New acquisitions - week 34 2016

Week 34 2016

Articles

Africa
The green, the grey and the blue : a typology of cross-border trade in Africa / Gregor Dobler. - (Abstract available)
In: The Journal of Modern African Studies : (2016), vol. 54, no. 1, p. 145-169 : tab
ASC Subject Headings: Africa ; boundaries ; infrastructure ; international trade
http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0022278X15000993 (Restricted access)

Democratic Republic of Congo
Misguided and misdiagnosed : the failure of decentralization reforms in the DR Congo / Pierre Englebert and Emmanuel Kasongo Mungongo. - (Abstract available)
In: African Studies Review : (2016), vol. 59, no. 1, p. 5-32 : tab
ASC Subject Headings: corruption ; decentralization ; Democratic Republic of Congo ; taxation
http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/asr.2016.5 (Restricted access)

Ghana
Formal party organisation and informal relations in African parties : evidence from Ghana / Anja Osei. - (Abstract available)
In: The Journal of Modern African Studies : (2016), vol. 54, no. 1, p. 37-66 : fig., tab
ASC Subject Headings: Ghana ; National Democratic Congress ; New Patriotic Party ; political parties ; politicians ; social networks
http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0022278X15000981 (Restricted access)

Ghana
'Our daily bread comes from rocks' : the livelihood struggles of children at a quarry in Pokuase, Ghana / Prince Ofei Darko. - (Abstract available)
In: Contemporary Journal of African Studies : (2014), vol. 2, no. 1, p. 97-120 : tab
ASC Subject Headings: child labour ; Ghana

Ghana
Complement clause formation in Leteh / Mercy Akrofi Ansah. - (Abstract available)
In: Contemporary Journal of African Studies : (2014), vol. 2, no. 1, p. 59-75 : tab
ASC Subject Headings: Ghana ; Gonja language ; grammar ; linguistics

Ghana
The Ghana National Association of Teachers under the Provisional National Defence Council, 1982-1991 : caught in a warp of cooperation and unresolved grievances? / Samuel Amoako. - (Abstract available)
In: Contemporary Journal of African Studies : (2014), vol. 2, no. 1, p. 1-25
ASC Subject Headings: 1980-1989 ; 1990-1999 ; Ghana ; government ; teachers ; trade unions

Great Lakes region
Encouraging rebel demobilization by radio in Uganda and the D.R. Congo : the case of "come home" messaging / Scott Ross. - (Abstract available)
In: African Studies Review : (2016), vol. 59, no. 1, p. 33-55
ASC Subject Headings: demobilization ; Democratic Republic of Congo ; Great Lakes region ; Lord's Resistance Army ; militias ; peacebuilding ; radio ; Uganda
http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/asr.2016.8 (Restricted access)

Kenya
Boundary-making and pastoral conflict along the Kenyan-Ethiopian borderlands / John Galaty . - (Abstract available)
In: African Studies Review : (2016), vol. 59, no. 1, p. 97-122 : krt
ASC Subject Headings: boundary conflicts ; Ethiopia ; ethnic groups ; Kenya ; pastoralists
http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/asr.2016.1 (Restricted access)

Kenya
Decentralisation in Kenya : the governance of governors / Nic Cheeseman, Gabrielle Lynch, and Justin Willis. - (Abstract available)
In: The Journal of Modern African Studies : (2016), vol. 54, no. 1, p. 1-35 : tab
ASC Subject Headings: central-local government relations ; decentralization ; elite ; Kenya ; local government
http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0022278X1500097X (Restricted access)

Mali
Joking through hardship : humor and truth-telling among displaced Timbuktians / Andrew Hernann. - (Abstract available)
In: African Studies Review : (2016), vol. 59, no. 1, p. 57-76
ASC Subject Headings: humour ; joking relationships ; Mali ; rebellions ; refugees
http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/asr.2016.4 (Restricted access)

Nigeria
Transnationalism, home and identity in Chimamanda Ngozi Adichies 'The Thing Around Your Neck' / Eunice Ngongkum. - (Abstract available)
In: Contemporary Journal of African Studies : (2014), vol. 2, no. 1, p. 77-95
ASC Subject Headings: family ; identity ; Nigeria ; postcolonialism ; United States ; women migrants

South Africa
The transformation of the South African Public Service : exploring the impact of racial and gender representation on organisational effectiveness / Sergio Fernandez and Hongseok Lee. - (Abstract available)
In: The Journal of Modern African Studies : (2016), vol. 54, no. 1, p. 91-116 : tab
ASC Subject Headings: demography ; gender relations ; governance ; public sector ; race relations ; South Africa
http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0022278X15000816 (Restricted access)

South Sudan
Crisis of governance in South Sudan : electoral politics and violence in the world's newest nation / Johan Brosché and Kristine Höglund. - (Abstract available)
In: The Journal of Modern African Studies : (2016), vol. 54, no. 1, p. 67-90
ASC Subject Headings: democratization ; political violence ; politicians ; South Sudan
http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0022278X15000828 (Restricted access)

