Klaas van Walraven
Researcher
- Name
- Dr. K. van Walraven
- Telephone
- +31 71 527 3362
- k.van.walraven@asc.leidenuniv.nl
For an overview of Klaas van Walraven's research and publications, visit his profile on the ASCL website.
Klaas van Walraven is a historian and political scientist who is currently working on the history of colonialism and decolonisation in French Equatorial Africa. He is particularly interested in biographical perspectives on history, which are pursued through research for a biography of Barthélémy Boganda, priest and politician in Oubangui-Chari (the present-day Central African Republic), 1910-1959. This biographical focus elaborates on the social-history and ‘life-histories’ perspectives that Van Walraven employed in earlier research on the history of decolonisation in Niger, West Africa. This research culminated in a monograph entitled The Yearning for Relief: A History of the Sawaba Movement in Niger (Brill: Leiden & Boston, 2013), which traced the role of the Sawaba movement in the decolonisation of Niger and its rebellion against the French-protected regime during the 1960s (French translation Le désir de calme: L’histoire du mouvement Sawaba au Niger [Presses Universitaires de Rennes: Rennes, 2017 – forthcoming]).
In the past Van Walraven engaged in political science research (international relations) and was co-editor of the Africa Yearbook: Politics, Economy and Society South of the Sahara (Brill Academic Publishers).
Researcher
- Afrika-Studiecentrum
- Wetenschappelijke staf
- Walraven K. van (2023), Niger. In: Alidu S.M., Kamski B., Mehler A. & Sebudubudu D. (Eds.), Africa yearbook : politics, economy and society South of the Sahara in 2022. Africa Yearbook no. 19. Leiden, Boston: Brill. 144-152.
- Walraven K. van (2022), Niger. In: Awedoba A., Kamski B. & Mehler A. Sebudubudu D. (Eds.), Africa yearbook: politics, economy and society South of the Sahara in 2021. Africa Yearbook no. 18. Leiden/Boston: Brill. 140-148.
- Walraven K. van (2021), European memoirs and colonialism in Equatorial Africa: reflections on the reminiscences of Alfons Vermeulen (1877-1965). ASC Working Paper Series no. 151. Leiden: African Studies Centre Leiden (ASCL). [working paper].
- Walraven K. van (2021), Socialism in Sawaba : the journey of doctrines and ideas in a social movement in Niger. In: Basto M.B., Blum F., Guidi P., Kiriakou H., Mourre M., Pauthier C., Rillon O., Roy A. & Vezzadini E. (Eds.) Socialismes en Afrique = African socialism. Collection histoire, sociologie, anthropologie no. 54 Paris: Les Éditions de la Maison des sciences de l'homme. 109-133.
- Walraven K. van (2021), Niger. In: Awedoba A., Kamski B., Mehler A. & Sebudubudu D. (Eds.), Africa yearbook: politics, economy and society south of the Sahara in 2020. Africa Yearbook no. 17. Leiden/Boston: Brill. 145-153.
- Walraven K. van, Spirits and love under the mango trees: Dutch-Congolese heritage at a cemetery in Brazzaville. ASCL Africanist Blog. Leiden: African Studies Centre Leiden (ASCL). [blog entry].
- Walraven K. van (Ed.) (2020), The individual in African history: the importance of biography in African historical studies. African dynamics no. 17. Leiden: Brill.
- Walraven K. van (2020), Prologue: reflections on historiography and biography and the study of Africa’s past. In: Walraven K. van (Ed.), The individual in African history: the importance of biography in African historical studies. African dynamics no. 17. Leiden: Brill. 1-50.
- Walraven K. van (2020), Barthélémy Boganda between charisma and cosmology: interpretive perspectives on biography in Equatorial African history. In: Walraven K. van (Ed.), The individual in African history: the importance of biography in African historical studies. African dynamics no. 17. Leiden: Brill. 246-274.
- Walraven K. van (2020), Niger. In: Awedoba A.K., Kamski B., Mehler A. & Sebudubudu D. (Eds.), Africa yearbook: politics, economy and society South of the Sahara in 2019. Africa Yearbook: Politics, Economy and Society south of the Sahara no. 16. Leiden, Boston: Brill. 138-146.
- Walraven K. van (2019), A decade of Niger : politics, economy and society 2008-2017. Leiden ; Boston: Brill.
- Walraven K. (2019), The historical long-term in the politics of the Central African Republic : insights from the biography of Barthélémy Boganda (1910-1959). ASC Working Paper Series no. 146. Leiden: African Studies Centre Leiden (ASCL). [working paper].
- Walraven K. van (2019), Niger. In: Adetula V., Kamski B., Mehler A. & Melber H. (Eds.), Africa yearbook : politics, economy and society South of the Sahara in 2018. Africa Yearbook no. 15. Leiden, Boston: Brill. 134-142.
- Walraven K. van (2018), Niger. In: Abbink G.J., Melber H., Mehler A. & Odetula V. (Eds.), Africa yearbook : politics, economy and society South of the Sahara in 2017. Africa Yearbook no. 14. Leiden: Brill. 135-143.
