Wouter van Beek

Wouter van Beek

Most of his academic career Wouter van Beek worked at the Department of Cultural Anthropology at Utrecht University, as one of the Africanists at that institution. In 2001 his research became part of the African Studies Centre Leiden.
 
North Cameroon has been the place of study for his PhD work, from 1972. The ethnography of the Mandara Mountains, in particular the Kapsiki/Higi, forms a permanent element in his work. He recently published his 7th book on the Kapsiki, a collection of folktales (Contes nouveaux des Kapsiki). His main books are on Kapsiki religion (The Dancing Dead), blacksmiths (The Forge and the Funeral) and the dynamics of orality (The Transmission of Kapsiki Folktales). 
 
From 1979 onwards the Dogon of Central Mali form his second focus of research: their religion, including their masquerades, and their cultural heritage have resulted in a number of publications and co-produced films. At present a huge song cycle at the heart of the Dogon funeral rites, forms the pivot of a project called DigiDogon, part of the Joint Program on digitalization of cultural heritage (JPICH). This project entails new research in the Dogon area by four junior researchers, three of which are Dogon themselves. The first book publication, Chanter le baja ni. Abirè le Voyant Dogon is out.
 
From 1996 onwards Wouter van Beek became involved with Southern Africa, both with Namibia and South Africa. Participation in academic cooperation between the Netherlands and South Africa resulted in tutoring South African PhD candidates, and in two projects, on witchcraft accusations and on Holy Places, together with Tilburg University, as well as in a series of publications.
In 2007 Wouter became Professor of Anthropology of Religion at Tilburg University (part time), where he taught various courses till his emeritate in 2015.
He is a regular teacher for the HOVO (Higher Education for Seniors) at the universities of Leiden, Utrecht and Tilburg, in a variety of lecture courses.
 
Keywords: Kapsiki-Higi, Dogon, religion, anthropology of religion, tourism, cultural heritage, African masks, performance, cultural ecology, folk tales, oral history.
Prof. Dr. W.E.A. (Wouter) van Beek
Retired research fellow
Cameroon, Mali, Namibia, South Africa, Southern Africa

w.e.a.van.beek@asc.leidenuniv.nl
+31 (0)71 527 6641

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DigiDogon: Digitizing Dogon heritage. The legacy of Abirè, the Dogon prophet

(Research project)
Wouter van Beek, Jan-Bart Gewald
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Masks versus cattle: the ecology of an African art form (2024)
W. E. A.van Beek
Type of Publication: Journal Article
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Masquerades in African society: gender, power, and identity (2023)
W. E. A.van Beek; H.M. Leyten
Type of Publication: Book

Singing with the Dogon prophet (2022)
W. E. A.van Beek; O.S. Ongoiba; A.D. Saye
Type of Publication: Book

Waar is de scheppingsmythe van de Dogon? (2022)
W. E. A.van Beek
Type of Publication: Journal Article

Wat betekenen Dogon maskers en beelden dan wel? (2022)
W. E. A.van Beek
Type of Publication: Journal Article

Het masker van de vrouw (2022)
W. E. A.van Beek
Editors: K. Koonings; A. Ypeij; K. Willemse
Type of Publication: Book Chapter

Geert Mommersteeg en de Tale of Two Cities (2022)
W. E. A.van Beek
Editors: G. Steenbeek; B. Oude Breuil
Type of Publication: Book Chapter

Translating the crown jewels: the Dutch Book of Mormon translation between conservatism and modernism (2022)
W. E. A.van Beek; W. Decoo
Type of Publication: Journal Article

The glory of disaster: the Herero Flag Marches (2021)
W. E. A.van Beek; J.B. Gewald
Editors: M. Hoondert; P. Post; M. Klomp; M. Barnard
Type of Publication: Book Chapter

Chanter le baja ni : abirè le voyant Dogon (2020)
W. E. A.van Beek; A.D. Saye; O.S. Ongoiba
Type of Publication: Book

Une répétition de l’histoire ? : Boko Haram et Hamman Yaji (2020)
W. E. A.van Beek
Editors: E. Chauvin; O. Langlois; C. Seignobos; C. Baroin
Type of Publication: Book Chapter

Contes nouveaux Kapsiki (Cameroun) (2020)
W. E. A.van Beek; H. Tourneux
Type of Publication: Book

Matter in motion: a Dogon Kanaga mask (2019)
W. E. A.van Beek
Editors: A. Nugteren
Type of Publication: Book Chapter

Banned ritual : ritual absences in Mormon weddings (2019)
W. E. A.van Beek
Editors: P. Post; M. Hoondert
Type of Publication: Book Chapter

Bridewealth and gospel : an african quandary? (2018)
W. E. A.van Beek
Type of Publication: Other

Matter in motion : a Dogon kanaga mask (2018)
W. E. A.van Beek
Type of Publication: Journal Article
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Mormon Europeans or European Mormons? : an "Afro-European" view on religious colonizatrion (2018)
W. E. A.van Beek
Editors: I.E. Annus; D.M. Morris; K.B. Östman
Type of Publication: Book Chapter

Rites et religions dans le bassin du lac Tchad (2017)
E. Guitard; W. E. A.van Beek
Type of Publication: Book

The face of Africa : essays in honour of Ton Dietz (2017)
Editors: W. E. A.van Beek; J.C.M. Damen; D.W.J. Foeken
Type of Publication: Book
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Introduction (2017)
W. E. A.van Beek; J.C.M. Damen; D.W.J. Foeken
Editors: W. E. A.van Beek; J.C.M. Damen; D.W.J. Foeken
Type of Publication: Book Chapter

Gods of the East, gods of the West : a Dogon carthography (2017)
W. E. A.van Beek
Editors: W. E. A.van Beek; J.C.M. Damen; D.W.J. Foeken
Type of Publication: Book Chapter

Une religion en dissolution (2017)
E. Guitard; W. E. A.van Beek
Type of Publication: Book Chapter

Introduction. Image, espace communauté (2017)
W. E. A.van Beek; E. Guitard
Type of Publication: Book Chapter

On the road to immortality : the African car (2017)
W. E. A.van Beek
Editors: M. Verne; P. Ivanow; M. Treiber
Type of Publication: Book Chapter

Ju/'hoansi lodging in a Namibian Conservancy: CBNRM, tourism and increasing domination (2017)
S. Koot; W. E. A.van Beek
Type of Publication: Journal Article

A contested ritual of unity: the Herero Red Flag Day (2017)
W. E. A.van Beek; J.B. Gewald; P. Kaapama
Type of Publication: Journal Article

Thuis in Afrika : een dubbelleven (2016)
W. E. A.van Beek
Type of Publication: Book
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Church unity and the challenge of cultural diversity : a view from across the Sahara (2016)
W. E. A.van Beek
Editors: P.Q. Mason
Type of Publication: Book Chapter

