising world : studies in honour of Peter Kloos', [S.l.]: Royal Van Gorcum, 2002.
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'The implementation of environmental policies in Africa: an example from Senegal'
In: H. van den Breemer; L.B. Venema: 'Towards negiotated co-management of natural resources in Africa', Munster: LIT Verlag, 1999.
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'Trust, mistrust and co-operation in a Senegalese rural community'
In: P. Smets; H. Nels; J. van Loon: 'Trust & co-operation : symbolic exchange and moral economics in an age of cultural differentiation', Ammsterdam: Het Spinnhuis, 1998.
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'In Afrika: een beginnend antropologe en de blote voeten van de autoriteit'
In: D.L. Meijers: 'Ware fictie, Een experiment in antropologie en literatuur', Leuven/Apeldoorn: Garant, 1996.
État, sociétés et Islam au Sénégal : un air de nouveau temps?
A. Seck; M.M.A. Kaag; C. Guèye; A.S. Fall (editors)
Parijs: Karthala, Hommes et sociétés 2015.
Special issue: Religious elites in the development arena
M.M.A. Kaag; M. Saint-Lary (editors)
APAD Bulletin, nr.33 2011.
African engagements : Africa negotiating an emerging multipolar world
A.J. Dietz; K. Havnevik; M.M.A. Kaag; T. Oestigaard (editors)
Leiden [etc.]: Brill, African-Europe Group for Interdisciplinary Studies, ISSN 1574-6925 ; vol. 7 2011.
'Linking-in through education? : exploring the educational question in Africa from the perspective of flows and (dis)connections'
in: Sustainability, vol. 10, no. 2, 2018.
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'Transnational elite formation : the case of the Senegalese Murid community in Italy'
in: Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, 2013.
'The new visibility of religion in the development arena: Christian and Muslim elites' engagement with public policies in Africa.'
in: APAD Bulletin, no. 33, pp. 23 - 27, 2011.
'Connecting to the Umma through Islamic relief: transnational Islamic NGOs in Chad'
in: International Development Policy Review, no. November, pp. 463 - 474, 2011.
'The work of transnational Islamic NGOs in Africa: Chad and Senegal compared'
in: Afriche e orienti, no. 2, 2010.
'Mouride Transnational Livelihoods at the Margins of a European Society: The Case of Residence Prealpino, Brescia, Italy'
in: Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, vol. 34, no. 2, pp. 271 - 285, 2008.
'Transnational Islamic NGOs in Chad: Islamic Solidarity in the Age of Neoliberalism'
in: Africa today, vol. 54, no. 3, pp. 3 - 18, 2008.
'Exploring the context of service provision in Senegal: social dynamics and decentralisation in the Senegalese countryside'
in: APAD Bulletin, vol. 26, pp. 67 - 81, 2005.
'Water- en voedselvoorziening'
in: Lover, vol. 4, 2003.
'Women's Issues in decentralization policy; An illustration of practices in Senegal'
in: EADI/GEMDEV, 2002.
'Favorieten gender en milieu'
in: Lover, vol. 3, 2001.
'Review of 'Evangelical Christians in the Muslim Sahel' by Barbara M. Cooper'
Africa today, vol. 54, no. 3, pp. 122 - 124, 2008.
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Leiden: African Studies Centre Leiden (ASCL), ASC themakaart 17, 2017.
Leiden: African Studies Centre, ASC info sheet 26, 2015.
Oxford: Oxford University Press, Oxford Islamic Studies Online 2013.
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