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As of July 2019 the ASCL acquisition list is published monthly. The list includes (free) electronic documents, journal articles, books, films and radio programmes recently added to the collection of the ASCL Library and a link to the ASCL journal articles alert.
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New acquisitions - week 52-53 2014
Week 52-53 2014 - Beta version
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Articles
Africa
HIV/Aids and women : African and South African perspectives / M. I. Kasiram ... [et al.]. (Abstract available)
In: Indilinga : (2013), vol. 12, no. 1, p. 62-79 : tab
ASC Subject Headings: Africa ; AIDS ; South Africa ; women
http://hdl.handle.net/10520/EJC141616 (Restricted access)
Botswana
Development policy and ethnic exclusion : the case of the Zezuru informal economy in Botswana / Tshepo T. Gwatiwa.
In: African Study Monographs : (2014), vol. 35, no. 2, p. 65-84 : graf
ASC Subject Headings: Botswana ; economic policy ; informal sector ; Zezuru
Ethiopia
Islamism and its threats to Africa's rich heritage of pluralism : Ethiopia and Wollo as cases from the Horn of Africa / Alem Hailu.
In: Horn of Africa : (2013), vol. 31, p. 1-31
ASC Subject Headings: Ethiopia ; Islam ; Islamic movements
Gabon
Integrating cultural and conservation contexts of hunting : the case of the plateau Bateke savanna's of Gabon / Gretchen Walters, Stevens Touladjan, Loic Makouka.
In: African Study Monographs : (2014), vol. 35, no. 2, p. 99-128 : krt., ill
ASC Subject Headings: fires ; Gabon ; hunting ; rituals ; Teke
Kenya
Philosophy of education and the Africanization of secondary school curriculum in Kenya / Joe M. Mwinzi and Leonie G. Higgs.(Abstract available)
In: Indilinga : (2013), vol. 12, no. 1, p. 126-141
ASC Subject Headings: Africanization ; Curriculum ; Kenya ; secondary education
http://hdl.handle.net/10520/EJC141612 (Restricted access)
Nigeria
Attitude, perceptions and motivation towards knowledge sharing : views from universities in Kwara State, Nigeria / O.W. Bello and Rafiat A. Oyekunle.
In: African Journal of Library, Archives and Information Science : (2014), vol. 24, no. 2, p. 123-134 : fig., tab
ASC Subject Headings: academics ; higher education ; Nigeria ; work attitudes
Nigeria
Professional development of principals : a path to effective secondary school administration in Nigeria / Emmanuel C. Ibara.(Abstract available)
In: Africa Education Review : (2014), vol. 11, no. 4, p. 674-689
ASC Subject Headings: educational management ; Nigeria ; secondary education ; South Africa
http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/18146627.2014.935011 (Restricted access)
Northeast Africa
Delegitimizing Horn of Africa : from glory to misery, and hope? / Kidane Alemayehu.
In: Horn of Africa : (2013), vol. 31, p. 32-56 : krt
ASC Subject Headings: Northeast Africa ; political history
Somalia
Every Somali is majeerteen / Mohamud Siad Togane.
In: Horn of Africa : (2013), vol. 31, p. 57-65
ASC Subject Headings: clans ; poetry (form) ; Somali ; Somalia
Somalia
The limits to the UN-controlled-constitution-making process in Somalia / Afyare A. Elmi.