The Kapsiki home sacrifice (2016)
W. E. A.van Beek
Editors: J. Duyndam; A.-M. Korte; M. Poorthuis
Type of Publication: Book Chapter

Preface (2016)
W. E. A.van Beek
Editors: V. Wijngaarden
Type of Publication: Book Chapter

The Khwe of Namibia : foragers between game, tourism, and politics (2016)
S. Koot; W. E. A.van Beek; J. Diemer
Type of Publication: Journal Article

Evil and the art of revenge in the Mandara Mountains (2015)
W. E. A.van Beek
Editors: W.C. Olsen; W. E. A.van Beek
Type of Publication: Book Chapter

Zwarte Piet in Afrika : rite en ruzie (2015)
W. E. A.van Beek
Type of Publication: Book

Forge and the funeral : the smith in Kapsiki/Higi culture (2015)
W. E. A.van Beek
Type of Publication: Book

The prosperity of the margin : the Kapsiki smith and his road to prosperity (2015)
W. E. A.van Beek
Editors: J.B. Gewald; A. Akinyoade
Type of Publication: Book Chapter

Through a wet lens : the Kapsiki and their rain rituals (2015)
W.C. Olsen; W. E. A.van Beek
Editors: L. Sparks; P. Post
Type of Publication: Book Chapter

Introduction: African notions of evil : the chimera of justice (2015)
W. E. A.van Beek; W.C. Olsen
Editors: W.C. Olsen; W. E. A.van Beek
Type of Publication: Book Chapter

Evil in Africa : encounters with the everyday (2015)
W.C. Olsen; W. E. A.van Beek
Type of Publication: Book

Contes Kapsiki du Cameroun (2014)
Editors: W. E. A.van Beek; H. Tourneux
Type of Publication: Book

Rite en wraak : de smaak van rechtvaardigheid (2014)
W. E. A.van Beek
Type of Publication: Journal Article

Sacred spaces and contested identities : space and ritual dynamics in Europe and Africa (2014)
Editors: P. Post; P. Nel; W. E. A.van Beek
Type of Publication: Book

Why things go wrong : agency and evil among the Kapsiki of north Cameroon (2014)
W. E. A.van Beek
Editors: D. Neubert; C. Scherer
Type of Publication: Book Chapter

The temple and the sacred: Dutch temple experiences (2013)
W. E. A.van Beek
Type of Publication: Journal Article

The West African sports official: an insider's view of sports administration (2013)
W. E. A.van Beek
Type of Publication: Journal Article
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Ritual and the quest for meaning (2013)
W. E. A.van Beek
Editors: D.L. Belknap
Type of Publication: Book Chapter

Paul in Afrika (2013)
W. E. A.van Beek
Editors: M. Hoondert; I. Schippers; L. Wijnia
Type of Publication: Book Chapter

Connecting ourselves: a Dogon ethnic association and the impact of connectivity (2013)
W. E. A.van Beek
Editors: R.A. van Dijk; M.E. de Bruijn
Type of Publication: Book Chapter

African dynamics of divination (2013)
W. E. A.van Beek; P.M. Peek
Editors: W. E. A.van Beek; P.M. Peek
Type of Publication: Book Chapter

Crab divination among the Kapsiki of North Cameroon (2013)
W. E. A.van Beek
Editors: W. E. A.van Beek; P.M. Peek
Type of Publication: Book Chapter

Reviewing reality : dynamics of African divination (2013)
Editors: W. E. A.van Beek; P.M. Peek
Type of Publication: Book

Zion's pure of heart: personal and institutional purity in Mormonism (2012)
W. E. A.van Beek
Editors: P. Rösch; U. Simon
Type of Publication: Book Chapter

Ritueel en toerisme: huwen met water (2012)
W. E. A.van Beek
Type of Publication: Journal Article

A touch of wildness: brass and brass casting in Kapsiki (2012)
W. E. A.van Beek
Editors: N. David
Type of Publication: Book Chapter

From song to performance: the dynamics of the Dogon 'baja ni' (2012)
W. E. A.van Beek
Editors: D. Merolla; J. Jansen; K. Naït-Zerrad
Type of Publication: Book Chapter

African dynamics of cultural tourism (2012)
W. E. A.van Beek; A. Schmidt
Editors: W. E. A.van Beek; A. Schmidt
Type of Publication: Book Chapter

The iron bride: blacksmith, iron and femininity among the Kapsiki/Higi (2012)
W. E. A.van Beek
Editors: N. David
Type of Publication: Book Chapter

Ritueel, patiënt en therapie in Afrika: holisme in genezing (2012)
W. E. A.van Beek
Editors: R. van Uden; J. Pieper
Type of Publication: Book Chapter

To dance or not to dance: Dogon masks as an arena (2012)
W. E. A.van Beek
Editors: W. E. A.van Beek; A. Schmidt
Type of Publication: Book Chapter

A touch of wildness : brass and brass casting among the Kapsiki/Higi (2012)
W. E. A.van Beek
Editors: N. David
Type of Publication: Book Chapter

Cultural models of power in Africa (2011)
W. E. A.van Beek
Editors: G.J. Abbink; M.E. de Bruijn
Type of Publication: Book Chapter

Forever liminal: twins among the Kapsiki/Higi of North Cameroon and Northeastern Nigeria (2011)
W. E. A.van Beek
Editors: Ph. M. Beek
Type of Publication: Book Chapter

The infallibility trap: the sacralisation of religious authority (2011)
W. E. A.van Beek
Type of Publication: Journal Article

Medicinal knowledge and healing practices among the Kapsiki/Higi of northern Cameroon and northeastern Nigeria (2011)
W. E. A.van Beek
Editors: M. Dekker; R.A. van Dijk
Type of Publication: Book Chapter

Ritueel als arena: Dogon-maskers en hun strijd (2011)
W. E. A.van Beek
Type of Publication: Journal Article

Divination: du bon sens dans le chaos (2011)
W. E. A.van Beek; P.M. Peek
Editors: P. Matharan
Type of Publication: Book Chapter

The gender of beer: beer symbolism among the Kapsiki/Higi and the Dogon (2011)
W. E. A.van Beek
Editors: W. Schiefenhövel; H. Macbeth
Type of Publication: Book Chapter

Hierarchies of holiness. the Mormon temple in Zoetermeer (2010)
W. E. A.van Beek
Editors: P. Post
Type of Publication: Book Chapter

Eyes on top? Culture and the weight of the senses (2010)
W. E. A.van Beek
Editors: A. Storch
Type of Publication: Book Chapter