Tanzania
Development and progress as historical phenomena in Tanzania : "Maendeleo? We had that in the past" / Robert M. Ahearne. - (Abstract available)
In: African Studies Review : (2016), vol. 59, no. 1, p. 77-96
ASC Subject Headings: biography ; development cooperation ; groundnuts ; Tanzania ; ujamaa
http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/asr.2016.9 (Restricted access)

Uganda
ASR Forum on women and gender in Africa: part 2 / Kathleen Sheldon and Judith Van Allen, guest eds. -
In: African Studies Review : (2016), vol. 59, no. 1, p. 123-214 : ill
ASC Subject Headings: cartoons ; gender relations ; Ghana ; marriage ; married women ; romantic relationships ; Senegal ; South Africa ; Uganda ; women's organizations
http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/asr.2016.25 (Restricted access)

Electronic documents

Great Lakes region
Dreaming of peace and cohesion in the great lakes region = Mon rêve pour la paix et la cohésion dans la région des Grands Lacs / ed. by Patrick Hajayandi. - Cape Town : Institute for Justice and Reconciliation, 201
ASC Subject Headings: Burundi ; Great Lakes region ; peacebuilding ; Rwanda
http://www.ijr.org.za/publications/pdfs/IJR%20Great%20Lakes%20Dreaming%2...

Nigeria
Assessing low-carbon development in Nigeria : an analysis of four sectors / Raffaello Cervigni, John Allen Rogers, and Irina Dvorak, editors. - Washington, DC : World Bank, 2013
ASC Subject Headings: air pollution ; energy resources ; environmental policy ; Nigeria ; sustainable development
http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/333931468332952975/pdf/782810R...

South Africa
The Doorns through the eyes of budding historians at Van Cutsem Combined School : a photographic narrative a contribution to local history and social cohesion / Institute for Justice and Reconciliation (IJR). - Cape Town : Institute for Justice and Reconciliation, 201
ASC Subject Headings: historiography ; local history ; oral history ; peacebuilding ; pictorial works (form) ; South Africa ; students
http://www.ijr.org.za/publications/pdfs/De%20Doorns.pdf

South Africa
Villiersdorp my storie voordat die onder die sand verdwijn : 'n bijdrae tot plaaslike geskiedenis / Institute for Justice and Reconciliation (IJR). - Cape Town : Institute for Justice and Reconciliation, 201
ASC Subject Headings: local history ; oral history ; personal narratives (form) ; South Africa
http://www.ijr.org.za/publications/pdfs/Villiersdorp.pdf

Books

Africa
Le jaune et le noir : enquête historique / Tidiane N'Diaye. - [Paris] : Gallimard, 2013
ASC Subject Headings: Africa ; China ; development cooperation ; international economic relations ; international trade ; neocolonialism

Africa
Transforming the academia : exploring African universities in a comparative context / Ishmael I. Munene. - Hauppauge, N.Y : Nova Science, 2009
ASC Subject Headings: Africa ; educational financing ; educational reform ; higher education ; Kenya ; professional workers ; South Africa ; United States ; universities

Cameroon
Réflexions 'canoniques' sur les droits de l'homme au Cameroun et en Afrique / Séverin Djiazet Mbou Mbogning ; préf. de Jean Marie Signié et Silvia Recchi ; postf. du Eugène Désiré Eloundou. - Paris : L'Harmattan, 2015
ASC Subject Headings: adoption ; Cameroon ; Christianity ; criminal procedure ; human rights

Congo (Brazzaville)
Organisation du trafic maritime en Afrique : usages du bordereau de suivi de la cargaison / Richard Ballet. - Paris : L'Harmattan, 2015
ASC Subject Headings: border control ; Congo (Brazzaville) ; goods transport ; international economic relations ; maritime transport

Côte d'Ivoire
Abouré èhè et les Nzima Kotoko de Grand-Bassam : un creuset multiethnique pour le développement / Ernest Aka Simon ; préf. de René Kouamé Allou. - Paris : L'Harmattan, 2015
ASC Subject Headings: Abure ; Côte d'Ivoire ; ethnic relations ; local history ; Nzima

Côte d'Ivoire
La question alimentaire en Côte d'Ivoire à l'époque coloniale, 1904-1959 / Gouédan Richard Meignan. - Paris : L'Harmattan, 2015
ASC Subject Headings: Côte d'Ivoire ; economic conditions ; food policy ; food supply ; nutrition

Democratic Republic of Congo
450 questions sur la RD Congo / Erick Mbienga Nkansa ; préface d'Atoki Ileka. - Paris : L'Harmattan, 2015
ASC Subject Headings: culture ; Democratic Republic of Congo ; geography ; history ; politics ; sports