In: Horn of Africa : (2013), vol. 31, p. 66-85
ASC Subject Headings: constitutional reform ; constitutions ; Somalia
South Africa
Creating spaces for eZiko Sipheka Sisophula theoretical framework for teaching and researching in higher education : a philosophical exposition / N. Goduka ... [et al.].(Abstract available)
In: Indilinga : (2013), vol. 12, no. 1, p. 1-12 : graf
ASC Subject Headings: higher education ; indigenous knowledge ; research ; South Africa
http://hdl.handle.net/10520/EJC141621 (Restricted access)
South Africa
Culture as anchor or culture as impediment? : the plight of child care workers (CCWs) in dealing with HIV related deaths in a children's home / Nonjabulo C. Memela and Vukani L. Makhaba.(Abstract available)
In: Indilinga : (2013), vol. 12, no. 1, p. 80-95
ASC Subject Headings: AIDS ; child care ; children ; death rites ; orphans ; South Africa ; women workers
http://hdl.handle.net/10520/EJC141615 (Restricted access)
South Africa
Indigenous knowledge systems, drought and people's resilience and responses : the case of Msinga community in KwaZulu-Natal / Joseph Rudigi Rukema and Hamilton Sipho Simelane.(Abstract available)
In: Indilinga : (2013), vol. 12, no. 1, p. 108-125
ASC Subject Headings: droughts ; indigenous knowledge ; South Africa
http://hdl.handle.net/10520/EJC141613 (Restricted access)
South Africa
Orality : opportunities and challenges, a case study for research in Thembuland, Eastern Cape, South Africa / Jongikhaya Mvenene.(Abstract available)
In: Indilinga : (2013), vol. 12, no. 1, p. 26-36
ASC Subject Headings: historical sources ; oral history ; oral traditions ; South Africa ; Tembu
http://hdl.handle.net/10520/EJC141619 (Restricted access)
South Africa
Preservation of knowledge in traditional medical practices through information communication technology : a case study in South Africa / Alfred Coleman.(Abstract available)
In: Indilinga : (2013), vol. 12, no. 1, p. 52-61 : graf., tab
ASC Subject Headings: folk medicine ; healers ; indigenous knowledge ; information management ; South Africa
http://hdl.handle.net/10520/EJC141617 (Restricted access)
South Africa
Surveying technologies for integrating indigenous knowledge systems in mathematics teaching in South Africa : potentials and challenges / Iman C. Chahine, Wanjira Kinuthia and Kori Maxwell.(Abstract available)
In: Indilinga : (2013), vol. 12, no. 1, p. 37-51 : graf., tab
ASC Subject Headings: indigenous knowledge ; mathematics education ; South Africa
http://hdl.handle.net/10520/EJC141618 (Restricted access)
South Africa
The effect of a 10-week Zulu stick fighting intervention programme on body composition of prepubescent Zulu males / S. A. Nxumalo and S. J. Semple.(Abstract available)
In: Indilinga : (2013), vol. 12, no. 1, p. 96-107 : tab
ASC Subject Headings: body ; combat sports ; South Africa ; traditional weapons ; Zulu
http://hdl.handle.net/10520/EJC141614 (Restricted access)
South Africa
Theconsumption of indigenous fruits and vegetables and health risk in rural subjects of Limpopo province, South Africa / Xikombiso G. Mbhenyane ... [et al.].(Abstract available)
In: Indilinga : (2013), vol. 12, no. 1, p. 160-168 : tab
ASC Subject Headings: fruits ; health ; risk ; South Africa ; vegetables
http://hdl.handle.net/10520/EJC141610 (Restricted access)
South Africa
The gods will get you : a plea, exploration and assessment of possibilities for the rescuing of Phiphidi Wwaterfalls and other sacred cultural sites / Matome M. Ratiba.(Abstract available)
In: Indilinga : (2013), vol. 12, no. 1, p. 142-159
ASC Subject Headings: conservation of cultural heritage ; cultural heritage ; legislation ; South Africa
http://hdl.handle.net/10520/EJC141611 (Restricted access)
Uganda
Empaako "praise names" : an historical sociolinguistic, and pragmatic analysis / Bebwa Isingoma.
In: African Study Monographs : (2014), vol. 35, no. 2, p. 85-98 : tab
ASC Subject Headings: Nyoro language ; personal names ; Uganda
world
Rowing upstream : contextualising indigenous research processes and methodologies through the utilization of ethical principles / Luyanda Dube, Sipho Ndwandwe and Patrick Ngulube.(Abstract available)
In: Indilinga : (2013), vol. 12, no. 1, p. 13-25
ASC Subject Headings: ethics ; indigenous knowledge ; indigenous peoples ; research ; research methods ; world
http://hdl.handle.net/10520/EJC141620 (Restricted access)
Zambia
Tourism as a means for development in Livingstone, Zambia : impacts among local stakeholders / Sam McLachlan and Tony Binns.
