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New acquisitions - week 30 2014

Laff LafrikainWeek 30 2014 - Beta version

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Journal articles

'Children will always be children' : exploring perceptions and experiences of HIV-positive children who may not take their treatment and why they may not tell / Rachel Kawuma
In: African Journal of AIDS Research: (2014), vol. 13, no. 2, p. 189-195.
ASC Subject Headings: AIDS ; children ; health care ; medicinal drugs ; Uganda
http://dx.doi.org/10.2989/16085906.2014.927778

'Lame ducks' in the time of HIV/AIDS? : exploring female victimhood in selected HIV/AIDS narratives by Zimbabwean female writers / Cuthbeth Tagwirei
In: Critical Arts: (2014), vol. 28, no. 2, p. 216-228.
ASC Subject Headings: AIDS ; prose ; women writers ; Zimbabwe
http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/02560046.2014.906341

'Mum never loved me' : how structural factors influence adolescent sexual and reproductive health through parent-child connectedness : a qualitative study in rural Tanzania / Joyce Wamoyi & Daniel Wight
In: African Journal of AIDS Research: (2014), vol. 13, no. 2, p. 169-178 : tab.
ASC Subject Headings: children ; interpersonal relations ; parents ; rural youth ; sexuality ; Tanzania
http://dx.doi.org/10.2989/16085906.2014.945387

"Neither fish nor fowl" : an analysis of status ambiguity of the Houses of Chiefs in Ghana / Alhassan Sulemana Anamzoya
In: The Journal of Legal Pluralism and Unofficial Law: (2014), vol. 46, no. 2, p. 218-234.
ASC Subject Headings: civil servants ; customary courts ; Ghana ; office workers ; traditional rulers
http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/07329113.2014.902652

A REDD solution to a green problem : using REDD plus to address deforestation in Ghana through benefit sharing and community self-empowerment / William Daniel Nartey
In: African Journal of International and Comparative Law: (2014), vol. 22, pt. 1, p. 80-102.
ASC Subject Headings: climate change ; deforestation ; environmental management ; Ghana ; international agreements

A socio-cultural understanding of death : a genre analysis of obituaries in a Kenyan newspaper / Jacquiline Ondimu
In: Language Matters: (2014), vol. 45, no. 1, p. 3-22 : graf. , tab.
ASC Subject Headings: death ; in memoriams (form) ; Kenya ; newspapers
http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/10228195.2013.805799

Alcohol consumption and high risk sexual behaviour among female sex workers in Uganda / Martin Mbonye
In: African Journal of AIDS Research: (2014), vol. 13, no. 2, p. 145-151.
ASC Subject Headings: alcoholic beverages ; drinking customs ; prostitution ; Uganda
http://dx.doi.org/10.2989/16085906.2014.927779

Appointment of constitutional adjudicators in Africa : some perspectives on how different systems yield similar outcomes / Charles Manga Fombad
In: The Journal of Legal Pluralism and Unofficial Law: (2014), vol. 46, no. 2, p. 249-275.
ASC Subject Headings: Africa ; constitutional courts ; labour recruitment ; legal practitioners
http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/07329113.2014.932961

Barriers and facilitators to the uptake of voluntary medical male circumcision (VMMC) among adolescent boys in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa / Gavin George
In: African Journal of AIDS Research: (2014), vol. 13, no. 2, p. 179-187.
ASC Subject Headings: boys ; circumcision ; health care ; South Africa
http://dx.doi.org/10.2989/16085906.2014.943253

Beyond the 'After Math' : exploring psychological decolonisation in a post-apartheid context of artistic praxis / Farieda Nazier
In: Critical Arts: (2014), vol. 28, no. 2, p. 199-215 : foto's.
ASC Subject Headings: apartheid ; exhibitions ; sculpture
http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/02560046.2014.906340

Choosing between the UN and OECD tax policy models : an African case study / Veronika Daurer & Richard Krever
In: African Journal of International and Comparative Law: (2014), vol. 22, pt. 1, p. 1-21 : graf.
ASC Subject Headings: Africa ; fiscal law ; fiscal policy ; international law ; OECD ; taxation ; UN

Experiences and conceptualizations of sexual debut from the narratives of South African men and women in the context of HIV/AIDS / Erin Stern & Diane Cooper
In: African Journal of AIDS Research: (2014), vol. 13, no. 2, p. 121-131.
ASC Subject Headings: AIDS ; sexuality ; South Africa ; youth
http://dx.doi.org/10.2989/16085906.2014.943252

Igbo language research : yesterday and today / Esther N. Oluikpe
In: Language Matters: (2014), vol. 45, no. 1, p. 110-126 : tab.
ASC Subject Headings: Igbo language ; language history ; Nigeria ; research
http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/10228195.2013.860185