Meaning and authority in ritual (2010)
W. E. A.van Beek
Type of Publication: Journal Article

Ritualisering van sport (2010)
W. E. A.van Beek
Type of Publication: Journal Article

Tales of death and regeneration in West Africa (2010)
W. E. A.van Beek
Type of Publication: Book Chapter

Waarom we mythen nodig hebben (2010)
W. E. A.van Beek
Type of Publication: Journal Article

Amerika's polygamisten (2010)
W. E. A.van Beek
Type of Publication: Journal Article

Calculating to the End: 2012 (2009)
W. E. A.van Beek
Type of Publication: Journal Article

Alleen de kist was in Jackson-stijl (2009)
W. E. A.van Beek
Type of Publication: Journal Article

Mormons and proposition 8 (2009)
W. E. A.van Beek
Type of Publication: Journal Article

The healer and his phone: medicinal dynamics among the Kapsiki/Higi of North Cameroon (2009)
W. E. A.van Beek
Editors: M.E. de Bruijn; I. Brinkman
Type of Publication: Book Chapter

Heeft ritueel dan toch betekenis? (2008)
W. E. A.van Beek
Type of Publication: Journal Article

Tourisme et patrimoine au Mali. Destruction des valeurs anciennes ou valorisation concertée? (2008)
W. E. A.van Beek; P. Lemineur; O. Walther
Type of Publication: Journal Article

In memory of a great singer: The Dogon baja ni as a cultural historical performance (2008)
W. E. A.van Beek
Editors: S. Belcher; J. Jansen; M. N'Daou
Type of Publication: Book Chapter

Tourism in Africa (2008)
W. E. A.van Beek; M.M.E.M. Rutten; M. Spierenburg
Type of Publication: Other
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The Dogon and civil society (2008)
W. E. A.van Beek
Editors: E. Kühn
Type of Publication: Journal Article

De rite is rond : betekenis en boodschap van het ongewone (2007)
W. E. A.van Beek
Type of Publication: Book
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De boodschap van het ritueel (2006)
W. E. A.van Beek
Editors: P. Courbois; V. Neckebrouck
Type of Publication: Book Chapter

Kapsiki beer dynamics (2006)
W. E. A.van Beek
Editors: E. Garine; O. Langlois; C. Raimond
Type of Publication: Book Chapter

Boys and masks among the Dogon (2006)
W. E. A.van Beek
Editors: S. Ottenberg; D.A. Binckley
Type of Publication: Book Chapter

Lokale kennis als leerstrategie: een voorbeeld uit de Sahel (2006)
W. E. A.van Beek
Editors: W. Hoogbergen; D. Kruijt
Type of Publication: Book Chapter

Een slaaf voor een kalebas, de stuiptrekkingen van de slavenjachten in Adamawa (Noordoost Nigeria & Noord-Kameroen) (2006)
W. E. A.van Beek
Editors: K. Koonings
Type of Publication: Book Chapter

Mali (2006)
W. E. A.van Beek; M. Fofana
Editors: A. Mehler; H. Melber; K. van Walraven
Type of Publication: Book Chapter

Roozenburg (2006)
W. E. A.van Beek; P. Oudshoorn
Type of Publication: Book

The making of an environment: ecological history of the Kapsiki/Higi of North Cameroon and North-Eastern Nigeria (2005)
W. E. A.van Beek; S. Avontuur
Editors: Q. Gausset; M. Whyte; T. Birch-Thomsen
Type of Publication: Book Chapter
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Walking Wallets? Tourists at the Dogon Falaise (2005)
W. E. A.van Beek
Editors: S. Wooten
Type of Publication: Book Chapter

The Dogon heartland: rural transformations on the Bandiagara escarpment (2005)
W. E. A.van Beek
Type of Publication: Book Chapter

An Afro-European view of religious colonization (2005)
W. E. A.van Beek
Type of Publication: Journal Article

Mali (2005)
W. E. A.van Beek; M. Fofana
Editors: A. Mehler; H. Melber; K. van Walraven
Type of Publication: Book Chapter
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Artesanat and performances in tourism: a cross-ocean comparison (2005)
W. E. A.van Beek
Type of Publication: Conference Paper

Review of Bushman, J. : Rough Stone Rolling, a biography of Joseph Smith (2005)
W. E. A.van Beek
Type of Publication: Review

Review of Douglas, D.J. : An Introduction to Mormonism (2005)
W. E. A.van Beek
Type of Publication: Review

De vele betekenissen van religie (2004)
W. E. A.van Beek
Type of Publication: Conference Paper

Local knowledge as a process, examples from West Africa (2004)
W. E. A.van Beek
Type of Publication: Conference Paper

Haunting Griaule: experiences from the restudy of the Dogon (2004)
W. E. A.van Beek
Type of Publication: Journal Article
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Anthropologie et missiologie ou la séparation graduelles des partenaires (2004)
W. E. A.van Beek
Editors: H.S. Sarvasy; G. van 't Spijker
Type of Publication: Book Chapter
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Die Bedeutung der Hirse bei den Dogon (2004)
W. E. A.van Beek
Type of Publication: Book Chapter
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Pathways to mitigate climate variability and climate change in Mali: the districts of Douentza and Koutiala compared (2004)
J.W.M. van Dijk; M.E. de Bruijn; W. E. A.van Beek
Editors: A.J. Dietz; R. Ruben; A. Verhagen
Type of Publication: Book Chapter
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Les rapports entre Peuls et Dogons du Mali central (2004)
M.E. de Bruijn; J.W.M. van Dijk; W. E. A.van Beek
Editors: R.M.A. Bedaux; J.D. van der Waals
Type of Publication: Book Chapter

De Dogondivinatie (2003)
W. E. A.van Beek
Editors: R.M.A. Bedaux; J.D. van der Waals
Type of Publication: Book Chapter
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Sociale Organisatie (2003)
W. E. A.van Beek
Editors: R.M.A. Bedaux; J.D. van der Waals
Type of Publication: Book Chapter

Het einde van een liaison impossible? De visie van een antropoloog (2003)
W. E. A.van Beek
Type of Publication: Journal Article