In: The Australasian Review of African Studies : (2014), vol. 35, no. 2, p. 5-24 : krt., tab
ASC Subject Headings: labour ; tourism ; Zambia
Zimbabwe
The survival of capitalist agriculture during the Great Depression : the role of the Farmer's Debt Adjustment Board / by W. Döpcke.
In: Heritage of Zimbabwe : (2013), no. 32, p. 45-62
ASC Subject Headings: 1930-1939 ; agricultural credit ; debt ; economic recession ; farmers ; Zimbabwe
Electronic documents
Kenya
Combating desertification in Kenya : emerging lessons from empowering local communities / United Nations Development Programme. - Nairobi : United Nations Development Programme, 2013
ASC Subject Headings: desertification ; development projects ; Kenya
http://www.ke.undp.org/content/dam/kenya/docs/energy_and_environment/Combating%20Desrtification%20in%20Kenya%20v6%20-4Sep2013.pdf
Lesotho
Election observation mission report for the 2012 Lesotho national assembly elections = Forum parlementaire de la SADC mission d'observation électorale aux élections législative de 2012 au Lesotho = Relatório da missãop de observação eleitoral do fórum parlementar da SADC às eleições legislativas de 2012 no Lesoto / SADC Parliamentary Forum. - Windhoek : SADC Parliamentary Forum, 2013
ASC Subject Headings: 2012 ; election monitoring ; elections ; Lesotho
http://www.sadcpf.org/dg/index.php?option=com_docman&task=docdownload&gi...
Nigeria
"Those terrible weeks in their camp" : Boko Haram violence against women and girls in Northeast Nigeria / [researched and written by Mausi Segun and Samer Muscati]. - [New York, NY] : Human Rights Watch, 2014
ASC Subject Headings: Islamic movements ; Nigeria ; sexual offences ; terrorism ; violence
http://features.hrw.org/features/HRW_2014_report/Those_Terrible_Weeks_in...
Senegal
Profil du secteur du logement au Sénégal / [principal author: Oumar Cissé]. - Nairobi : ONU-HABITAT, 2012
ASC Subject Headings: housing policy ; Senegal ; urban housing
http://mirror.unhabitat.org/pmss/getElectronicVersion.aspx?nr=3433&alt=1
Subsaharan Africa
Rewards for high public offices and the quality of governance in Sub-Saharan Africa / Theodore R. Valentine. - Dar es Salaam : REPOA, 2013
ASC Subject Headings: civic service ; Subsaharan Africa ; wage policy
http://www.repoa.or.tz/documents/REPOA_SP_13-2.pdf
Swaziland
A situation and needs assessment of child headed households in drought prone areas of Swaziland : key findings / [study investigators, Kumiko Imai ... [et al.]]. - [Mbabane] : United Nations Children's Fund [etc.], 2009
ASC Subject Headings: droughts ; orphans ; social conditions ; Swaziland
https://www.k4health.org/sites/default/files/ChildHeadedHouseholds.pdf
Swaziland
Prevalence of corporal punishment and other forms of humiliating punishment on children in Swaziland / Save the Children Swaziland. - Mbabane : Save the Children Swaziland, 2008
ASC Subject Headings: attitudes ; child abuse ; corporal punishment ; Swaziland
https://www.k4health.org/sites/default/files/CorporalPunishment.pdf
Tanzania
Engagement with Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa : an alternative development cooperation initiative? / prepared by Darlene K. Mutalemwa and Deo P. Mutalemwa. - Dar Es Salaam : Policy Forum, 2014
ASC Subject Headings: development cooperation ; international relations ; South-South relations ; Tanzania
http://www.policyforum-tz.org/sites/default/files/BRICSpaperforPolicyFor...
