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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M.M.A. Kaag
Type of publication: Conference Paper
In: Presentation held at the NIRP restitution seminar, Senegal June 1997
Added to database: 23 December 2011
M.M.A. Kaag
Type of publication: Conference Paper
In: Paper presented at the conference 'The Implementation of Environmental Policy in Africa', Amsterdam, 17 -18 April 1997
Keywords: Africa
Added to database: 23 December 2011
M.M.A. Kaag
Type of publication: Conference Paper
In: Paper presented at the conference 'Trust and Co-operation', Amsterdam, 7 November 1997
Added to database: 23 December 2011
W. E. A.van Beek
Editors: P. Koningsbruggen
Type of publication: Book Chapter
In: Alle Tijd om te Vertellen
Added to database: 23 December 2011
W. E. A.van Beek
Editors: A. Dorgelo; W. E. A.van Beek
Type of publication: Book Chapter
In: The fascinating world of draughts : 50 years World Draughts Federation (FMJD)
Open access: Full text
Added to database: 23 December 2011
J.B. Gewald
Type of publication: Conference Paper
In: Paper presented at Colloquium Africanum, University of Cologne, Germany, 9 January, 1997
Added to database: 23 December 2011
J.B. Gewald
Type of publication: Conference Paper
In: Paper presented at 'People, Cattle and Land: A symposium on the culture, history and economy of Otjiherero speaking people', Michaelsberg, Siegburg, Germany, 14-17 September, 1997
Keywords: Germany, Herero, history, Namibia
Added to database: 23 December 2011
J.W.M. van Dijk
Type of publication: Journal Article
In: Nomadic peoples

Risk and uncertainty dominate life in the semiarid tropics where most of the world's pastoralists live. Scientific approaches to risk in semiarid zones have been dominated by agroecology and agroeconomics. Within these paradigms risk is treated as a stochastic occurrence...

Keywords: agropastoralism, fieldwork, Fulani, Mali, natural resource management
Open access: Full text
Added to database: 23 December 2011
D.W.J. Foeken
Editors: D.F. Bryceson; V. Vali Jamal
Type of publication: Book Chapter
In: Farewell to farms : de-agrarianisation and employment in Africa

This chapter deals with household employment patterns in Kenya's Coast Province, an economically backward area in the Kenyan economy. Current research reveals that economic diversification rather than specialization is crucial to the pursuit of household livelihood....

Keywords: Africa, education, gender, Kenya, Rural
Added to database: 23 December 2011
R.A. van Dijk
Type of publication: Journal Article
In: Journal of religion in Africa

This article explores the role of religion in identity formation in situations where individuals are engaged in intercontinental diasporic movement, starting from R.P. Werbner's notion that religion and strangerhood transform together. In particular, the author examines...

Keywords: Baptist Church, diaspora, emigrants, Ghana, identity, Netherlands, Pentecostalism
Open access: Full text
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R.A. van Dijk
Type of publication: Conference Paper
In: Working papers on globalisation and the construction of communal identity no. 2 1997
Keywords: identity
Added to database: 23 December 2011
R.A. van Dijk
Type of publication: Conference Paper
In: Paper presented at the Alcohol in Africa seminar, ASC, Leiden, 13 June 1997
Keywords: Africa, alcohol, Malawi
Added to database: 23 December 2011
R.A. van Dijk
Type of publication: Conference Paper
In: Paper presented at the Pentecostalism at Home and Abroad conference, Manchester, 11 April 1997
Keywords: diaspora, Pentecostalism
Added to database: 23 December 2011
R.A. van Dijk
Type of publication: Conference Paper
In: Paper persented at the International Conference on Globalisation, Development and the Making of Consumers: What Are Collective Identities For?' The Hague, 13-16 March 1997
Keywords: identity
Added to database: 23 December 2011
R.A. van Dijk
Type of publication: Conference Paper
In: Paper presented at the 13th Satterthwaite Colloquium on African Religion and Ritual, Manchester, 19-22 April 1997
Open access: Full text
Added to database: 23 December 2011
R.A. van Dijk
Type of publication: Conference Paper
In: Paper presented at the Religion: the City and Beyond conference organised by the International Society for the Sociology of Religion (ISSR), Toulouse, 7-11 July 1997
Keywords: diaspora
Added to database: 23 December 2011
Editors: M.E. de Bruijn; I. van Halsema; H. van den Homberg
Type of publication: Book

Gender, land use and environmental management in developing countries intersect in a complex setting in which culture, economics and politics interfere. This collective volume - the product of a seminar organized in Amsterdam in May 1995 - unravels these complexities. The...

Keywords: 1995, Africa, agricultural land, Cameroon, conference papers (form), Country, developing countries, environment, farmers, gender, gender relations, Kenya, land use, politics, Subsaharan Africa, women
Added to database: 23 December 2011
Editors: M.E. de Bruijn; J.W.M. van Dijk
Type of publication: Book

Ce livre est issu du congrès de l'Association des études mandingues tenu les 20-24 mars 1995 à Leiden (Pays-Bas). Contributions: Préface (Jean-Loup Amselle); Peuls et Mandingues: dialectique des constructions identitaires (Mirjam de Bruijn et Han van Dijk); Les rapports...

Keywords: 1995, conference papers (form), Dogon, ethnic relations, ethnicity, Fulani, Islam, Mali, Manding, Sudan, West Africa
Added to database: 23 December 2011
M.E. de Bruijn
Type of publication: Journal Article
In: Africa : journal of the International African InstituteAfrica

In pastoral Fulbe society in central Mali women had, and to some degree still have, an important social and economic role, concentrated on a 'milk economy' organized through a female-headed, women-centred unit, called 'fayannde' or 'hearthhold'....

Keywords: female-headed households, Fulani, gender, Mali, marriage, Social security, women
Open access: Full text
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