African Studies Collection

The African Studies Collection includes PhD dissertations rewritten for a broader audience, monographs, edited volumes, and high-quality master’s theses. Manuscripts offered for publication in this series are externally reviewed or they are assessed internally for quality. For more information about publishing in this series, contact Maaike Westra: m.a.westra@asc.leidenuniv.nl

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Dangerous liaisons: navigating women's land rights and disputes
 D. Isinta
(African Studies Collection; Issue: 84, 2024)
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Rural women's legal empowerment through digital technology
 R. Okello
(African Studies Collection; Issue: 83, 2023)
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Human trafficking in Nigeria 1960-2020 : pattern, people, purpose and places
 P. Aweto; F. Carchedi; A. Akinyoade
(African studies collection; Issue: 82, 2023)
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Where have the midwives gone?: everyday histories of Voetvroue in Johannesburg
 T. Botes
(African studies collection; Issue: 81, 2022)
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Language and education in Africa : a fresh approach to the debates on language, education, and cultural identity
 B. van Pinxteren
(African studies collection; Issue: 80, 2022)
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Living with the legacy of displacement: an exploration of non-return and the long-term effects of displacement on social life in Pabo, northern Uganda
 J.M. Kwaks
(African studies collection; Issue: 79, 2022)
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Visualizing the body : photographic clues and the cultural fluidity of Mbopo institution 1914-2014
 N.S. Udo
(African studies collection; Issue: 78, 2021)
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Oath taking and the transnationalism of silence among Edo female sex workers in Italy
 C.A. Olufade
(African studies collection; Issue: 77, 2020)
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Common threads : fabrics made-in-India for Africa
 M. Venkatachalam; R. Modi; J. Salazar
(African studies collection; Issue: 76, 2020)
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The many hidden faces of extreme poverty : inclusion and exclusion of extreme poor people in development interventions in Bangladesh, Benin and Ethiopia
 A. Altaf
(African studies collection; Issue: 75, 2019)
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Monuments of power : the North Korean origin of nationalist monuments in Namibia and Zimbabwe
 T.A. van der Hoog
(African Studies Collection; Issue: 74, 2019)
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A new laager for a new South Africa : Afrikaans film and the imagined boundaries of Afrikanerdom
 A. Steyn
(African Studies Collection; Issue: 73, 2019)
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Reimagining the dream : decolonising academia by putting the last first
 N. Omarjee
(African Studies Collection; Issue: 72, 2018)
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Does democracy help Africa? : an inquiry into multiparty democracy, political settlement, and economic development in Africa
 M. Koper
(African Studies Collection; Issue: 71, 2018)
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More than just an object : a material analysis of the return and retention of Namibian skulls from Germany
 L.A. Faber-Jonker
(African Studies Collection; Issue: 70, 2018)
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"Home is always home" : (former) street youth in Blantyre, Malawi, and the fluidity of constructing home
 T.D. Hendriks
(African Studies Collection; Issue: 69, 2017)
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Entrepreneurs by the grace of God : life and work of seamstresses in Bolgatanga, Ghana
 M. van 't Wout
(African Studies Collection; Issue: 68, 2018)
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Copper, borders and nation-building : the Katangese factor in Zambian political and economic history
 E. Guene
(African Studies Collection; Issue: 67, 2017)
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Performing asylum : theatre of testimony in South Africa
 P. Maedza
(African Studies Collection; Issue: 66, 2017)
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Cyclone resilient landscape "the case of Vatomandry, Madagascar
 E. Bergstra; R. Hornman
(African Studies Collection; Issue: 65, 2017)
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Bridging the gap between bird conservation and sustainable development : perceptions and participation of rural people in Burkina Faso's Sahel region
 M. van den Bergh
(African studies collection; Issue: 64, 2016)
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Monument of nature? : an ethnography of the World Heritage of Mt. Kenya
 M. van den Akker
(African studies collection; Issue: 63, 2016)
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Philosophic sagacity and intercultural philosophy : beyond Henry Odera Oruka
 P.M. Mosima
(African studies collection; Issue: 62, 2016)
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Forged in the Great War : people, transport, and labour, the establishment of colonial rule in Zambia, 1890-1920
 J.B. Gewald
(African studies collection; Issue: 61, 2015)
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Sharing scarcity : land access and social relations in Southeast Rwanda
 M. Leegwater
(African studies collection; Issue: 60, 2015)
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From idol to art : African 'objects with power' : a challenge for missionaries, anthropologists and museum curators
 H.M. Leyten
(African studies collection; Issue: 59, 2015)
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Contesting control : land and forest in the struggle for Loita Maasai self-government in Kenya