Improving access to environmental justice under the African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights : the roles of NGOs in Nigeria / Eghosa O. Ekhator
In: African Journal of International and Comparative Law: (2014), vol. 22, pt. 1, p. 63-79.
ASC Subject Headings: African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights ; environmental management ; NGO ; Nigeria

International oil and gas environmental legal framework and the precautionary principle : the implications for the Niger Delta / Sylvester Oscar Nliam
In: African Journal of International and Comparative Law: (2014), vol. 22, pt. 1, p. 22-39 : graf.
ASC Subject Headings: environmental law ; environmental management ; international law ; natural gas ; Nigeria ; petroleum ; petroleum industry ; pollution

It begins with you? : an ubuntu-centred critique of a social marketing campaign on HIV and AIDS / Colin Chasi & Nadira Omarjee
In: Critical Arts: (2014), vol. 28, no. 2, p. 229-246.
ASC Subject Headings: Africa ; AIDS ; communication ; health education
http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/02560046.2014.906342

Jobs, food, taxis and journals : complexities of implementing Stepping Stones and Creating Futures in urban informal settlements in South Africa / Andrew Gibbs
In: African Journal of AIDS Research: (2014), vol. 13, no. 2, p. 161-167.
ASC Subject Headings: AIDS ; health education ; informal settlements ; South Africa ; violence ; youth
http://dx.doi.org/10.2989/16085906.2014.927777

Justice within the arrangement of the Special Court of Sierra Leone versus local perception of justice : a contradiction or harmonious? / Lydia A. Nkansah
In: African Journal of International and Comparative Law: (2014), vol. 22, pt. 1, p. 103-119.
ASC Subject Headings: international criminal courts ; international criminal law ; Sierra Leone ; special courts

Kinship in Practice: Spatial Distribution of Children's Kin Networks / Sangeetha Madhavan, Paul Mee & Mark Collinson
In: Journal of Southern African Studies: (2014), vol. 40, no. 2, p. 401-418 : ill.
ASC Subject Headings: children ; kinship ; South Africa ; space
http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/03057070.2014.906211

Love, lust and the emotional context of multiple and concurrent sexual partnerships among young Swazi adults / Allison Ruark
In: African Journal of AIDS Research: (2014), vol. 13, no. 2, p. 133-143 : graf. , tab.
ASC Subject Headings: interpersonal relations ; sexuality ; Swaziland ; youth
http://dx.doi.org/10.2989/16085906.2014.927781

May real men cry in court? : masculinity, equality and the South African Constitutional Court / Marius Pieterse
In: Journal of Southern African Studies: (2014), vol. 40, no. 2, p. 361-379.
ASC Subject Headings: constitutional courts ; judgments ; masculinity ; South Africa
http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/03057070.2014.901641

Non-judicial review in Ethiopia : constitutional paradigm, premise and precinct / K. I. Vibhute
In: African Journal of International and Comparative Law: (2014), vol. 22, pt. 1, p. 120-139.
ASC Subject Headings: constitutional law ; constitutions ; Ethiopia ; judicial review of legislation

Presidential immunity from criminal prosecution in the Ugandan Constitution : drifting history and emerging jurisprudence / Jamil Ddamulira Mujuzi
In: African Journal of International and Comparative Law: (2014), vol. 22, pt. 1, p. 140-154.
ASC Subject Headings: constitutional law ; criminal law ; heads of State ; Uganda

Privacy in context : the right to privacy, and freedom and independence of the media under the Constitution of Ghana / Dominic N. Dagbanja
In: African Journal of International and Comparative Law: (2014), vol. 22, pt. 1, p. 40-62.
ASC Subject Headings: civil and political rights ; constitutional law ; freedom of speech ; Ghana ; mass media

The end of AIDS : possibility or pipe dream? A tale of transitions / Alan Whiteside & Michael Strauss
In: African Journal of AIDS Research: (2014), vol. 13, no. 2, p. 101-108 : graf. , tab.
ASC Subject Headings: AIDS ; South Africa ; Southern Africa ; statistics
http://dx.doi.org/10.2989/16085906.2014.927780

The promise and limitations of cash transfer programs for HIV prevention / John Fieno & Suzanne Leclerc-Madlala
In: African Journal of AIDS Research: (2014), vol. 13, no. 2, p. 153-160 : graf. , tab.
ASC Subject Headings: AIDS ; family allowances ; health education ; South Africa ; Subsaharan Africa
http://dx.doi.org/10.2989/16085906.2014.943251

Ukuthwala in rural South Africa : abduction marriage as a site of negotiation about gender, rights and generational authority among the Xhosa / Kate Rice
In: Journal of Southern African Studies: (2014), vol. 40, no. 2, p. 381-399.
ASC Subject Headings: elopement ; marriage ; rural areas ; South Africa ; Xhosa
http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/03057070.2014.896720