De Dogonreligie (2003)
W. E. A.van Beek
Editors: R.M.A. Bedaux; J.D. Waals
Type of Publication: Book Chapter
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De Dogon en hun toeristen (2003)
W. E. A.van Beek
Editors: R.M.A. Bedaux; J.D. Waals
Type of Publication: Book Chapter
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Meeting culture in meetings. Experiences from an international sports arena (2003)
W. E. A.van Beek; M.A. Fumerton; W.G. Pansters
Type of Publication: Book Chapter
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De schepping als verhaal, het verhaal als schepping. De antropologie van het scheppingsverhaal (2003)
W. E. A.van Beek
Editors: F. van den Berg
Type of Publication: Book Chapter
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Dynamics of agriculture in the Mandara Mountains: the case of the Kapsiki/Higi of northern Cameroon and north-eastern Nigeria (2003)
W. E. A.van Beek; S. Avontuur
Editors: C. Baroin; K. Seidensticker
Type of Publication: Book Chapter
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De betrekkingen tussen Peul en Dogon in centraal-Mali (2003)
M.E. de Bruijn; W. E. A.van Beek; J.W.M. van Dijk
Editors: R.M.A. Bedaux; J.D. van der Waals
Type of Publication: Book Chapter
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Kapsiki beer dynamics (2002)
W. E. A.van Beek
Type of Publication: Journal Article
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Toerisme in Afrika (2002)
W. E. A.van Beek
Type of Publication: Journal Article

Why a twin is not a child: symbols in Kapsiki birth rituals (2002)
W. E. A.van Beek
Type of Publication: Journal Article
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Pathways of fundamentalisation; the peculiar case of Mormonism (2002)
W. E. A.van Beek
Editors: G. ter Haar; J.J. Busuttil
Type of Publication: Book Chapter
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Magie, mensenstreken (2002)
W. E. A.van Beek
Type of Publication: Journal Article
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Dogon : Africa's people of the cliffs (2001)
S. Hollyman; W. E. A.van Beek; R. Morton
Type of Publication: Book

Left-right as political categories; an exercise in "not-so-primitive" classification (2001)
W. E. A.van Beek
Type of Publication: Journal Article

Antropologische rechercheur vindt twaalf doden in Dosa (2001)
W. E. A.van Beek
Type of Publication: Journal Article

La mission Griaule à Kangaba (Mali) (2000)
W. E. A.van Beek; J. Jansen
Type of Publication: Journal Article
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Mormonism in Africa, African Mormons? (2000)
W. E. A.van Beek
Type of Publication: Conference Paper

Echoes of the end; myth, ritual and degradation (2000)
W. E. A.van Beek
Type of Publication: Journal Article
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De grillige god: Ama, de vos en de Dogon (2000)
W. E. A.van Beek
Type of Publication: Journal Article
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Chiliasme als identiteit. De heiligen en hun allerlaatste dagen (2000)
W. E. A.van Beek
Editors: L.G. Jansma; D. Hark
Type of Publication: Book Chapter
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Anthropologie et internationalisation; réponse à Jean Copans (2000)
W. E. A.van Beek
Type of Publication: Journal Article

Escalation of witchcraft accusations, a model (2000)
W. E. A.van Beek
Type of Publication: Conference Paper

African experiences of relief and development (1999)
W. E. A.van Beek
Type of Publication: Book Chapter

Challenges, the next generation (1999)
W. E. A.van Beek
Editors: S. Buurke
Type of Publication: Book Chapter

Wat zit er achter een masker? (1999)
W. E. A.van Beek
Type of Publication: Journal Article

Building dams in Dogon (1999)
W. E. A.van Beek
Editors: L.B. Venema; J.P.M. van den Breemer
Type of Publication: Book Chapter

The dance of the Dogon masks (1998)
W. E. A.van Beek
Type of Publication: Journal Article
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Een ochtend in Dogon (1998)
W. E. A.van Beek
Editors: N. Zuidgeest
Type of Publication: Book Chapter

Henk van Dijk en de antropologie; een persoonlijke herinnering (1997)
W. E. A.van Beek
Editors: P. Koningsbruggen
Type of Publication: Book Chapter

The paradoxical world of sport (1997)
W. E. A.van Beek
Editors: A. Dorgelo; W. E. A.van Beek
Type of Publication: Book Chapter
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Antagonisme et solidarité : les relations entre Peuls et Dogons du Mali central (1997)
M.E. de Bruijn; W. E. A.van Beek; J.W.M. van Dijk
Editors: M.E. de Bruijn; J.W.M. van Dijk
Type of Publication: Book Chapter
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A granary in the earth: dynamics of mortuary rituals among the Kapsiki/Higi (1996)
W. E. A.van Beek
Editors: D. Barreteau; C. Baroin; Ch. Graffenried
Type of Publication: Book Chapter
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Van Baal, de etnografie en het mysterie (1996)
W. E. A.van Beek
Editors: A. Droogers
Type of Publication: Book Chapter
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Local management of moving resources: the case of the Dogon village herd (1995)
W. E. A.van Beek
Editors: J.P.M. van den Breemer; C.A. Drijver; L.B. Venema
Type of Publication: Book Chapter
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Culture and development: problems and recommendations (1995)
W. E. A.van Beek
Editors: A. de Ruijter; L. van Vucht Tijssen
Type of Publication: Book Chapter
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Raad in orale tradities (1995)
W. E. A.van Beek
Type of Publication: Book Chapter
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Religion in Africa : experience & expression (1994)
T. Blakely; W. E. A.van Beek; D.L. Thomson
Type of Publication: Book

Introduction (1994)
W. E. A.van Beek
Editors: W. E. A.van Beek; T. Blakely; D.L. Thomson
Type of Publication: Book Chapter
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Dogon religie: Afrika en Sirius? (1994)
W. E. A.van Beek
Type of Publication: Journal Article
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The innocent sorcerer; coping with evil in two African societies, Kapsiki and Dogon (1994)
W. E. A.van Beek
Editors: W. E. A.van Beek; T. Blakely; D.L. Thomson
Type of Publication: Book Chapter
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Processes and limitations of Dogon agricultural knowledge (1993)
W. E. A.van Beek
Editors: M. Hobart
Type of Publication: Book Chapter
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Becoming human in Dogon, Mali (1992)
W. E. A.van Beek
Editors: G. Aijmer
Type of Publication: Book Chapter
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Myth as science fiction, a reply to De Heusch (1992)
W. E. A.van Beek
Type of Publication: Journal Article
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Slave raiders and their 'people without history' (1992)
W. E. A.van Beek
Editors: G.J. Abbink; H. Vermeulen
Type of Publication: Book Chapter
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Africa explores : 20th century African art (1991)
S. Vogel; I. Ebong; W. E. A.van Beek
Type of Publication: Book