 A. Kronenburg Garcia
(African studies collection; Issue: 58, 2015)
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Consuming democracy : local agencies & liberal peace in the Democratic Republic of Congo
 M. de Goede
(African studies collection; Issue: 57, 2015)
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Win-wins in forest product value chains?: how governance impacts the sustainability of livelihoods based on non-timber forest products from Cameroon
 V.J. Ingram
(African studies collection; Issue: 56, 2014)
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Farmers on the move : mobility, access to land and conflict in Central and South Mali
 C.T. Nijenhuis
(African studies collection; Issue: 55, 2013)
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Dwelling in tourism: power and myth amongst Bushmen in Southern Africa
 S.P. Koot
(African studies collection; Issue: 54, 2013)
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Balancing men, morals and money : women's agency between HIV and security in a Malawi village
 J. Verheijen
(African studies collection; Issue: 53, 2013)
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Grandparents as parents : skipped-generation households coping with poverty and HIV in rural Zambia
 D. Reijer
(African studies collection; Issue: 52, 2013)
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Improving health insurance coverage in Ghana: a case study
 A.M. Kotoh
(African studies collection; Issue: 51, 2013)
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Lahla Ngubo : the continuities and discontinuities of a South African black middle class
 N. Mabandla
(African studies collection; Issue: 50, 2013)
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Safety in the midst of stigma: experiencing HIV/AIDS in two Ghanaian communities
 B.A. Kwansa
(African studies collection; Issue: 49, 2013)
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The diverging South : comparing the cashew sectors of Tanzania and Vietnam
 B. Kilama
(African studies collection; Issue: 48, 2013)
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Reversed fortunes in the south : a comparison of the role of FDI in industrial development in Kenya and Malaysia
 B. Kinuthia
(African studies collection; Issue: 47, 2013)
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"I don't tell my husband about vegetable sales" : gender dynamics in urban agriculture in Eldoret, Kenya
 R.R. Simiyu
(African studies collection; Issue: 46, 2012)
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Spaces of insecurity : human agency in violent conflicts in Kenya
 K. Witsenburg; A.F.M. Zaal
(African studies collection; Issue: 45, 2012)
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Foreign direct investment and poverty alleviation : the case of Bulyanhulu and Geita gold mines, Tanzania
 E.M. Nyankweli
(African studies collection; Issue: 44, 2012)
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Big Men playing football : money, politics and foul play in the African game
 A. Pannenborg
(African studies collection; Issue: 43, 2012)
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Unequal catch : gender and fisheries on the Lake Victoria landing sites in Tanzania
 A. Kamanzi
(African studies collection; Issue: 42, 2012)
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Fighting over forest : interactive governance of conflicts over forest and tree resources in Ghana's high forest zone
 M.A.A. Derkyi
(African studies collection; Issue: 41, 2012)
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Settling in and holding on : a socio-economic history of northern traders and transporters in Accra's Tudu, 1908-2008
 S.A. Ntewusu
(African studies collection; Issue: 40, 2012)
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Beyond the façade : instrumentalisation of the Zambian health sector
 M. Leenstra
(African studies collection; Issue: 39, 2012)
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HIV/AIDS treatment in two Ghanaian hospitals : experiences of patients, nurses and doctors
 J.M. Dapaah
(African studies collection; Issue: 38, 2012)
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Being old in times of AIDS: aging, caring and relating in northwest Tanzania
 J. de Klerk
(African studies collection; Issue: 37, 2011)
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Militarized youths in Western Côte d'Ivoire : local processes of mobilization, demobilization, and related humanitarian interventions (2002-2007)
 M. Chelpi-den Hamer
(African studies collection; Issue: 36, 2011)
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The Boipatong massacre and South Africa's democratic transition
 J.G.R. Simpson
(African studies collection; Issue: 35, 2011)
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Travelling hierarchies : roads in and out of slave status in a Central Malian Fulbe network
 L. Pelckmans
(African studies collection; Issue: 34, 2011)
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The Dagara farmer at home and away : migration, environment and development in Ghana
 K.van der Geest
(African studies collection; Issue: 33, 2011)
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Coping with inadequacy: understanding the effects of central teacher recruitment in six ward secondary schools in Tanzania
 W.L. Mafuru
(African studies collection; Issue: 32, 2011)
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Facing coal: changing conceptions of South African coal-based pollution, with special reference to the Witbank coalfield, 1906-1978
 M. Singer
(African studies collection; Issue: 31, 2011)
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Kfaang and its technologies: towards a social history of mobility in Kom, Cameroon, 1928-1998
 W.G. Nkwi
(African studies collection; Issue: 30, 2011)
