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Journal articles

"The festering finger": reimagining minority sexuality in Tendai Huchu's 'The hairdresser of Harare' and Abdellah Taia's 'Une mélancholie arabe' / Gibson Ncube
In: Current Writing: (2013), vol. 25, no. 1, p. 66-75.
ASC Subject Headings: homosexuality ; Morocco ; novels ; Zimbabwe

An analysis of factors that hinder the development of tourism industry in Sub-Saharan Africa / Thomas P. Z. Mpofu
In: Journal of Business and Administrative Studies: (2011), vol. 3, no. 1, p. 1-21 : tab.
ASC Subject Headings: Subsaharan Africa ; tourism

Caught on tape: Dennis Brutus' questionable hold on poet Arthur Nortje / Stephen Gray
In: Current Writing: (2013), vol. 25, no. 1, p. 30-38.
ASC Subject Headings: exile ; poetry ; South Africa ; writers

Divided personas in the early poetry of Arthur Nortje / Neville Smith
In: Current Writing: (2013), vol. 25, no. 1, p. 20-29.
ASC Subject Headings: apartheid ; identity ; poetry ; South Africa

Evaluating the dual citizenship - state building - nation building nexus in Liberia / Robtel Neajai Pailey
In: Liberian Studies Journal: (2011), vol. 36, no. 1, p. 1-24.
ASC Subject Headings: citizenship ; diasporas ; legal status ; legislation ; Liberia ; nation building ; State formation

Is Africa rising? : Liberia as a microcosm of Africa's transformation / Donald L. Cassell
In: Liberian Studies Journal: (2011), vol. 36, no. 1, p. 53-100 : fig. , graf. , krt.
ASC Subject Headings: Africa ; economic development ; governance ; Liberia

The impact of productive safety net program (PSNP) on livelihoods : a case study of Dera Malo WOREDA in Southern Ethiopia / Kataru Kalsa
In: Journal of business and administrative studies (JBAS): (2011), vol. 3, no. 1, p. 76-100 : tab.
ASC Subject Headings: Ethiopia ; food security ; government policy ; rural households

The Muslim "who has faith" in Leila Aboulela's novels 'Minaret' (2005) and 'Lyrics alley' (2009) / Eva Hunter
In: Current Writing: (2013), vol. 25, no. 1, p. 88-89.
ASC Subject Headings: Great Britain ; Islam ; novels ; Sudan

The socio-demographic characteristics of recent Liberian immigrants to the United States : an update / Yolanda Covington-Ward
In: Liberian Studies Journal: (2011), vol. 36, no. 1, p. 25-52 : graf. , krt. , tab.
ASC Subject Headings: communities ; demography ; diasporas ; immigrants ; Liberia ; Liberians ; United States

Books

A glimpse on some issues in the islamic perspective / Mustafa A. A. Roshash. - [Zanzibar? s.n.], 2010
ASC Subject Headings: Africa ; ethics ; family planning ; finance ; Islam ; Islamic law ; labour law ; pilgrimages ; world

An introduction to the non-profit sector in Ghana / Andrew Kingman & Kofi Awity. - London : Allavida, 2003. - (An introduction to the non-profit sector in..)
ASC Subject Headings: Ghana ; nongovernmental organizations ; nonprofit corporations ; voluntary service

Arts du Gabon / Louis Perrois. - Genève : Musée Barbier-Mueller, 2011
ASC Subject Headings: arts ; Gabon ; masks ; plastic arts ; sculpture ; woodcarving

Celebrating democracy : Ghana : a young democracy poised to take a giant stride. - [Accra] : IEA, 2004
ASC Subject Headings: democracy ; elections ; Ghana ; political parties ; political systems

Cinema and development in West Africa / James Eskridge Genova. - Bloomington [etc.] : Indiana University Press, 2013
ASC Subject Headings: 1900-1999 ; anticolonialism ; cinema ; colonialism ; development ; film history ; French West Africa ; postcolonialism

Droits aux ressources et concessions forestières : intégration des pratiques foncières des communautés locales aux stratégies d'aménagement forestier en Afrique Centrale / Alison L. Hoare. - London : Rainforest Foundation, 2007
ASC Subject Headings: Central Africa ; concessions ; forest management ; forestry ; land rights ; tropical forests

Évolution des pratiques et représentations langagières dans le Maroc du XXIe siècle / Montserrat Benítez Fernández. - Paris : L'Harmattan, 2013. - (Espaces discursifs)
ASC Subject Headings: Arabic language ; Berber languages ; Morocco ; sociolinguistics

Évolution des pratiques et représentations langagières dans le Maroc du XXIe siècle / Montserrat Benítez Fernández 1 / Montserrat Benítez Fernández. - Paris : L'Harmattan, 2013. - (Espaces discursifs, ISSN 1623-8877)
ASC Subject Headings: Arabic language ; Internet ; literature ; mass media ; Morocco ; popular music ; sermons ; sociolinguistics

Évolution des pratiques et représentations langagières dans le Maroc du XXIe siècle / Montserrat Benítez Fernández 2 / Montserrat Benítez Fernández. - Paris : L'Harmattan, 2013. - (Espaces discursifs, ISSN 1623-8877)
ASC Subject Headings: Arabic language ; Berber languages ; diasporas ; language instruction ; Morocco ; sociolinguistics ; writing systems

