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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The enigma of Beta Esra'el ethnogenesis : an anthro-historical study (1990)
G.J. Abbink
Type of publication: Journal Article
In: Cahiers d'Etudes africaines

This study is a contribution to the analysis of the interplay of myth, legend, history and identity of the Beta Esra'el or Falasha of Ethiopia from a historical-anthropological perspective. The focus is on the issue of their ethnogenesis, or origin history, and its...

Keywords: Ethiopia, Ethnic groups, Falasha, history, identity, myths (form), oral history
Open access: Full text
Added to database: 23 December 2011

Tribal formation on the Ethiopian fringe : toward a history of the 'Tishana' (1990)
G.J. Abbink
Type of publication: Journal Article
In: Northeast African Studies

This article has two purposes: 1) to provide a first historical outline of the Tishana or Me'en, a small 'tribal' group living in southwestern Ethiopia, and 2) to illustrate the importance of a political economy approach for the explanation of such a process....

Keywords: Ethiopia, Ethnic groups, history, Me'en, Mekan, pastoralists
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Added to database: 23 December 2011

Ethiopian society and history : a bibliography of Ethiopian studies 1957-1990 (1990)
G.J. Abbink
Type of publication: Book

Comprehensive overview of publications on Ethiopia published between c. 1957 up to 1990. The 5433 entries are arranged according to the following broad subject areas: Bibliographies - History of Ethiopianist studies - Studies on manuscripts, documents, archives and library...

Keywords: economic development, education, Ethiopia, ethnography, history, material culture, modernization, oral traditions, politics, refugees, religion, Resettlement, Rural
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Added to database: 23 December 2011

Missionaries, anthropologists and rationality (1990)
G.J. Abbink
Editors: R. Bonsen; [et al.]
Type of publication: Book Chapter
In: The Ambiguity of Rapprochement: Reflections of Anthropologists on their Controversial Relationship with Missionaries
Added to database: 23 December 2011

The district focus policy for rural development in Kenya: The decentralization of planning and Implementation, 1983-9 (1990)
M.M.E.M. Rutten
Editors: D. Simon
Type of publication: Book Chapter
In: Third World regional development: A reappraisal
Keywords: Kenya, policy, Rural
Open access: Full text
Added to database: 23 December 2011

Adjustment policies and sustainable development in Africa : some observations (1990)
H.A. Meilink
Type of publication: Book Chapter
In: Beyond adjustment : sub-Saharan Africa

This contribution to the Africa seminar 'Beyond adjustment', organized by the Directorate General for International Cooperation of the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Maastricht, The Netherlands, on June 30, 1990, summarizes the distinctive features of the...

Keywords: Africa, economic policy, economic recession, food policy, Netherlands, policy, Subsaharan Africa
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Added to database: 23 December 2011

Afrika's penibele voedselsituatie (1990)
H.A. Meilink
Type of publication: Book Chapter
In: Spectrum Jaarboek 1989
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Added to database: 23 December 2011

IOV onderzoek voedselhulp,voedselmarkten en voedselvoorziening. Samenvatting van IOV-missies naar Senegal, Mali, Soedan en Zambia (1990)
H.A. Meilink
Type of publication: Book
Keywords: Mali, Senegal, Sudan, Zambia
Added to database: 23 December 2011

Een maaltijd op het land: Religieus veldwerk in Botswana, 1990 (1990)
W.M.J. van Binsbergen
Editors: D.W.J. Foeken; K. van der Meulen
Type of publication: Book Chapter
In: Eten met Gerrit: Een bloemlezing van eet- en drinkerveraringen van Nederlandse afrikanisten, gegarneerd met toepasselijke recepten; samengesteld ter gelegenheid van het afscheid van Gerrit Grootenhuis als algemeen secretaris van het Afrika-Studiecentrum
Keywords: Africa, Botswana, cookery books (form), social scientists
Added to database: 23 December 2011