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Participation for local development : the reality of decentralisation in Tanzania
 H.A. Mollel
(African studies collection; Issue: 29, 2010)
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Plurality of religion, plurality of justice : exploring the role of religion in disputing processes in Gorongosa, Central Mozambique
 C. Jacobs
(African studies collection; Issue: 28, 2010)
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In search of greener pastures? Boat-migrants from Senegal to the Canary Islands
 M. Poeze
(African studies collection; Issue: 27, 2010)
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Researching Africa : Explorations of everyday African encounters
 M.E. de Bruijn; D. Merolla
(African studies collection; Issue: 26, 2010)
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Wartime children's suffering and quests for therapy in northern Uganda
 G. Akello
(African studies collection; Issue: 25, 2010)
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Bodies in action: culture and body skills in post-conflict Sierra Leone
 A. van der Niet
(African studies collection; Issue: 24, 2010)
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Ghanaian nurses at a crossroads : managing expectations on a medical ward
 C. Böhmig
(African studies collection; Issue: 23, 2010)
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Coping with cancer and adversity : hospital ethnography in Kenya
 B.A. Mulemi
(African studies collection; Issue: 22, 2010)
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Ominous calm : autochtony and sovereignty in Konkomba/Nanumba violence and peace, Ghana
 M. Wienia
(African studies collection; Issue: 21, 2009)
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Advances in coastal ecology : people, processes and ecosystems in Kenya
 J.C. Hoorweg; N. Muthiga
(African studies collection; Issue: 20, 2009)
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Creating space for fishermen's livelihoods: Anlo-Ewe beach seine fishermen's negotiations for livelihood space within multiple governance structures in Ghana
 M. Kraan
(African studies collection; Issue: 19, 2009)
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Families in movement : transformation of the family in urban Mali, with a focus on intercontinental mobility
 J. Barten
(African studies collection; Issue: 18, 2009)
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Pastoralistes et la ville au Bénin: Livelihoods en questionnement
 T. Djedjebi
(African studies collection; Issue: 17, 2009)
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Making decentralization work for women in Uganda
 A. Lakwo
(African studies collection; Issue: 16, 2009)
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Food security and coping mechanisms in marginal areas : the case of West Pokot, Kenya, 1920-1995
 A.K. Nangulu
(African studies collection; Issue: 15, 2009)
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'Beyond their age' : coping of children and young people in child-headed households in South Africa
 D. van Dijk
(African studies collection; Issue: 14, 2008)
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Poverty and inequality in urban Sudan. Policies, institutions and governance
 M.A. Abdalla
(African studies collection; Issue: 13, 2008)
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Dilemmas of development : conflicts of interest and their resolutions in modernizing Africa
 G.J. Abbink; A. van Dokkum
(African studies collection; Issue: 12, 2008)
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Teaching peace, transforming conflict? : exploring participants' perceptions of the impact of informal peace education training in Uganda
 A. May
(African studies collection; Issue: 11, 2008)
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Plantations, power and people : two case studies of restructuring South Africa's forestry sector
 A.A. Ojwang
(African studies collection; Issue: 10, 2008)
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Coming back from the bush : gender, youth and reintegration in northern Sierra Leone
 J.G. van Gog
(African studies collection; Issue: 9, 2008)
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How to win a football match in Cameroon : an anthropological study of Africa's most popular sport
 A. Pannenborg
(African studies collection; Issue: 8, 2008)
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'Prendre le bic' : 'Le Combat Spirituel' congolais et les transformations sociales = 'Pak je pen' : de Congolese 'Combat Spirituel' en maatschappelijke veranderingen
 J. Ndaya
(African studies collection; Issue: 7, 2007)
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Transnationalism, local development and social security : the functioning of support networks in rural Ghana
 M. Kabki
(African studies collection; Issue: 6, 2007)
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Tied to migrants : transnational influences on the economy of Accra, Ghana
 L. Smith
(African studies collection; Issue: 5, 2007)
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"Our way" : responding to the Dutch aid in the District Rural Development Programme of Bukoba, Tanzania
 A. Kamanzi
(African studies collection; Issue: 4, 2007)
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Transition towards Jatropha biofuels in Tanzania? : an analysis with strategic niche management
 J. van Eijck
(African studies collection; Issue: 3, 2007)
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"Ask and you shall be given" : Pentecostalism and the economic crisis in Cameroon
 R.M. Akoko
(African studies collection; Issue: 2, 2007)
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World and experiences of AIDS orphans in north central Namibia
 M. van der Brug
(African studies collection; Issue: 1, 2007)
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Posted on 11 April 2012, last modified on 27 June 2023