<rss version="2.0"><channel><title>New titles ASC Leiden</title><description>ASC Leiden RSS feed</description><link>http://www.asclibrary.nl/rss/NewtitlesASCLeiden.xml</link><item><category>Book</category><link>https://catalogue.leidenuniv.nl/permalink/31UKB_LEU/s5ab2f/alma9940664054502711</link><title>The noise silence makes : secularity and Ghana's drum wars / Mariam Goshadze.</title><description><![CDATA[Durham : Duke University Press, 2025. Abstract: "The Noise Silence Makes analyzes the annual, city-wide ban on noise-making required by the Ga indigenous community in Accra in preparation for the Ga's primary religious festival. The centuries-old "ban on drumming" tradition became a point of conflict in the 1990s when newly popular Pentecostal/Charismatic churches refused to subdue their loud worship during the ritual period. The state's response to the "Drum Wars" sheds light on the backstage reality of Ghanaian secularity, wherein the state unofficially collaborates with indigenous religious authorities to control sound in Accra, yet constitutionally and institutionally grants superior status to Christianity and Islam as the country's "religions". Noise regulation technologies used to control the Ga in the colonial context mutated into a mechanism that they now deploy to counter Pentecostal/Charismatic Christianity, revealing the vitality of indigenous religion in urban West Africa. The secular Ghanaian state has found in favor of indigenous religion, ironically by denying "religious" status to indigenous rituals, while "religious" communities, like Pentecostal and evangelical Christians, must defer to the sonic demands of Ga communities. Contrary to the assumption that culturalization of indigenous religions will lead to their marginalization, Mariam Goshadze shows that the culture label lets the Ga remain active in the secular public sphere and is largely responsible for their continuous leverage. The author shows that sound, or its absence, is a powerful means of structuring inter-communal relations. This work offers an important corrective to the implicit hierarchies of religions still present in the study of religion"--  ASC Subject Headings: Ghana. ; Ga. ; drumming. ; Pentecostalism. ; urban society. ; local government. ; legislation. ; ]]></description><category>Ghana.</category><category>Ga.</category><category>drumming.</category><category>Pentecostalism.</category><category>urban society.</category><category>local government.</category><category>legislation.</category><pubDate>Mon, 08 Jun 2026 09:07:39 +0000</pubDate></item><item><category>Book</category><link>https://catalogue.leidenuniv.nl/permalink/31UKB_LEU/s5ab2f/alma9940664055902711</link><title>My parents' marriage : a novel / Nana Ekua Brew-Hammond.</title><description><![CDATA[New York, NY : Amistad, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, [2024] ASC Subject Headings: Ghana. ; United States. ; diasporas. ; marriage. ; novels (form) ; ]]></description><category>Ghana.</category><category>United States.</category><category>diasporas.</category><category>marriage.</category><category>novels (form)</category><pubDate>Mon, 08 Jun 2026 09:07:39 +0000</pubDate></item><item><category>Audiovisual</category><link>https://catalogue.leidenuniv.nl/permalink/31UKB_LEU/s5ab2f/alma9940668717702711</link><title>Didy / Fran&#231;ois-Xavier Destors and Ga&#235;l Kamilindi.</title><description><![CDATA[[Le Pr&#233; Saint Gervais] : Sudu Connexion, 2024. Abstract: Ga&#235;l was five years old when his mother, Didy, died. His memories of her have since been lost in the turmoil of civil wars, genocide, and AIDS that ravaged Burundi and then Rwanda, ultimately forcing him into exile in Switzerland. Thirty years later, he dares to reopen the pages of his family history by seeking out those who knew his mother. Through their memories, the portrait of an entire generation of Rwandan women emerges, rekindling a dialogue with those who carry their stories.  ASC Subject Headings: Rwanda. ; Burundi. ; mothers. ; memory. ; diasporas. ; AIDS. ; ethnic conflicts. ; documentary films (form) ; videos (form) ;  https://youtu.be/5rTc6Orbd_U]]></description><category>Rwanda.</category><category>Burundi.</category><category>mothers.</category><category>memory.</category><category>diasporas.</category><category>AIDS.</category><category>ethnic conflicts.</category><category>documentary films (form)</category><category>videos (form)</category><pubDate>Mon, 08 Jun 2026 09:07:39 +0000</pubDate></item></channel></rss>