Publications

The African Studies Centre Leiden currently publishes eight different series. Books published in the ASCL Collection Series and Occasional Publications Series can be ordered from the Webshop or they can be purchased during a visit to the ASCL library, as long they are in stock. Book series published by Brill can be ordered directly from the publisher, or they can be purchased during a visit to the ASCL library, as long as they are in stock.

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Die Bedeutung der Hirse bei den Dogon (2004)
W.E.A. van Beek
Type of publication: Book Chapter
In: Die Magische Welt der Dogonkunst, Kult und Hirse in West Afrika
Keywords: Dogon
Open access: Full text
Added to database: 23 December 2011

Imperial Germany and the Herero of Southern Africa : genocide and the quest of recompense (2004)
J.B. Gewald
Editors: A. Jones
Type of publication: Book Chapter
In: Genocide, war crimes and the West : history and complicity

Following a brief description of the Herero genocide of 1904/1907, this chapter provides a chronological overview of the way in which the Herero have sought to draw the world's attention to the crimes committed by imperial Germany in Namibia. Calls for recompensation...

Keywords: Africa, colonialism, compensation, genocide, Germany, Herero, Herero revolt, history, Namibia
Open access: Full text
Added to database: 23 December 2011

Ovita ovia Zürn - "Zürn's Krieg" (2004)
J.B. Gewald
Editors: L. von Förster; D. Henrichsen; M. Bollig
Type of publication: Book Chapter
In: Namibia-Deutschland : eine geteilte Geschichte : Widerstand, Gewalt, Erinnerung

Am 12. Januar 1904 brach in Namibia ein Krieg zwischen der deutschen Kolonialverwaltung und grossen Teilen der lokalen Bevölkerung aus - ein Krieg, der später als Herero-Krieg in die Annalen der Kolonialgeschichte eingehen sollte. Dieses Kapitel versucht in dichter...

Keywords: colonialism, Germany, Herero, Herero revolt, Namibia
Open access: Full text
Added to database: 23 December 2011

The Herero and Nama Genocides, 1904 - 1908 (2004)
J.B. Gewald
Editors: D.L. Shelton
Type of publication: Book Chapter
In: Encyclopedia of Genocide and Crimes Against Humanity
Keywords: genocide, Herero
Added to database: 23 December 2011

Who Killed Clemens Kapuuo? (2004)
J.B. Gewald
Type of publication: Journal Article
In: Journal of Southern African studies

On Easter Monday 1978, Clemens Kapuuo, the paramount chief of the Herero and leader of the Democratic Turnhalle Alliance of Namibia, was shot and killed by unidentified gunmen in Windhoek. Although it never claimed credit for the assassination, the South West African People...

Keywords: 1970-1979, Africa, Angola, assassination, Herero, military operations, Namibia, politicians, South Africa
Open access: Full text
Added to database: 23 December 2011

Global media and violence in Africa: The case of Somalia (2004)
J.B. Gewald
Editors: W.M.J. van Binsbergen; R.A. van Dijk; J.B. Gewald
Type of publication: Book Chapter
In: Situating globality: African agency in the appropriation of global culture

It has been argued that Africa has been sidelined in the global ICT revolution and that African societies appear to be cut off from global flows of information. Nevertheless, the manner in which war was waged in Somalia between 1991 and 1994 indicates that this global...

Keywords: 1991, Africa, civil wars, images, mass communication, Somalia, violence
Open access: Full text
Added to database: 23 December 2011

African History and the Netherlands (2004)
J.B. Gewald
Type of publication: Conference Paper
In: Paper presented at the African History Research Seminar, St. Cross College, Oxford University 15 June, 2004
Keywords: history, Netherlands
Added to database: 23 December 2011

Ontwikkelingshulp faalt door onkunde (2004)
J.B. Gewald
Type of publication: Journal Article
In: NRC Handelsblad
Added to database: 23 December 2011

Chief Hosea Kutako: Herero Royal and Namibian Nationalist. A life against confinement, 1870 - 1970 (2004)
J.B. Gewald
Type of publication: Conference Paper
In: Paper presented at "The Concept of Agency in African History: A Workshop on Structure and Agency in African History", ASC, Leiden, 27-28 May, 2004.
Keywords: Herero, history
Added to database: 23 December 2011

