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.
If you have questions about publishing with the ASCL, please contact Dr. Klaas van Walraven (k.van.walraven@asc.leidenuniv.nl).

Browse our publications and those by our staff members using the simple search form below.

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J.B. Gewald
Type of publication: Conference Paper
In: Paper presented at the Department of Ethnology, University of Cologne, 29 January, 2002
Keywords: genocide, Herero
Added to database: 23 December 2011

Introduction (2002)
J.W.M. van Dijk; M.E. de Bruijn; A. Breedveld; C. Angenent
Editors: M.E. de Bruijn; J.W.M. van Dijk; C. Angenent; A. Breedveld
Type of publication: Book Chapter
In: Les rois des tambours au Haayre: Récitée par Aamadu Baa Digi, griot des Fulbe à Dalla (Mali)
Keywords: Fulani, griots, history, Mali, oral history, traditional polities
Added to database: 23 December 2011
R.A. van Dijk
Editors: W.M.J.van Kessel
Type of publication: Book Chapter
In: Merchants, missionaries & migrants : 300 years of Dutch-Ghanaian relations

Although Ghanaians have formed a substantial immigrant community in the Netherlands for decades, the relationship between the Dutch State and the Ghanaian community remains tense. Not only is Ghanaian life in the Netherlands generally marked by a high level of suspicion with...

Keywords: Baptist Church, Ghana, Ghanaians, history, immigrants, Netherlands, policy
Open access: Full text
Added to database: 23 December 2011
R.A. van Dijk
Editors: D.F. Bryceson; U. Vuorela
Type of publication: Book Chapter
In: The transnational family : new European frontiers and global networks

This chapter demonstrates how Ghanaian migrants in the Netherlands look to the Pentecostal Church for the deconstruction of Ghanaian traditions in favour of international mobility. The Pentecostal Church strongly identifies and propagates notions of individualism and the...

Keywords: Baptist Church, diaspora, family, Ghana, Ghanaians, immigrants, mobility, Netherlands, Pentecostalism
Open access: Full text
Added to database: 23 December 2011
R.A. van Dijk
Editors: D.F. Bryceson
Type of publication: Book Chapter
In: Alcohol in Africa : mixing business, pleasure, and politics

In the mid-1970s, teenagers and secondary school and university students suddenly took to the streets of Malawi's main urban areas to proclaim a moral reordering of society based on Christian fundamentalist notions. A whole array of Pentecostal groups emerged. The...

Keywords: Africa, alcoholic beverages, Baptist Church, drinking customs, generation conflicts, Malawi, Pentecostalism
Open access: Full text
Added to database: 23 December 2011
R.A. van Dijk
Type of publication: Journal Article
In: Culture and Religion
Keywords: Pentecostalism
Added to database: 23 December 2011
D. Merolla
Type of publication: Journal Article
In: The Journal of North African Studies
Keywords: diaspora, identity
Added to database: 23 December 2011
D. Merolla; M. Lafkioui
Type of publication: Book
Added to database: 23 December 2011
D. Merolla
Editors: M.A. Majumdar
Type of publication: Book Chapter
In: Francophone Studies
Open access: Full text
Added to database: 23 December 2011
D. Merolla
Editors: D.F. Bryceson; U. Vuorela
Type of publication: Book Chapter
In: Forging New European frontiers: Transnational Families and Their Global Networks
Open access: Full text
Added to database: 23 December 2011
M. Lafkioui; D. Merolla; G. Mercier
Type of publication: Book
Keywords: Algeria, Berber, Berber languages, folk tales (form)
Open access: Full text
Added to database: 23 December 2011
M.M.E.M. Rutten
Type of publication: Book Chapter
In: Amplifying local voices, striving for environmental justice: (2002)

In 1996 the Kenya Wildlife Services (KWS) embarked on a "Parks beyond Parks" programme, which aimed to bring some of the benefits of wildlife tourism to the local population. Local people were allowed to start tented camps and other tourist activities in areas...

Keywords: ecotourism, environment, history, Kenya, Masai, natural resource management, tourism, wildlife protection
Open access: Full text
Added to database: 23 December 2011
M.M.E.M. Rutten
Type of publication: Book

In 1996 the Kenya Wildlife Services (KWS) embarked on a "Parks beyond Parks" programme, which aimed to bring some of the benefits of wildlife tourism to the local population. Under this programme, local people were allowed to start tented camps and other tourist...

Keywords: ecotourism, environment, history, Kenya, Masai, natural resource management, tourism, wildlife protection
Open access: Full text
Added to database: 23 December 2011
W.M.J. van Binsbergen
Editors: J. de Mul
Type of publication: Book Chapter
In: Filosofie in cyberspace: Reflecties op de informatie- en communicatietechnologie
Added to database: 23 December 2011
W.M.J. van Binsbergen
Editors: A.F.M. Miltenburg
Type of publication: Book Chapter
In: Incontri di sguardi: Saperi e pratiche dellíntercultura
Added to database: 23 December 2011
W.M.J. van Binsbergen
Type of publication: Conference Paper
In: Lecture delivered at the Institute for West Asian and African Studies, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, Beijing, People's Republic of China, 15 October 2002
Keywords: Africa, African studies, social sciences
Added to database: 23 December 2011
W.M.J. van Binsbergen
Type of publication: Conference Paper
In: Paper read at the International Conference on Culture and Development, Faculty of Business, Dokuz Eylül University, Izmir, Turkey, May 2, 2002
Keywords: African studies
Added to database: 23 December 2011
W.M.J. van Binsbergen
Type of publication: Journal Article
In: Quest: An African Journal of Philosophy
Keywords: Africa
Open access: Full text
Added to database: 23 December 2011

Senegal (2002)
G.S.C.M. Hesseling
Type of publication: Book Chapter
In: Legal systems of the world : a political, social and cultural encyclopedia ; p. 1423-1432
Keywords: courts, legal systems, Senegal
Open access: Full text
Added to database: 23 December 2011
H. Daudey; A.C. Hellenthal; M. Mous; H. Smits
Type of publication: Journal Article
In: Afrikanistische Arbeitspapiere

This article grew out of a course on oral texts taught by Maarten Mous. We show the crucial aspects of a single Iraqw tale, i.e. its structure, the performance and its coherence, by adapting various literary and linguistic approaches. Anne-Christie Hellenthal applies the...

Open access: Full text
Added to database: 12 February 2020

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