Voice, alienation and the struggle to be heard : a case study of community radio programming in South Africa / Stanley Tsarwe
In: Critical Arts: (2014), vol. 28, no. 2, p. 287-310.
ASC Subject Headings: audiences ; community radio ; South Africa
http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/02560046.2014.906345

Electronic documents

Africa's quest for food security : what is the role of urban agriculture? / Godwin Arku. - Harare : The African Capacity Building Foundation, 2012. - (ACBF occasional paper ; no. 19, 2012)
ASC Subject Headings: Africa ; food security ; Ghana ; Malawi ; urban agriculture
http://opendocs.ids.ac.uk/opendocs/bitstream/handle/123456789/2975/op019...

Books and babies : pregnancy and young parents in schools / Deevia Bhana, Robert Morrell & Tamara Shefer. - Cape Town : Human Sciences Research Council, 2012
ASC Subject Headings: adolescents ; gender relations ; mothers ; pregnancy ; South Africa ; students
http://www.hsrcpress.ac.za/downloadpdf.php?pdffile=files%2FPDF%2F2288%2F...

Child labour survey report 2011. - Harare : ZimStat, 2012
ASC Subject Headings: 2011 ; child labour ; surveys ; Zimbabwe
http://www.zimstat.co.zw/dmdocuments/Childlabour.pdf

Contributing to a peace economy in Northern Uganda : a guide for investors. - Kampala : International Alert, 2009
ASC Subject Headings: economic policy ; foreign investments ; peacebuilding ; Uganda
http://pdf.usaid.gov/pdf_docs/PNADP079.pdf

Development drivers in Africa : role of innovation / Kobena Tsetse Hanson & Frannie Léautier. - Harare : African Capacity Building Foundation, 2011. - (ACBF occasional paper ; no. 14, 2011)
ASC Subject Headings: Africa ; economic development ; innovations
http://opendocs.ids.ac.uk/opendocs/bitstream/handle/123456789/2976/op014...

Diamonds and clubs : the militarized control of diamonds and power in Zimbabwe / Alan Martin & Bernard Taylor. - Ottawa, Ont : Partnership Africa Canada, 2010
ASC Subject Headings: diamonds ; illicit trade ; politics ; Zimbabwe
http://www.swradioafrica.com/Documents/Diamonds%20and%20Clubs.pdf

Exploring the role and transformative potential of human rights in development practice and food security : a case study from Malawi / Alessandra Sarelin. - Åbo, Finland : Åbo Akademi University Press, 2012
ASC Subject Headings: food security ; human rights ; Malawi
http://www.doria.fi/bitstream/handle/10024/84810/sarelin_alessandra.pdf?...

Governance data mapping : assessing the quality and availability of governance data. - [Lusaka] : Republic of Zambia, Governance Secretariat, 2008
ASC Subject Headings: statistics ; Zambia
http://www.asclibrary.nl/docs/371247411.pdf

Is bilateral aid responding to good governance in Africa? / Kwabena Gyimah-Brempong, Timothy M. Shaw & Valdas Samonis. - Harare : The African Capacity Building Foundation, 2012. - (ACBF occasional paper ; no. 18, 2012)
ASC Subject Headings: Africa ; Canada ; economic aid ; Ethiopia ; Ghana
http://opendocs.ids.ac.uk/opendocs/bitstream/handle/123456789/

Making markets work better for the poor : promoting a just market system and a simplified legal framework that create trading and investment opportunities for MSMEs / Saviour Chishimba. - Lusaka : Jesuit Centre for Theological Reflection, 2012
ASC Subject Headings: government policy ; legislation ; marketing ; private enterprises ; small enterprises ; Zambia
http://www.saipar.org:8080/eprc/bitstream/handle/123456789/110/JCTR.Maki...

RAPID : population and development in Malawi. - Lilongwe : Government of Malawi, 2010
ASC Subject Headings: economic development ; Malawi ; population growth ; poverty reduction ; statistics
http://www.healthpolicyinitiative.com/Publications/Documents/1065_1Malaw...

Report on public debt sustainability analysis. - Lilongwe : Ministry of Finance, 2012
ASC Subject Headings: debt ; Malawi
http://www.asclibrary.nl/docs/371545943.pdf

Social action grant for empowerment : USPP action learning report / Ssanyu Rebecca. - Kampala : Uganda Social Protection Platform (USPP), 2013
ASC Subject Headings: loans ; social security ; Uganda
http://www.uspp-cso.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/USPP-Action-Learning....

