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Through a blend of scholarly rigour and nostalgia, this volume showcases the diversity and intellectual strength of the work produced in the ResMAAS and celebrates its legacy. The chapters contain nine condensed versions of high-quality theses as well as reflections from their authors and the editors on what the programme meant to them and their academic careers. In an era in which academia - particularly the social sciences and humanities - face significant threats, this book underlines the necessity for scholars to articulate their concerns and to stand in solidarity against such profound and alarming developments. 

Year of publication: 2025
Series: African Studies Collection
Volume: 86]]> Mon, 08 Sep 2025 07:50:38 +0000
Dit onderzoek concentreert zich bovendien op een tot nog toe onderbelicht gedeeld immaterieel cultureel erfgoed van Nederlands en Zuid-Afrika. In dit boek worden historische en culturele banden van de "bruin gemeenskap" in Zuid-Afrika met het koloniale verleden van Nederland in beeld gebracht.

Year of publication: 2025
Series: Occational Publication
Volume: 52]]> Tue, 17 Jun 2025 09:54:40 +0000 This book explores policies and governance initiatives in Ethiopia introduced after the federal government launched its 'Reform Agenda' in April 2018. It features studies on key topics including women’s empowerment, agrarian governance, youth (un)employment, foreign direct investment, and citizens’ charter issues. These chapters were written by Ethiopian policymakers and academic researchers as part of their professional practice. The book begins with a general introduction to the five-year project (2018 – 2023) and includes a political overview of Ethiopia’s federal governance structures and federal -regional relations. The seven empirical studies provide valuable insights into the challenges, opportunities, and conditions for improved policymaking. While the chapters highlight promising developments, they also reflect on the setbacks since 2020. Political turmoil and internal conflicts have slowed the fine-tuning and implementation of the Reform Agenda in 2023-24, underscoring the urgent need for assessment and recalibration.

Year of publication: 2025
Series: African Studies Collection
Volume: 85]]> Tue, 25 Mar 2025 10:35:27 +0000 'De kracht van Afrika' biedt een fascinerende blik op de rijke en complexe geschiedenis van het Afrikaanse continent, vanaf de prekoloniale tijd tot aan het einde van de 20ste eeuw. Auteur Jan Ruyssenaars neemt je mee op reis door de opkomst en ondergang van oude koninkrijken, de ingrijpende gevolgen van slavernij, en de dramatische veranderingen die Afrika onderging na de Conferentie van Berlijn in 1884-1885, waar Europese mogendheden het continent verbeelden en koloniseerden. Vanaf 1960 brak een tijdperk van nieuw optimisme aan, waarin Afrikaanse landen hun eigen weg naar politieke en economische onafhankelijkheid begonnen te banen. De jaren 90 brachten echter ernstige uitdagingen met zich mee: dictaturen, corruptie, burgeroorlogen, genocide en wijdverbreide armoede. Ondanks deze moeilijkheden laat 'De kracht van Afrika' de opmerkelijke veerkracht en dynamiek van het continent zien. 
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This book examines the experience of women entangled in land disputes. It illustrates women's vulnerability to land disputes and demonstrates how men exploit their positions of authority to manipulate existing institutions to deprive women of their rights. These women contend with violence and social exclusion in unclear land dispute resolution structures. While formal courts are more likely to safeguard women's land rights, the process is often arduous, costly, and often tainted by corruption.

Year of Publication: 2024
Series: African Studies Collection
Volume: 84]]> Fri, 18 Oct 2024 09:36:20 +0000 traces of war in Burundi. The book reveals how war reverberates across time and space: in people, places and through ‘war repertoires’. Yet the young people at the heart of this photo-ethnography show how their traces also make for new ways of belonging and connectedness. The book consists of photos, interview and diary excerpts, and analyses. With this artistic publication, Lidewyde Berckmoes and Marieke Maagdenberg hope to seduce readers interested in art and academia to listen to the experiences of next generations, which often remain unnoticed.]]> Tue, 10 Sep 2024 09:26:35 +0000

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This book zooms in on rural women's legal empowerment through digital technology in Northern Uganda. It is based on research done by Robert Okello for his master's thesis, for which he won the Africa Thesis Award 2022. It offers nuance to assumptions made by some Western donors about how digital technologies can easily 'empower' the marginalised communities. Drawing from the experiences of rural women, it questions the faith in technology itself, while emphasising the need for a people-centered approach to justice innovations.]]> Fri, 15 Sep 2023 10:00:25 +0000 Mon, 21 Aug 2023 08:12:53 +0000 Fri, 30 Jun 2023 14:43:22 +0000
Juul Kwaks is a PhD candidate at the Centre for International Conflict - Analysis & Management at Radboud University and a junior researcher at the African Studies Centre Leiden. Her research focuses on the long-term effects of civil conflict and displacement, specifically in the Great Lakes region. Her main goal in research is to focus on the microlevel effects of conflict, thereby centring human beings and all their intricacies.

Year of publication: 2023
Series: African Studies Collection
Volume: 79]]> Tue, 21 Feb 2023 14:10:42 +0000
Roel Coutinho (1946) werkte in 1973-74 vijftien maanden als arts bij de bevrijdingsbeweging van Guinee-Bissau. Hij was hoogleraar in de epidemiologie en bestrijding van infectieziekten aan de universiteiten van Amsterdam en Utrecht en directeur van de GGD Amsterdam en van het Centrum Infectieziektebestrijding van het RIVM. Hij publiceerde eerder De geplaagde mens, Epidemieën en pandemieën en Vaxx, hoe vaccinaties onze wereld beter hebben gemaakt.]]> Thu, 02 Feb 2023 15:09:43 +0000
A significant legacy of Prof Wishitemi is his contribution to academia. His works on biodiversity, conservation (protected) landscapes, culture, communities and tourism are used as reference materials in tertiary level teaching and research in Kenya, East Africa and beyond. He was not only a mentor to many, but a friend to a lot more. He was everyone's favourite.]]> Tue, 31 Jan 2023 13:45:17 +0000
Tamia Botes is an PhD student in the Anthropology department of Wits University, Johannesburg. She is supervised by Professor Zimitri Erasmus. Her current research focuses on the social history of Eldorado Park as a discursive space for reimagining race and the 'human' in a South African context.]]> Fri, 02 Sep 2022 13:05:55 +0000
Using a quantitative comparative analysis, this study shows that maintaining former colonial languages as a medium of instruction will become impossible to sustain. Over the next decade, African countries will have to transition to using African languages. 

The choice of which languages to use has vexed researchers and policymakers. The study points to a new route out of this conundrum. It shows how, all over the world, designed languages serve speakers of several discerned languages. Six case studies examine practical policy options in Africa. 

African languages in education will bolster the new, decolonised cultural traditions already taking shape on the continent. 

Dr Bert van Pinxteren started his career in the anti-apartheid movement, at the Holland Committee on Southern Africa, where he was responsible for recruiting Dutch teachers for newly-independent Zimbabwe. Since then, he has worked for various NGOs, including Friends of the Earth International and ActionAid Netherlands. He has lived and worked in Kenya and worked with many African grassroots groups. 

Bert has an MA in Adult Education and Community Organisation from the University of Amsterdam. He also has a Master in African Studies and obtained his PhD from Leiden University in 2021.]]> Tue, 26 Jul 2022 14:25:34 +0000