Colonisation, Genocide and Resurgence: The Herero of Namibia, 1890 - 1923 (2004)
J.B. Gewald
Type of publication: Conference Paper
In: Paper presented at the University of Zambia, Lusaka, 24 March, 2004
Keywords: genocide, Herero, Namibia, Zambia
Added to database: 23 December 2011

Coming through slaughter: The Herero of Namibia 1904 - 1940 (2004)
J.B. Gewald
Type of publication: Conference Paper
In: Paper presented at the conference Heritage in Southern and Eastern Africa: Imagining and marketing Public Culture and History, Livingstone, 5-8 July, 2004
Keywords: Africa, Herero, history, Namibia
Added to database: 23 December 2011

Namibia's Past in the Present: Towards Patriotic History? (2004)
J.B. Gewald
Type of publication: Conference Paper
In: Paper presented at the conference Heritage in Southern and Eastern Africa: Imagining and marketing Public Culture and History, Livingstone, 5-8 July, 2004
Keywords: Africa, history, Namibia
Added to database: 23 December 2011

Transformations in Transport in Zambia: Peliminary ideas regarding a social history dealing with the introduction of the motor-car in Zambia, 1890 - 1930 (2004)
J.B. Gewald
Type of publication: Conference Paper
In: Paper presented at the University of Basel, 3 February, University of Zambia, 10 March, University of the Witwatersrand, 17 March, International Institute for Social History, Amsterdam, 27 April, ASC: Agency in Africa theme group, Leiden, 3 June, African
Keywords: Africa, history, Zambia
Added to database: 23 December 2011

Urbanisation in Africa, the example of Zambia (2004)
J.B. Gewald
Type of publication: Conference Paper
In: Lecture on African urbanization, University of Leiden, 1 December, 2004
Keywords: Africa, Zambia
Added to database: 23 December 2011

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
In: The impact of climate change on drylands. With a focus on West Africa
Keywords: Africa, Mali
Open access: Full text
Added to database: 23 December 2011

Ways forward in livelihood research (2004)
J.W.M. van Dijk; M.E. de Bruijn; M.M. A. Kaag; R. van Berkel; L.J. de Haan; G. Nooteboom; A. Zoomers; M. Hoordijk
Editors: D. Kalb; W.G. Pansters; H. Siebers
Type of publication: Book Chapter
In: Globalization and development: themes and concepts in current research
Open access: Full text
Added to database: 23 December 2011

Urban agriculture in Tanzania : issues of sustainability (2004)
D.W.J. Foeken; M. Sofer; M. Mlozi
Type of publication: Book

This book, the result of a collaborative study carried out by researchers from Tanzania, Israel and the Netherlands, assesses the sustainability of urban agriculture in two medium-sized towns in Tanzania: Morogoro and Mbeya. It first gives an overview of urban agriculture in...

Keywords: agriculture, Tanzania, urban agriculture
Open access: Full text
Added to database: 23 December 2011

Negotiating marriage: questions of morality and legitimacy in the Ghanaian Pentecostal diaspora (2004)
R.A. van Dijk
Type of publication: Journal Article
In: Journal of religion in Africa

Among the many immigrant groups that have settled in the Netherlands, migrants recently arrived from Ghana have been perceived by the Dutch State as especially problematic. Explicit measures have been taken to investigate marriages of Ghanaians, as these appeared to be an...

Keywords: Baptist Church, customary law, diasporas, family law, Ghana, marriage, marriage law, Netherlands, Pentecostalism, policy
Open access: Full text
Added to database: 23 December 2011

Editorial (2004)
R.A. van Dijk; G. Sabar
Type of publication: Journal Article
In: Journal of religion in Africa
Open access: Full text
Added to database: 23 December 2011

Neuer Look und neuer Sinn. Wie Frisoerinnen aus Ghana ihre Kundinnen in Botsuana zu neuen Menschen machen (2004)
R.A. van Dijk
Type of publication: Journal Article
In: Der Ueberblick.Quartalsschrift des kirchlichen Entwicklungsdienstes
Keywords: Ghana
Added to database: 23 December 2011

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