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).

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J.C. Hoorweg; P. Leegwater
Type of publication: Book Chapter
In: Kenya coast handbook. Culture, resources and development in the East African littoral

Despite its economic and cultural potential, the Kenya Coast finds itself in a marginal position. This collective volume traces the causes behind this situation and analyses it from different angles: political, economic and social. Most of the papers included in this volume...

Keywords: 1996, agriculture, conference papers (form), country studies (form), development, gender, history, Kenya, politics, religion
Open access: Full text
Added to database: 23 December 2011
Editors: G. Aijmer; G.J. Abbink
Type of publication: Book

The case studies collected in this volume suggest that 'violence' is not a simple, universal urge, but is contingent and context-dependent, shaped by social relations of power, force and dominance. The contributions identify the symbolic and ritualized aspects of...

Keywords: Africa, violence
Added to database: 23 December 2011
A. Degen; J.C. Hoorweg
Type of publication: Journal Article
In: Nomadic peoples
Added to database: 23 December 2011
W. Veerman; J.C. Hoorweg; P. Leegwater
Type of publication: Journal Article
In: Ecology of food and nutrition
Open access: Full text
Added to database: 23 December 2011
P. Douma; K. van Walraven
Type of publication: Book

This report constitutes a synthesis of three case studies of intrastate conflicts in Africa. Research was conducted in the context of the Conflict Policy Research Project executed by the Netherlands Institute of International Relations 'Clingendael' for the...

Keywords: Africa, civil wars, foreign policy, Liberia, Netherlands, Rwanda, Sudan
Open access: Full text
Added to database: 23 December 2011
Editors: J.B. Gewald; M. Bollig
Type of publication: Book

The papers brought together in this volume were originally presented at a symposium on the culture, history and economy of the Otjiherero-speaking people - the Herero and the Himba - of Namibia, which was held in Siegberg, Germany, in September 1997. The papers are grouped in...

Keywords: Africa
Added to database: 23 December 2011

Introduction (2000)
D. Killingray; S. Ellis
Type of publication: Journal Article
In: African affairs : the journal of the Royal African Society
Open access: Full text
Added to database: 23 December 2011
S. Decouter; W.M.J. van Binsbergen
Type of publication: Book
Added to database: 23 December 2011
D. Felsenstein; A. Muraya; D.W.J. Foeken; D. Schwartz
Type of publication: Book
Open access: Full text
Added to database: 23 December 2011
A.A. Nunow
Type of publication: Book
Keywords: animal husbandry, food policy, Kenya, marketplaces, pastoralists, Somali
Added to database: 23 December 2011
K. Hailu
Type of publication: Book
Keywords: Agricultural development, agricultural policy, rural development, social change, tobacco, Zambia
Added to database: 23 December 2011
M. Radstake
Type of publication: Book
Keywords: Aids, Ghana
Added to database: 23 December 2011
J.W.M. van Dijk; E. Eijkman
Type of publication: Book
Added to database: 23 December 2011

Zambia (2000)
J.K. van Donge
Type of publication: Book
Keywords: Bibliographies (form), Zambia
Added to database: 23 December 2011
W. Klaver; R.N.M. Mwadime
Type of publication: Book Chapter
In: Kenya coast handbook. Culture, resources and development in the East African littoral

The coastal region is a net importer of food. Under these conditions, household food security can still be realized thanks to non-farm income. Yet, for a sizeable portion of the population food security is not assured. Furthermore, the current food pattern, which relies...

Keywords: 1996, conference papers (form), country studies (form), development, history, Kenya
Open access: Full text
Added to database: 23 December 2011
Editors: P.J.J. Konings; G.S.C.M. Hesseling; W.M.J. van Binsbergen
Type of publication: Book

Cet ouvrage présente onze contributions rédigées par des africanistes qui ont collaboré étroitement avec l'anthropologue politique néerlandais Robert Buijtenhuijs et ont été influencés par ses travaux et sa personnalité. Le livre est un hommage à un auteur qui a été...

Keywords: Africa, democratization, Liberation movements, political change, Zambia
Added to database: 23 December 2011
P.J.J. Konings
Type of publication: Journal Article
In: The African anthropologist : journal of the Pan African Anthropological AssociationThe African anthropologist

This paper discusses the repression of the identity of the anglophone minority in Cameroon after the initial liberalization of the one-party francophone-dominated State of President Paul Biya since the early 1990s. The reactivation of anglophone identity at the time of...

Keywords: Cameroon, democratization, federalism, identity, minority groups, separatist parties, Social Democratic Front
Open access: Full text
Added to database: 23 December 2011
P.J.J. Konings
Type of publication: Book Chapter
In: Trajectoires de libération en Afrique contemporaine : hommage à Robert Buijtenhuijs

In writings about the role of trade unions in the democratization process in Africa one can distinguish a pessimistic and an optimistic school. However, recent research presents a more complex picture. In this chapter the author has selected three case studies for an in-depth...

Keywords: Africa, Cameroon, Country, democracy, democratization, Ghana, trade unions, workers, Zambia
Open access: Full text
Added to database: 23 December 2011
P.J.J. Konings
Editors: N. Tellegen
Type of publication: Book Chapter
In: Afrika-expertbijeenkomst : Ghana, Mali, Mozambique, Sierra Leone, Congo, Rwanda : 9 en 10 oktober 2000
Keywords: Ghana
Open access: Full text
Added to database: 23 December 2011
P.J.J. Konings
Type of publication: Conference Paper
In: Paper presented at ASC seminar 'Institutionalising Democracy in Post-Military Nigeria and Ghana', Leiden, 9 November, 2000
Keywords: Ghana
Added to database: 23 December 2011

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