Enter the bush: A Dogon mask festival (1991)
W. E. A.van Beek
Editors: S. Benjamin
Type of Publication: Book Chapter
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Iron, brass and burial, the Kapsiki blacksmith and his many crafts (1991)
W. E. A.van Beek
Editors: Y. Moñino
Type of Publication: Book Chapter
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Dogon restudied: A field evaluation of the work of Marcel Griaule (1991)
W. E. A.van Beek
Type of Publication: Journal Article
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Individu en gemeenschap. Trends in de ontwikkeling van het Kapsikihuis (1991)
W. E. A.van Beek
Editors: P.J.M. Nas; W. Prins
Type of Publication: Book Chapter
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Harmony vs. autonomy: models of agricutural fertility among the Dogon and the Kapsiki (1991)
W. E. A.van Beek
Editors: A. Jakobson-Widding; W. E. A.van Beek
Type of Publication: Book Chapter
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Chaos, order and communion in African models of fertility (1991)
W. E. A.van Beek
Editors: A. Jakobson-Widding; W. E. A.van Beek
Type of Publication: Book Chapter

The creative communion : African folk models of fertility and the regeneration of life (1990)
A. Jakobson-Widding; W. E. A.van Beek
Type of Publication: Book

The culture in-between: Anthropologist and missionary as partners (1990)
W. E. A.van Beek
Editors: R. Bonsen; H. Marks; J. Miedema
Type of Publication: Book Chapter
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Review of Gaudio, A. : Le Mali (1990)
W. E. A.van Beek
Type of Publication: Review
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De antropoloog als goudzoeker; geluk en toeval in het veld (1989)
W. E. A.van Beek
Type of Publication: Journal Article
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De mormonen: groei en transformatie (1988)
W. E. A.van Beek
Type of Publication: Journal Article
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De mormonen: ideologie en praktijk (1988)
W. E. A.van Beek
Type of Publication: Journal Article
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Purity and statecraft: the Fulani jihad and its empire (1988)
W. E. A.van Beek
Editors: W. E. A.van Beek
Type of Publication: Book Chapter
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The Kapsiki of the Mandara Hills (1987)
W. E. A.van Beek
Type of Publication: Book
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L'état ce n'est pas nous! : cultural proletarization in Cameroon (1986)
W. E. A.van Beek
Type of Publication: Journal Article
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Kindersterfte en huwelijksmobiliteit, de Kapsiki van Noord-Kameroen (1986)
W. E. A.van Beek
Editors: W. Hoogbergen
Type of Publication: Book Chapter
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The ideology of building, the interpretation of compound patterns among the Kapsiki of North Cameroon (1986)
W. E. A.van Beek
Editors: J.D. van der Waals
Type of Publication: Book Chapter
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Cultural anthropology and the many functions of religion (1985)
W. E. A.van Beek
Editors: F. Whaling
Type of Publication: Book Chapter
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Harmonie en schaamte bij de Dogon (1983)
W. E. A.van Beek
Type of Publication: Journal Article
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Les savoirs kapsiki (1982)
W. E. A.van Beek
Type of Publication: Book Chapter
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'Eating like a blacksmith', symbols in Kapsiki ethno-zoology (1982)
W. E. A.van Beek
Editors: P.E. de Josselin de Jong
Type of Publication: Book Chapter
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De Dogon, een geslaagde aanpassing (1982)
W. E. A.van Beek
Editors: S. van Londen; A. de Ruijter
Type of Publication: Book Chapter
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Les Kapsiki (1981)
W. E. A.van Beek
Editors: C. Tardits
Type of Publication: Book Chapter
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Color terms in Kapsiki (1977)
W. E. A.van Beek
Editors: P. Newman
Type of Publication: Book Chapter
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The religion of everyday life: an ethnoscience investigation into the concepts of religion and magic (1975)
W. E. A.van Beek
Editors: W. E. A.van Beek; J.H. Scherer
Type of Publication: Book Chapter
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Masquerades in African society: gender, power, and identity
 Woodbridge, Suffolk: James Curry, 20, 2023
W. E. A.van Beek; H.M. Leyten

Singing with the Dogon prophet
 Landham, Maryland: Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Group, 2022
W. E. A.van Beek; O.S. Ongoiba; A.D. Saye

Chanter le baja ni : abirè le voyant Dogon
 Leiden: African Studies Centre Leiden (ASCL), ASC occasional publications 37, 2020
W. E. A.van Beek; A.D. Saye; O.S. Ongoiba

Contes nouveaux Kapsiki (Cameroun)
 Paris: Karthala, 2020
W. E. A.van Beek; H. Tourneux

Rites et religions dans le bassin du lac Tchad
 Paris: Karthala, Hommes et sociétés 2017
E. Guitard; W. E. A.van Beek

Thuis in Afrika : een dubbelleven
 Leiden: Afrika Studiecentrum, ASC occasional publications 22, 2016
W. E. A.van Beek
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Transmission of Kapsiki-Higi folktales over two generations : tales that come, tales that go
 New York, NY: Palgrave Macmillan, African histories and modernities 2016
W. E. A.van Beek

Zwarte Piet in Afrika : rite en ruzie
 Tilburg: Tilburg University, 2015
W. E. A.van Beek

Forge and the funeral : the smith in Kapsiki/Higi culture
 East Lansing, MI: Michigan State University Press, African history and culture 22, 2015
W. E. A.van Beek

Evil in Africa : encounters with the everyday
 Bloomington [etc.]: Indiana University Press, 2015
W.C. Olsen; W. E. A.van Beek

The dancing dead: ritual and religion among the Kapsiki / Higi of North Cameroon and Northeastern Nigeria
 Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2012
W. E. A.van Beek

De rite is rond : betekenis en boodschap van het ongewone
 Tilburg: Tilburg University, 2007
W. E. A.van Beek
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Roozenburg
 s.l.: s.n., 2006
W. E. A.van Beek; P. Oudshoorn

Dogon : Africa's people of the cliffs
 New York: Abrams, 2001
S. Hollyman; W. E. A.van Beek; R. Morton

Religion in Africa : experience & expression
 London: James Currey, Monograph series of the David M. Kennedy Center for International Studies at Brigham Young University ; vol. 4 1994
T. Blakely; W. E. A.van Beek; D.L. Thomson

Africa explores : 20th century African art
 New York: The Center for African Art, 1991
S. Vogel; I. Ebong; W. E. A.van Beek

The creative communion : African folk models of fertility and the regeneration of life
 Uppsala: Acta Universitatis Upsaliensis, Uppsala studies in cultural anthropology, ISSN 0348-5099 ; 15 1990
A. Jakobson-Widding; W. E. A.van Beek

The flexibility of domestic production : the Kapsiki and their transformations
 Leiden: African Studies Centre, 1988
W. E. A.van Beek

The Kapsiki of the Mandara Hills
 Prospect Heights, Ill.: Waveland Press, 1987
W. E. A.van Beek
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Bierbrouwers in de bergen : de Kapsiki en Higi van Noord-Kameroen en Noord-Oost Nigeria
 Utrecht: Instituut voor Culturele Antropologie, ICAU mededelingen ; no. 12 1978
W. E. A.van Beek
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'Het masker van de vrouw'
 In: K. Koonings; A. Ypeij; K. Willemse: 'Geen drempel te hoog: over feministische antropologie en inspirerend docentschap. Liber amicorum voor dr. Gerdien Steenbeek', De Bilt: Boekenmakers, 2022.