Church, cult, and lodge: In quest of therapeutic meaning in Francistown, Botswana (1990)
W.M.J. van Binsbergen
Type of publication: Conference Paper
In: Paper presented at the 6h Satterthwaite Colloquium on African Religion and Ritual, Cumbria (U.K.), 21-24 april 1990, 58 pp.
Keywords: Botswana
Added to database: 23 December 2011

Independent churches, politics and the articulation of ethnicity in contemporary northeastern Botswana (1990)
W.M.J. van Binsbergen
Type of publication: Conference Paper
In: CentREpol-VU (Centre for the Study of Religion and Politics, Free University, Amsterdam) formal lecture, 22nd June 1990, 31 pp.
Keywords: Botswana, ethnicity, politics
Added to database: 23 December 2011

Oracular divination with four tablets: an important diagnostic technique of autochthonous medical systems in Southern Africa (1990)
W.M.J. van Binsbergen
Type of publication: Conference Paper
In: Paper presented at the 8th Convention on Medical Sociology and Anthropology, Netherlands Anthropological and Sociological Association, Amsterdam, 23 November 1990, 23 pp.
Keywords: Africa
Added to database: 23 December 2011

African Independent churches and the state in Botswana (1990)
W.M.J. van Binsbergen
Type of publication: Conference Paper
In: Paper presented at the conference on Power and Prayer, Institute for the Study of Politics and religion, Free University, Amsterdam, 10-14 December 1990, 44 pp.; also seminar paper, Botswana Society, Gaborone, July 1991; and seminar paper, African Studies
Keywords: 1991, African studies, Botswana, politics
Added to database: 23 December 2011

Questions foncières et développement durable au Sahel (1990)
G.S.C.M. Hesseling
Type of publication: Book
Added to database: 23 December 2011

Tien jaar Werkgemeenschap Afrika (1990)
G.S.C.M. Hesseling
Type of publication: Book
Added to database: 23 December 2011

10 jaar Werkgemeenschap Afrika 1979-1989 (1990)
G.S.C.M. Hesseling
Type of publication: Book

De Werkgemeenschap Afrika is een landelijke organisatie van Afrikanisten in Nederland. Dit verslag over de periode 1979-1989 behandelt de oprichting van de Werkgemeenschap, de samenstelling van de diverse Werkgemeenschapscommissies, en de activiteiten van de Werkgemeenschap,...

Keywords: African studies, Netherlands
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Popular Islam in Tunisia : a regional cults analysis (1990)
K. Schilder
Type of publication: Book

This study is about cults in northwestern Tunisia. A cult is defined as a religious grouping which exhibits several distinctive characteristics: the number of participants is limited, exclusivism is absent, the beliefs and practices are biased on one or several specific...

Keywords: cults, Islam, Tunisia
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Socio-economic development of women in Zambia, an analysis of two women's organisations (1990)
A. Touwen
Type of publication: Book

This report on the role of local nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) in the improvement of the socioeconomic position of women in Zambia is based on anthropological fieldwork carried out in 1988 and 1989, and a consultancy mission undertaken on behalf of the Organization of...

Keywords: NGO, women, Zambia
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Enduring crisis : refugee problems in eastern Sudan (1990)
H.J. Tieleman; T. Kuhlman
Type of publication: Book

The Free University in Amsterdam has undertaken several research projects in the Sudan. One programme (1983-1986) was aimed at comparing spontaneous and organized settlement of refugees as roads towards integration; the locations studied were in the region of Gedaref, in the...

Keywords: refugees, Sudan
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Marketing policies and economic interests in the cotton sector of Kenya (1990)
T. Dijkstra
Type of publication: Book

This report, which is based on field research carried out in 1988, examines the marketing arrangements for raw cotton, cotton lint and cotton seed in Kenya, as well as the relationships and conflicts between the actors involved. The report starts with the history of cotton...

Keywords: cotton, Kenya, marketing
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Added to database: 23 December 2011

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Posted on 9 November 2011, last modified on 12 September 2024