Publications

Since the late 1980s evidence has been emerging in support of rumours of South African involvement in the southern African ivory trade from the mid-1960s onwards. There is some evidence that, from the early mid-1970s, elements of the South African government and its security...

The conduct of African politics seems to be governed by certain rules or patterns, including regional fragmentation, a continuing search for a maximum coalition combining all regional forces, and a prominent role for personality politics. At first sight, Malawi does not fit...

The few existing studies on the response of labour to the economic crisis and structural adjustment in African countries tend to focus on the (oppositional) relations between the State and central labour organizations. They largely ignore the response of workers and unions at...

This book focuses on the consciousness and action of female plantation workers in Cameroon. Two tea estates were selected for in-depth research. The main body of the work is comprised of two parts, both of which try to come to terms with the consciousness and action of...

This thesis deals with the ways in which the agropastoral Fulbe in the Sahel deal with ecological, social and political insecurities. It is based on field research carried out in the Hayre dryland region of central Mali, notably in the villages of Dalla and Serma, from March...

This paper compares the economy of agropastoral Fulbe women in central Mali before and after the 1973 and 1985 droughts. The position of pastoralist women depends mainly on access to livestock, and more precisely on access to milk. Rules governing access to milk vary...

Deze inventarisatie is samengesteld naar aanleiding van een in april 1995 belegde bijeenkomst over de stand van zaken in het Nederlandse wetenschappelijk onderzoek met betrekking tot Zuid-Afrika. De inventarisatie vermeldt voornamelijk lopend of recent afgesloten onderzoek op...