'Geert Mommersteeg en de Tale of Two Cities'
 In: G. Steenbeek; B. Oude Breuil: 'Vriendenboek voor Geert Mommersteeg', Utrecht: Culturele Antropologie, Universiteit Utrecht, 2022.

'The glory of disaster: the Herero Flag Marches'
 In: M. Hoondert; P. Post; M. Klomp; M. Barnard: 'Handbook of disaster ritual: multidisciplinary perspectives, cases and themes', Leuven: Peeters Publishers, 2021.

'Une répétition de l’histoire ? : Boko Haram et Hamman Yaji'
 In: E. Chauvin; O. Langlois; C. Seignobos; C. Baroin: 'Conflits et violences dans le bassin du lac Tchad: les sociétés a l'épreuve des insécurités, actes du XVIIe colloque Méga-Tchad', Montpellier: IRD Éditions, 2020.

'Matter in motion: a Dogon Kanaga mask'
 In: A. Nugteren: 'Religion, ritual and ritualistic objects', Basel: MDPL, 2019.

'Banned ritual : ritual absences in Mormon weddings'
 In: P. Post; M. Hoondert: 'Absent ritual: exploring the ambivalence and dynamics of ritual', Durham CA: Carolina Academic Press, 2019.

'Mormon Europeans or European Mormons? : an "Afro-European" view on religious colonizatrion'
 In: I.E. Annus; D.M. Morris; K.B. Östman: 'Mormonism in Europe : historical and contemporary prespectives', Szeged: Americana eBooks, 2018.

'Introduction'
 In: W. E. A.van Beek; J.C.M. Damen; D.W.J. Foeken: 'The face of Africa: essays in honour of Ton Dietz', Leiden: African Studies Centre Leiden (ASCL), 2017.

'Gods of the East, gods of the West : a Dogon carthography'
 In: W. E. A.van Beek; J.C.M. Damen; D.W.J. Foeken: 'The face of Africa: essays in honour of Ton Dietz', Leiden: African Studies Centre Leiden (ASCL), 2017.

'Une religion en dissolution'
 'Rites et religions dans le bassin du lac Tchad', Paris: Karthala, 2017.

'Introduction. Image, espace communauté'
 'Rites et religions dans le bassin du lac Tchad', Paris: Karthala, 2017.

'On the road to immortality : the African car'
 In: M. Verne; P. Ivanow; M. Treiber: 'Körper, Technik, Wissen : Kreativität und Aneignungsprozesse in Afrika. In des Spuren Kurt Becks', Berlin: Lit Verlag, 2017.

'Church unity and the challenge of cultural diversity : a view from across the Sahara'
 In: P.Q. Mason: Salt Lake City, UT: University of Utah Press, 2016.

'The Kapsiki home sacrifice'
 In: J. Duyndam; A.-M. Korte; M. Poorthuis: Leiden: Brill, 2016.

'Preface'
 In: V. Wijngaarden: 'Dynamics behind persistent games of "the other": the interplay between imagination and interactions in Maasai cultural tourism', Berlin: Lit Verlag, 2016.

'Evil and the art of revenge in the Mandara Mountains'
 In: W.C. Olsen; W. E. A.van Beek: 'Evil in Africa : encounters with the everyday', Bloomington [etc.]: Indiana University Press, 2015.

'The prosperity of the margin : the Kapsiki smith and his road to prosperity'
 In: J.B. Gewald; A. Akinyoade: Leiden [etc.]: Brill, 2015.

'Through a wet lens : the Kapsiki and their rain rituals'
 In: L. Sparks; P. Post: Amsterdam [etc.]: Institute for Ritual and Liturgical Studies (IRiLiS) [etc.], 2015.

'Introduction: African notions of evil : the chimera of justice'
 In: W.C. Olsen; W. E. A.van Beek: 'Evil in Africa : encounters with the everyday', Bloomington [etc.]: Indiana University Press, 2015.

'Why things go wrong : agency and evil among the Kapsiki of north Cameroon'
 In: D. Neubert; C. Scherer: 'Agency and changing world views in Africa', Berlin: Lit Verlag, 2014.

'Ritual and the quest for meaning'
 In: D.L. Belknap: 'By our rites of worship: Latter-day Saint views on ritual in scripture, history, and practice', Salt Lake City: Deseret Book, 2013.

'Paul in Afrika'
 In: M. Hoondert; I. Schippers; L. Wijnia: 'Post voor Paul', Tilburg: Tilburg University, 2013.

'Connecting ourselves: a Dogon ethnic association and the impact of connectivity'
 In: R.A. van Dijk; M.E. de Bruijn: 'The social life of connectiity in Africa', New York: Palgrave MacMillan, 2013.

'African dynamics of divination'
 In: W. E. A.van Beek; P.M. Peek: 'Reviewing reality: dynamics of African divination', Berlin: LIT Verlag, 2013.

'Crab divination among the Kapsiki of North Cameroon'
 In: W. E. A.van Beek; P.M. Peek: 'Reviewing reality : dynamics of African divination', Berlin: LIT Verlag, 2013.

'Zion's pure of heart: personal and institutional purity in Mormonism'
 In: P. Rösch; U. Simon: 'How purity is made', Wiesbaden: Harassowitz, 2012.

'A touch of wildness: brass and brass casting in Kapsiki'
 In: N. David: 'Metals in Mandara Mountains society and culture', Trenton: Africa World Press, 2012.

'From song to performance: the dynamics of the Dogon 'baja ni''
 In: D. Merolla; J. Jansen; K. Naït-Zerrad: 'Multimedia research and documentation of oral genres in Africa: the step forward', München: LIT Verlag, 2012.

'African dynamics of cultural tourism'
 In: W. E. A.van Beek; A. Schmidt: 'African hosts and their guests: dynamics of cultural tourism in Africa', Oxford: James Currey, 2012.

'The iron bride: blacksmith, iron and femininity among the Kapsiki/Higi'
 In: N. David: 'Metals in Mandara Mountains society and culture', Trenton: Africa World Press, 2012.

'Ritueel, patiënt en therapie in Afrika: holisme in genezing'
 In: R. van Uden; J. Pieper: 'Ritualiteit tussen heil en heling', Tilburg: KSGV, 2012.

'To dance or not to dance: Dogon masks as an arena'
 In: W. E. A.van Beek; A. Schmidt: 'African hosts and their guests: dynamics of cultural tourism in Africa', Oxford: James Currey, 2012.

