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African Studies Centre Leiden

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African Studies Centre Leiden
research institute, publishing company
Part ofLeiden University Edit
Year dem found am1947 Edit
Field for workAfrica Edit
Director / managerJan-Bart Gewald Edit
CountryNetherlands Edit
Edey de administrative territorial entity insydLeiden Edit
Coordinate location52°9′24″N 4°28′54″E Edit
Dema official websitehttps://www.ascleiden.nl Edit
Terms of service URLhttps://www.ascleiden.nl/content/open-access Edit
Content partnership categoryCategory:Images from the African Studies Centre (Leiden) Edit
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De African Studies Centre (Afrika-Studiecentrum) be scientific institute for Netherlands wey dey undertake social-science research for Africa top plus de aim say ego promote better understanding of historical, current den future social developments for Sub-Saharan Africa insyd. De centre be interfaculty institute of Leiden University. De present director since 2021 be Marleen Dekker.[1] De institute dey locate for de Herta Mohr Building of Leiden University ein Faculty of Humanities.

Library

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Library

De centre ein library dey consist of sam 100,000 books den about 2,000 journals (wey dey include electronic journals), government reports, brochures, African newspapers den about 2,500 documentaries den feature films for video den DVD top. Dem centre develop web service, Connecting-Africa, plus links go more dan 58,000 online articles about Africa.[2] De library sanso get collection of archival material wey dey include archives of African government publications den number of personal archives.[3]

Publications

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Publications of de ASC

De centre dey publish extensively, samtyms for cooperation insyd plus publishers such as Brill Publishers wey dey Leiden. ASC publications dey include:

  • Africa Yearbook (ISSN 1871-2525)
  • African studies abstracts online (ISSN 1570-937X)
  • Kroniek van Afrika (Chronicles of Africa, 1961-1975, ISSN 0023-4893)

References

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  1. "Prof. Marleen Dekker appointed new director of the African Studies Centre Leiden". African Studies Centre, Leiden.
  2. "Collection". African Studies Centre Leiden. Retrieved 13 June 2016.
  3. "Archives". African Studies Centre, Leiden. Retrieved 20 June 2016.