Tanzania
The invisibility of wage employment in statistics on the informal economy in Africa : causes and consequences / by Matteo Rizzo and Marc Wuyts. - Dar es Salaam : REPOA, 2014
ASC Subject Headings: employment ; informal sector ; labour market ; statistics ; Tanzania
http://www.repoa.or.tz/documents/REPOA_WORKING_PAPER_14.1.pdf
Tanzania
Press freedom violations in Mtwara : probe report / presented by a special team appointed by the Media Council of Tanzania (MCT). - [Dar es Salaam] : Media Council of Tanzania, 2013
ASC Subject Headings: freedom of the press ; journalists ; Tanzania
http://www.asclibrary.nl/docs/383986613.pdf
Tanzania
Success stories : A highlight of achievements made by Civil Society Organisations supported by the Foundation for Civil Society (FCS) in 2011/2012 / [editorial Vincent Nalwendela and Mwanaidi Msangi]. - Dar es Salaam, Tanzania : Foundation for Civil Society (FCS), 2013
ASC Subject Headings: civil society ; development projects ; NGO ; Tanzania
http://www.thefoundation.or.tz/index.php/en/reports-publications/otherre...
Tanzania
The ineffectiveness of the Tanzanian accountability framework / Sikika. - Dar es Salaam : Sikika, 2011
ASC Subject Headings: accounting ; audit offices ; public expenditure ; public health ; Tanzania
http://sikika.or.tz/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/the-ineffectiveness-of-tanzania-accountability.pdf
Tanzania
Tanzania tourism value chain study : final report / Strategic Business Advisors. - Nairobi : Strategic Business Advisors, 2009
ASC Subject Headings: Tanzania ; tourism
http://www.best-dialogue.org/wp-content/uploads/TCT_BFR_Tanzania_Tourism_Value_chain_study_2011_06.pdf?eda283
Zimbabwe
Government secrecy in an information age : 2013 report on the most open and secretive government institutions in Southern Africa / editor Karen Mohan. - Windhoek : Media Institute of Southern Africa, 2013
ASC Subject Headings: Botswana ; e-government ; freedom of information ; government departments ; Malawi ; Namibia ; Swaziland ; Tanzania ; Zimbabwe
http://www.fesmedia-africa.org/fileadmin/user_upload/pdf/Padlock_award_reports/Padlock_award_2013.pdf
Zimbabwe
Baseline survey on capacity of parliamentarians for legislative analysis in Zimbabwe / A.M. Zvoma and Dumisani Mashingaidze. - Harare : Parliament of Zimbabwe, 2011
ASC Subject Headings: capacity building ; legislation ; parliamentarians ; surveys ; Zimbabwe
http://www.parlzim.gov.zw/attachments/article/11/Ligislative_analysis.pdf
Books
South Africa
The burden of the present : liberal-radical controversy over Southern African history / [by] Harrison M. Wright. - Cape Town [etc.] : David Philip [etc.], 1977
ASC Subject Headings: historiography ; South Africa
Southern Africa
Fountain history of Southern Africa 1000 to independence / Muhammad Njogeza, Nathan K. Twinomujuni. - Kampala : Fountain Publishers, 2010
ASC Subject Headings: history ; Southern Africa ; textbooks (form)
Films
Cameroon
Maiagal "la prìère" / un film de Hyacynthe Ndongo. - Yaoundé : LN International, 2009
ASC Subject Headings: acculturation ; Cameroon ; eating customs ; feature films (form) ; humour ; videos (form)
Rwanda
Lyiza / M. Clémentine Dusabejambo. - [S.l.] : Almond Tree Films, 2011
ASC Subject Headings: conflict resolution ; feature films (form) ; genocide ; Rwanda ; schoolgirls ; videos (form)
South Africa
Adera / dir. by Nega Tariku ; starr.: Alemayehu Kifle. - Johannesburg : Amariam Pictures, 2010
ASC Subject Headings: Ethiopians ; feature films (form) ; immigrants ; refugees ; South Africa
#Trailer# =A http://aderathemovie.com/trailer.html