Gabon
La professionnalisation par l'expérience des enseignants sans formation initiale au Gabon / Guy Moussavou ; préf. de Thierry Ardouin. - Paris : L'Harmattan, 2015
ASC Subject Headings: apprenticeships ; Gabon ; teacher education ; teachers ; vocational education

Morocco
Tribulations matrimoniales / Mohamed Diouri. - Paris : L'Harmattan, 2015
ASC Subject Headings: marriage ; marriage rites ; Morocco ; personal narratives (form)

Rwanda
Le micro-crédit à l'épreuve des inégalités de genre : la persistance de la pauvreté au Rwanda post-génocide / Emeline Uwizeyimana ; préf. de Firouzeh Nahavandi. - Paris : L'Harmattan, 2016
ASC Subject Headings: economic conditions ; gender inequality ; government policy ; microfinance ; poverty ; Rwanda ; women

Senegal
La seconde alternance sénégalaise à l'épreuve de l'impunité : équations Karim Wade et Hissein Habré, CREI et CAE / Malick Ndiaye. - Paris : L'Harmattan, 2015
ASC Subject Headings: African courts ; corruption ; criminal law ; impunity ; International Criminal Court ; Senegal

Somalia
Somalia Post-Gu 2014 Food Security and Nutrition Outlook / Food Security and Nutrition Analysis Unit Somalia. - Nairobi : FAO, 2014
ASC Subject Headings: climate ; food security ; market ; nutrition ; Somalia ; statistics

South Africa
#RhodesMustFall : nibbling at resilient colonialism in South Africa / Francis B. Nyamnjoh. - Bamenda : Langaa Research & Publishing COG, 2016
ASC Subject Headings: Blacks ; race relations ; South Africa ; universities

South Africa
The fires beneath : the life of Monica Wilson, South African anthropologist / Seán Morrow. - Cape Town : Penguin Books, 2016
ASC Subject Headings: anthropological research ; biographies (form) ; scientists ; South Africa

South Africa
Kgalema Motlanthe : a political biography / Ebrahim Harvey. - Auckland Park : Jacana, 2012
ASC Subject Headings: African National Congress (South Africa) ; biographies (form) ; heads of State ; politicians ; South Africa

Journals

Africa
Recht in Afrika = Law in Africa = Droit en Afrique : Zeitschrift der Gesellschaft für afrikanisches Recht. - Baden-Baden : Nomos
ASC Subject Headings: (6) ; 34 ; Africa ; law

Films

Democratic Republic of Congo
Stranded in Canton / director Måns Månsson. - (Abstract available) - Moscow : Antipode, 2014
ASC Subject Headings: China ; culture contact ; Democratic Republic of Congo ; entrepreneurs ; feature films (form) ; international trade ; interpersonal relations ; migration
#trailer# =A https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jHw9vj0yOjY

Ghana
The art of Ama Ata Aidoo / a film by Yaba Badoe. - (Abstract available) - [Accra] : Fadoa Films, 2014
ASC Subject Headings: documentary films (form) ; feminism ; Ghana ; videos (form) ; writers
#trailer# =A https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YZatfSKTKJY

Senegal
Sembène! : the inspiring story of the father of African cinema / a film by Samba Gadjigo and Jason Silberman. - (Abstract available) - New York, NY : Kino Lorber, 2015
ASC Subject Headings: cinema ; documentary films (form) ; film history ; filmmakers ; Senegal ; videos (form)
#trailer# =A https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wSpIvrfUMac

South Africa
Rooiland / 'n film deur Jaco Bouwer ; writer Tertius Kapp ; [starr.: Charlton George ... et al.]. - - [S.l.] : Three Dead Pixels, 2013
ASC Subject Headings: drama (form) ; feature films (form) ; organized crime ; prisoners ; prisons ; South Africa ; videos (form)
#trailer# =A http://www.imdb.com/video/wab/vi3882526233/

Zimbabwe
Blanke boeren zonder erf / regie Maarten Blokzijl. - - Hilversum : NTR/VPRO, 2016
ASC Subject Headings: expropriation ; farmers ; history ; migrants ; Netherlands ; return migration ; Whites ; Zimbabwe
#trailer# =A https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7kGZgyvXYV4

African Literature

Africa
Living in the Delta : new and collected poems / by Landeg White. - Cardigan : Parthian, 2015
ASC Subject Headings: academics ; Africa ; Great Britain ; poetry (form)

Congo (Brazzaville)
Quand tombent les lumières du crépuscule... : journal d'un itinérant : roman / Jussy Kiyindou. - Paris : Présence africaine, 2016
ASC Subject Headings: civil wars ; Congo (Brazzaville) ; exile ; family ; novels (form)

Mauritania
Le tambour des larmes : roman / Beyrouk. - Tunis : Elyzad, 2015
ASC Subject Headings: Mauritania ; novels (form)