Strategic plan 2011-2015. - [S.l.] : Malawi Human Rights Commission, 2011
ASC Subject Headings: human rights institutions ; Malawi
http://www.hrcmalawi.org/mhrc%20strategic%20plan.pdf

Tracing the story : analysing 25 years of media reporting on HIV and AIDS in Uganda, 1982-2007 / Frank Sserwaniko. - Kampala : Panos Eastern Africa, 2007
ASC Subject Headings: AIDS ; mass media ; Uganda
http://www.asclibrary.nl/docs/371288150.pdf

Uganda : 25 years of nation building and progress jan 1986- jan 2011. - Kampala : Poverty Alleviation Department- State House, 2011
ASC Subject Headings: memorial volumes (form) ; nation building ; National Resistance Movement ; Uganda
http://www.statehouse.go.ug/sites/default/files/files/departments/25-yea...

Zambia demographic and health survey 2007. - Lusaka : Central Statistical Office [etc.], 2009
ASC Subject Headings: 2007 ; demography ; health ; statistics ; surveys ; Zambia
http://www.measuredhs.com/pubs/pdf/FR211/FR211%5Brevised-05-12-2009%5D.pdf

Books

Africa's first welfare state : the experience of South African firms doing business in Botswana / Neuma Grobbelaar & Kaemete Tsotetsi. - [Braamfontein] : South African Institute of International Affairs, 2005. - (Business in Africa report ; no. 5)
ASC Subject Headings: Botswana ; business ; business enterprises ; economic relations ; foreign trade ; investments ; South Africa

Consensus et fédéralisme au Congo-Brazzaville : modernisation et partage / Sébastien Mationgo MBoungou. - Paris : Paari, 2013. - (Le Griot bantu)
ASC Subject Headings: Congo (Brazzaville) ; federalism ; modernization

Educating for deep democratic participation in the post-colonial Botswana / Agreement Lathi Jotia. - Saarbrücken : VDM Verlag Dr. Muller, 2008
ASC Subject Headings: Botswana ; democracy ; education ; political participation ; voting

Guide de bibliothèques à Paris et en régions dont les fonds présentent un intérêt pour la recherche sur l'Afrique. - Paris : Bibliothèque, Centre d'études africaines, 2002. - (Ressources documentaires ; 2)
ASC Subject Headings: African studies collections ; France ; inventories (form) ; libraries

Kovu moyoni / John Habwe. - Nairobi : Bookmark Africa Publishers, 2014
ASC Subject Headings: Kenya ; novels (form) ; Swahili language

La parenthèse délicieuse : roman / Isaie Biton Koulibaly. - Abidjan : NEI-CEDA, 2012
ASC Subject Headings: Côte d'Ivoire ; novels (form)

La vie sur un fil : nouvelles de mon hôpital / Abdoul Kane. - Dakar : L'Harmattan Sénégal, 2013
ASC Subject Headings: hospitals ; Senegal ; short stories (form)

Laff Lafrikain / Moss. - Paris : L'Harmattan, 2013. - (Harmattan BD ; 18)
ASC Subject Headings: Cameroon ; comic strips (form) ; social life ; villages

Le sous-prefet : roman / Mosé Chimoun. - Saint-Louis : Librairie Juridique Africaine, 2014
ASC Subject Headings: Cameroon ; novels (form)

Meursault, contre-enquête : roman / Kamel Daoud. - Arles : Actes sud, 2014
ASC Subject Headings: Algeria ; novels (form)

Perle choisie : poèmes / Abdoulaye Guisse. - [Dakar] : Éditions Maguilen, 2012
ASC Subject Headings: poetry (form) ; Senegal

Films

Kinshasa 2.0 / Teboho Edkins. - [Cape Town : Steps International], 2007.
ASC Subject Headings: capitals ; Democratic Republic of Congo ; documentary films (form) ; Internet ; political prisoners ; politicians ; videos (form)

African Literature

Kovu moyoni / John Habwe. - Nairobi : Bookmark Africa Publishers, 2014
ASC Subject Headings: Kenya ; novels (form) ; Swahili language

La parenthèse délicieuse : roman / Isaie Biton Koulibaly. - Abidjan : NEI-CEDA, 2012
ASC Subject Headings: Côte d'Ivoire ; novels (form)

La vie sur un fil : nouvelles de mon hôpital / Abdoul Kane. - Dakar : L'Harmattan Sénégal, 2013
ASC Subject Headings: hospitals ; Senegal ; short stories (form)

Laff Lafrikain / Moss. - Paris : L'Harmattan, 2013. - (Harmattan BD ; 18)
ASC Subject Headings: Cameroon ; comic strips (form) ; social life ; villages

Le sous-prefet : roman / Mosé Chimoun. - Saint-Louis : Librairie Juridique Africaine, 2014
ASC Subject Headings: Cameroon ; novels (form)

Perle choisie : poèmes / Abdoulaye Guisse. - [Dakar] : Éditions Maguilen, 2012
ASC Subject Headings: poetry (form) ; Senegal

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