'A touch of wildness : brass and brass casting among the Kapsiki/Higi'
 In: N. David: 'Metals in Mandara mountains society and culture', Trenton NJ: Africa World Press, 2012.

'Cultural models of power in Africa'
 In: G.J. Abbink; M.E. de Bruijn: 'Land, law and politics in Africa: mediating conflict and reshaping the state', Leiden: Brill, 2011.

'Forever liminal: twins among the Kapsiki/Higi of North Cameroon and Northeastern Nigeria'
 In: Ph. M. Beek: 'Twins in African and diaspora cultures: double trouble or twice blessed', Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 2011.

'Medicinal knowledge and healing practices among the Kapsiki/Higi of northern Cameroon and northeastern Nigeria'
 In: M. Dekker; R.A. van Dijk: 'Markets of well-being: navigating health and healing in Africa', Leiden: Brill, 2011.

'Divination: du bon sens dans le chaos'
 In: P. Matharan: 'Arts d'Afrique: voir l'invisible', Paris: Éditions Hazan, 2011.

'The gender of beer: beer symbolism among the Kapsiki/Higi and the Dogon'
 In: W. Schiefenhövel; H. Macbeth: 'Liquid bread: beer and brewing in cross-cultural perspective', New York: Berghahn, 2011.

'Hierarchies of holiness. the Mormon temple in Zoetermeer'
 In: P. Post: 'Holy grounds in the Netherlands', Leuven: Peters, 2010.

'Eyes on top? Culture and the weight of the senses'
 In: A. Storch: 'Perception of the invisible: religion, historical semantic and the role of perceptive verbs', Cologne: Rüdiger Köppe, 2010.

'Tales of death and regeneration in West Africa'
 'Proceedings for the second annual conference of the International Association for Comparative Mythology', Haarlem: PIP-TraCS, 2010.

'The healer and his phone: medicinal dynamics among the Kapsiki/Higi of North Cameroon'
 In: M.E. de Bruijn; I. Brinkman: 'Mobile phones: the new talking drums of everyday Africa', Bamenda/Leiden: Langaa/African Studies Centre, 2009.

'In memory of a great singer: The Dogon baja ni as a cultural historical performance'
 In: S. Belcher; J. Jansen; M. N'Daou: 'Mande Mansa', 2008.

'De boodschap van het ritueel'
 In: P. Courbois; V. Neckebrouck: 'Maskers, meesters en missen: mituelen in en uit de marge', Kapellen: Pelckmans, 2006.

'Kapsiki beer dynamics'
 In: E. Garine; O. Langlois; C. Raimond: 'Ressources vivrières et choix alimentaires dans le bassin du Lac Chad', IRD, 2006.

'Boys and masks among the Dogon'
 In: S. Ottenberg; D.A. Binckley: 'Playful performers. African children's masquerades', New Brunswick/London: Transaction Publishers, 2006.

'Lokale kennis als leerstrategie: een voorbeeld uit de Sahel'
 In: W. Hoogbergen; D. Kruijt: 'Functionele alfabetizering: lessons learned, liber amicroum Jan Ooyens', Maastricht: Shaker Publishing, 2006.

'Een slaaf voor een kalebas, de stuiptrekkingen van de slavenjachten in Adamawa (Noordoost Nigeria & Noord-Kameroen)'
 In: K. Koonings: 'Antropologie en Afro-Amerika als passie en professie; Opstellen aangeboden aan Wim Hoogbergen', Maastricht: Shaker Publishing, 2006.

'Mali'
 In: A. Mehler; H. Melber; K. van Walraven: 'Africa yearbook: politics, economy and society South of the Sahara in 2005', Leiden: Brill, 2006.

'The making of an environment: ecological history of the Kapsiki/Higi of North Cameroon and North-Eastern Nigeria'
 In: Q. Gausset; M. Whyte; T. Birch-Thomsen: 'Beyond territory and scarcity in Africa; Exploring conflicts over natural resource management', Uppsala: Nordiska Afrika Institute, 2005.
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'Walking Wallets? Tourists at the Dogon Falaise'
 In: S. Wooten: 'Wari matters: ethnographic explorations of money in the Mande World', 2005.

'The Dogon heartland: rural transformations on the Bandiagara escarpment'
 'Sahelian pathways : climate and society in Central and South Mali', 2005.

'Mali'
 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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'Anthropologie et missiologie ou la séparation graduelles des partenaires'
 In: H.S. Sarvasy; G. van 't Spijker: 'Anthropologie et missiologie XIXe-XXe siècles : entre connivence et rivalité : actes du colloque conjoint du CREDIC et de l'AFOM', Paris: Karthala, 2004.
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'Die Bedeutung der Hirse bei den Dogon'
 'Die Magische Welt der Dogonkunst, Kult und Hirse in West Afrika', Hamburg: Katalog Museum für Völkerkunde Hamburg, 2004.
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'Pathways to mitigate climate variability and climate change in Mali: the districts of Douentza and Koutiala compared'
 In: A.J. Dietz; R. Ruben; A. Verhagen: 'The impact of climate change on drylands. With a focus on West Africa', Dordrecht: Kluwer, 2004.
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'Les rapports entre Peuls et Dogons du Mali central'
 In: R.M.A. Bedaux; J.D. van der Waals: 'Regards sur les Dogon du Mali', Gent: Snoeck, 2004.

'De Dogondivinatie'
 In: R.M.A. Bedaux; J.D. van der Waals: 'Dogon : mythe en werkelijkheid in Mali', Leiden: Rijksmuseum voor Volkenkunde, 2003.
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'Sociale Organisatie'
 In: R.M.A. Bedaux; J.D. van der Waals: 'Dogon : mythe en werkelijkheid in Mali', Leiden: Rijksmuseum voor Volkenkunde, 2003.