Landscapes of deracialization : power, brokerage and place-making on a South African frontier / Yves P. B. Van Leynseele. - [S.l. s.n.], 2013
ASC Subject Headings: dissertations (form) ; ethnic relations ; farms ; government policy ; land law ; land reform ; South Africa

Le dieu de maman Olangi : ethnographie d'un combat spirituel transnational / Bénédicte Meiers. - Louvain-la-Neuve : Academia-L'Harmattan, 2013. - (Anthropologie prospective, ISSN 2030-5702 ; 12)
ASC Subject Headings: Belgium ; Democratic Republic of Congo ; Pentecostalism ; social relations

Les identités amazighes au Maroc / Stéphanie Pouessel. - Paris [etc.] : Non Lieu [etc.], 2011
ASC Subject Headings: Berber ; Berber culture ; ethnic identity ; Morocco ; national identity ; writing systems

Les ouvrières marocaines en mouvement : qui paye? qui fait le ménage? et qui décide? / Leila Bouasria. - Paris : l'Harmattan, 2013. - (Mondes en mouvement)
ASC Subject Headings: gender relations ; Morocco ; social change ; women workers

Low cost water source improvements : practical guidelines for fieldworkers / Sally Sutton. - St Albans : Teaching-Aids at Low Cost (TALC), 2004
ASC Subject Headings: appropriate technology ; guidelines ; maintenance and repair ; rural water supply ; wells ; Zambia

Managing research for agricultural development : proceedings of the national workshop on client oriented research, 27-28 May 2003, Moshi, Tanzania / Ninatubu M. Lema, Chira Schouten & Ted Schrader. - Dar es Salaam : Ministry of Agriculture and Food Security. Division of Research and Development, 2003
ASC Subject Headings: agricultural development ; agricultural research ; information management ; meeting records ; Tanzania

Rainbow happenings : a memoir / John Albert Musselman Karefa-Smart. - [S.l.] : Xlibris, 2010
ASC Subject Headings: biographies (form) ; politicians ; Sierra Leone

Sexual violence in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo : obstacles to prosecution / Joanna Mansfield. - Ithaca, NY : Institute for African Development, Cornell University, 2010. - (Institute for African Development occasional paper series ; Spring 2008)
ASC Subject Headings: criminal law ; Democratic Republic of Congo ; political stability ; punishment ; sexual offences ; social environment

South Africa's struggle for human rights / Saul Dubow. - Athens, OH : Ohio University Press, 2012. - (Ohio short histories of Africa)
ASC Subject Headings: democracy ; human rights ; political history ; South Africa

Spear of the nation = Umkhonto weSizwe : South Africa's liberation army : 1960s-1990s / Janet Cherry. - Athens, OH : Ohio University Press, 2012. - (Ohio short histories of Africa)
ASC Subject Headings: 1950-1999 ; anti-apartheid resistance ; guerrilla warfare ; South Africa

The ANC Youth League / Clive Glaser. - Athens, OH : Ohio University Press, 2012. - (Ohio short histories of Africa)
ASC Subject Headings: African National Congress ; political history ; political opposition ; South Africa ; youth

The castles of Ghana : Axim, Butre, Anomabu : historical and architectural research project on the use and conservation status of three Ghanain forts / Michel R. Doortmont & Benedetta Savoldi. - [Roma etc.] : [Ricerca e cooperazione etc.], 2006
ASC Subject Headings: armaments ; Ghana ; historic buildings ; history

The Rwandan experience of fostering separated children / Giorgia Doná, Charles Kalinganire & Félix Muramutsa. - Stockholm : Save the Children Sweden, 2001
ASC Subject Headings: abandoned children ; child welfare ; foster home care ; Rwanda

The translocality of the Ciwara tradition in rural and urban Mali / Jacqueline Robinson. - [S.l : s.n.], 2005
ASC Subject Headings: clothing ; cultural and social anthropology ; cultural heritage ; customs and traditions ; ethnic and racial groups ; folklore ; Mali

Electronic documents

LITAF : littérature africaine francophone / Virginia Coulon. - Bordeaux : Centre d'études d'Afrique noire (CEAN), 1999
ASC Subject Headings: bibliographies (form) ; drama ; French language ; French-speaking Africa ; novels ; poetry ; prose ; writers ; youth literature
http://www.litaf.cean.org/index.html

Films

A real Botswana diamond / Tim Fywell, Robert Jones, & Jill Scott. - [London] : BBC in association with the Weinstein Company, 2009. - (The no. 1 Ladies' detective agency)
ASC Subject Headings: Botswana ; crime ; feature films (form) ; videos (form) ; women

Kuchus of Uganda / Mathilda Piehl. - [Stockholm : RFSL], 2008.
ASC Subject Headings: action groups ; documentary films (form) ; homosexuality ; Uganda ; videos (form)

The dogs of war / John Irvin, Christopher Walken, & Tom Berenger. - [S.l.] : MGM homeentertainment, 2002.
ASC Subject Headings: Africa ; dictatorship ; feature films (form) ; mercenaries ; videos (form)

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