'De Dogonreligie'
 In: R.M.A. Bedaux; J.D. Waals: 'Dogon : mythe en werkelijkheid in Mali', Leiden: Rijksmuseum voor Volkenkunde, 2003.
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'De Dogon en hun toeristen'
 In: R.M.A. Bedaux; J.D. Waals: 'Dogon : mythe en werkelijkheid in Mali', Leiden: Rijksmuseum voor Volkenkunde, 2003.
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'Meeting culture in meetings. Experiences from an international sports arena'
 'Meeting culture : essays in honour of Arie de Ruijter', Maastricht: Shaker Publishing, 2003.
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'De schepping als verhaal, het verhaal als schepping. De antropologie van het scheppingsverhaal'
 In: F. van den Berg: 'Schepping, wereldbeeld en levensbeschouwing', Utrecht: Studium Generale, Universiteit Utrecht, 2003.
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'Dynamics of agriculture in the Mandara Mountains: the case of the Kapsiki/Higi of northern Cameroon and north-eastern Nigeria'
 In: C. Baroin; K. Seidensticker: 'Man and the Lake, Proceedings of the 12th Mega Chad Conference, Maiduguri 2nd - 9th December 2003', Maiduguri: Centre for Trans-Saharan Studies, 2003.
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'De betrekkingen tussen Peul en Dogon in centraal-Mali'
 In: R.M.A. Bedaux; J.D. van der Waals: 'Dogon : mythe en werkelijkheid in Mali', Gent: Snoeck, 2003.
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'Pathways of fundamentalisation; the peculiar case of Mormonism'
 In: G. ter Haar; J.J. Busuttil: 'The Freedom to do God's Will. Religious fundamentalism and social change', London: Routledge, 2002.
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'Chiliasme als identiteit. De heiligen en hun allerlaatste dagen'
 In: L.G. Jansma; D. Hark: 'Maar nog is het einde niet: Chiliastische stromingen en bewegingen bij het aanbreken van een millennium', Amsterdam: Amsterdam University Press, 2000.
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'African experiences of relief and development'
 'UNRWA, a history within a history: humanitarian aid and development', Amman,: CERMOC, 1999.

'Challenges, the next generation'
 In: S. Buurke: 'Challenge 1997', Groningen: Gemeentepers, 1999.

'Building dams in Dogon'
 In: L.B. Venema; J.P.M. van den Breemer: 'Towards negotiated co-management of natural resources', Hamburg: LIT Verslag, 1999.

'Een ochtend in Dogon'
 In: N. Zuidgeest: 'Te gast in Mali', Nijmegen: VOF, 1998.

'Henk van Dijk en de antropologie; een persoonlijke herinnering'
 In: P. Koningsbruggen: 'Alle Tijd om te Vertellen', 1997.

'The paradoxical world of sport'
 In: A. Dorgelo; W. E. A.van Beek: 'The fascinating world of draughts : 50 years World Draughts Federation (FMJD)', Maastricht: Shaker Publishing, 1997.
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'Antagonisme et solidarité : les relations entre Peuls et Dogons du Mali central'
 In: M.E. de Bruijn; J.W.M. van Dijk: 'Peuls et Mandingues: Dialectique des constructions identitaires', Paris, Leiden: Karthala, Afrika-studiecentrum, 1997.
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'A granary in the earth: dynamics of mortuary rituals among the Kapsiki/Higi'
 In: D. Barreteau; C. Baroin; Ch. Graffenried: 'Mort et Rites Funéraires dans le Bassin du Lac Tchad', Paris: OSTROM, 1996.
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'Van Baal, de etnografie en het mysterie'
 In: A. Droogers: 'Boodschap uit het Mysterie. Reacties op de visie van J. van Baal', Baarn: Ten Have, 1996.
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'Local management of moving resources: the case of the Dogon village herd'
 In: J.P.M. van den Breemer; C.A. Drijver; L.B. Venema: 'Local Resource Management in Africa', Chichester: Wiley & Sons, 1995.
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'Culture and development: problems and recommendations'
 In: A. de Ruijter; L. van Vucht Tijssen: 'Cultural dynamics in development processes', UNESCO/Nuffic, 1995.
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'Raad in orale tradities'
 'Raad in Religies; raadvragen en -geven in enkele religieuze tradities, speciaal in multi-religieus Nederland', Zoetermeer: Boekencentrum, 1995.
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'Introduction'
 In: W. E. A.van Beek; T. Blakely; D.L. Thomson: 'Religion in Africa: Experience and expression', London: James Currey, 1994.
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'The innocent sorcerer; coping with evil in two African societies, Kapsiki and Dogon'
 In: W. E. A.van Beek; T. Blakely; D.L. Thomson: 'African religion: Experience and expression', London: James Currey, 1994.
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'Processes and limitations of Dogon agricultural knowledge'
 In: M. Hobart: 'An anthropological critique of development. The grotwh of ignorance', London: Routlegde, 1993.
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'Becoming human in Dogon, Mali'
 In: G. Aijmer: 'Coming into existence: Birth and metaphors of birth', Goteborg: IASSA, 1992.
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'Slave raiders and their 'people without history''
 In: G.J. Abbink; H. Vermeulen: 'History and culture. Essays on the work of Eric R. Wolf', Amsterdam: Spinhuis, 1992.
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'Enter the bush: A Dogon mask festival'
 In: S. Benjamin: 'Africa explores: 20th Century African Art', Munich: Prestel-Verlag, 1991.
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'Iron, brass and burial, the Kapsiki blacksmith and his many crafts'
 In: Y. Moñino: 'Forge et forgeronsForge et forgerons', Paris: Editions de l'ORSTOM, 1991.
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'Individu en gemeenschap. Trends in de ontwikkeling van het Kapsikihuis'
 In: P.J.M. Nas; W. Prins: 'Huis, cultuur en ontwikkeling', Leiden: DSWO Press, 1991.
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'Harmony vs. autonomy: models of agricutural fertility among the Dogon and the Kapsiki'
 In: A. Jakobson-Widding; W. E. A.van Beek: 'The creative communion: African folk models of fertility and the regeneration of life', Uppsala: Uppsala University Press, 1991.
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'Chaos, order and communion in African models of fertility'
 In: A. Jakobson-Widding; W. E. A.van Beek: 'The creative communion: African folk models of fertility and the regeneration of life', Uppsala: Uppsala University Press, 1991.

'The culture in-between: Anthropologist and missionary as partners'
 In: R. Bonsen; H. Marks; J. Miedema: 'The ambiguity of rapprochement: reflections of anthropologists on their controversial relationship with missionaries', Focaal: Nijmegen, 1990.
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'Purity and statecraft: the Fulani jihad and its empire'
 In: W. E. A.van Beek: 'The Quest for Purity', Berlin: Mouton, 1988.
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'Kindersterfte en huwelijksmobiliteit, de Kapsiki van Noord-Kameroen'
 In: W. Hoogbergen: 'Vruchtbaar Onderzoek, Essays ter ere van Douwe Jongmans', ICAU publicatie, 1986.
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'The ideology of building, the interpretation of compound patterns among the Kapsiki of North Cameroon'
 In: J.D. van der Waals: 'Op zoek naar mens en materiele cultuur', Groningen: 1986.
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'Cultural anthropology and the many functions of religion'
 In: F. Whaling: 'Contemporary approaches to the study of religion in 2 volumes', Berlin: Mouton Publishers, 1985.
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'Les savoirs kapsiki'
 'La quete du savoir, Essais pour une anthropologie de l'education au Cameroun', Laval 1982: Presses universitaires, 1982.
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''Eating like a blacksmith', symbols in Kapsiki ethno-zoology'
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