- Walraven K. van, In memoriam: Ousmane Dan Galadima (1927-2018). ASCL Africanist Blog. Leiden: African Studies Centre Leiden (ASCL). [blog entry].
- Walraven K. van (2017), Le désir de calme : L’histoire du mouvement Sawaba au Niger. Collection Histoire. Rennes: Presses universitaires de Rennes.
- Walraven K. van (2017), The diaries of Barthélémy Boganda, priest and politician in French Equatorial Africa (1910-1959), History in Africa 44: 237-264.
- Walraven K. van (2017), Jacques Foccart et le Niger: le briseur du Sawaba dupé par les militaires (1958-1974). In: Bat J.-P., Forcade O. & Mary S. (Eds.), Jacques Foccart : archives ouvertes (1958-1974) : la politique, l’Afrique et le monde. Paris: Presses de l'Université Paris-Sorbonne (PUPS). 117-131.
- Walraven K. van (2017), La portée historique du Sawaba : la France et la destruction d’un mouvement social au Niger, Les Temps Modernes (693-694): 174-194.
- Walraven K. van (2017), Niger. In: Abbink J., Elischer S., Mehler A. & Melber H. (Eds.), Africa yearbook: politics, economy and society South of the Sahara in 2016. Leiden [etc.]: Brill. 128-136.
- Walraven K. van (2016), Sawaba’s maquis in Niger and its students in Eastern Europe. In: Blum F., Guide P. & Rillon O. (Eds.), Étudiants africains en mouvements: contribution à une histoire des années 1968. Paris: Publications de la Sorbonne. 279-297.
- Walraven K. van (2013), The yearning for relief: a history of the Sawaba movement in Niger. Afrika-Studiecentrum series no. 25. Leiden [etc.]: Brill.
- Walraven K. van (2012), Economisch-politieke ontwikkelingen in Afrika op macro-niveau: de goede kant op?, Internationale Spectator 66(5): 231-234.
- Gewald J.B., Luning S.W.J. & Walraven K. van (2009), The speed of change: motor vehicles and people in Africa, 1890-2000. Afrika-Studiecentrum series no. 13. Leiden: Brill.
- Walraven K. van (2005), From Tamanrasset: the struggle of Sawaba and the Algerian connection, 1957-1966, The Journal of North African Studies 10(3/4): 507-527.
- Walraven K. van (2005), Niger. In: Mehler A., Melber H. & Walraven K. van (Eds.), Africa Yearbook: Politics, Economy and Society South of the Sahara in 2004. Africa Yearbook no. 1. Leiden: Brill. 125-132.
- Walraven K. van (2005), West Africa. In: Mehler A., Melber H. & Walraven K. van (Eds.), Africa Yearbook: Politics, Economy and Society South of the Sahara in 2004. Africa Yearbook no. 1. Leiden: Brill. 27-38.
- Walraven K. van (2004), From union of tyrants to power to the people? The significance of the Pan-African Parliament for the African Union, Africa Spectrum 39(2): 197-221.
- Walraven K. van (2004) Review of Levitt J.L. (ed.): 'Africa: Selected Documents on Constitutive, Conflict, and Security, Humanitarian and Judicial Issues'. Review of: Levitt J.L. (2003), Africa: Selected Documents on Constitutive, Conflict, and Security, Humanitarian and Judicial Issues. Ardsley, N.Y.: Transnational Publishers. African Studies Review : The Journal of the African Studies Association 4: 191-192.
- Walraven K. van (2003), Sawaba's rebellion in Niger (1964-1965): narrative and meaning. In: Abbink G.J., Bruijn M.E. de & Walraven K. van (Eds.), Rethinking resistance: revolt and violence in African history. African dynamics no. 2. Leiden: Brill. 218-252.
- Walraven K. van & Abbink G.J. (2003), Rethinking resistance in African history: an introduction. In: Abbink G.J., Bruijn M.E. de & Walraven K. van (Eds.), Rethinking resistance: revolt and violence in African history. African dynamics no. 2. Leiden: Brill. 1-40.
- Abbink G.J., Bruijn M.E. de & Walraven K. van (2003), Rethinking resistance: revolt and violence in African history. African dynamics no. 2. Leiden: Brill.
- Walraven K. van (2002), The end of an era: the Ghanaian elections of December 2000, Journal of Contemporary African Studies 20(2): 183-202.
- Walraven K. van (2000), Democratisering in Afrika, Internationale Spectator 54(5): 268-272.
- Douma P. & Walraven K. van (2000), Between indifference and naïveté: Dutch policy interventions in African conflicts: a synthesis report. The Hague: Clingendael, Conflict Research Unit.
- Walraven K. van (1999), Conflict policy in some Western countries: some explorative notes. The Hague: Conflict Research Unit, Netherlands Institute of International Relations ' Clingendael'.
- Walraven K. van (1999), The Netherlands and Liberia: Dutch policies and interventions with respect to the Liberian civil war. Den Haag: Instituut Clingendael, Conflict Research Unit.
- Walraven K. van (1999), Containing conflict in the Economic Community of West African States: lessons from the intervention in Liberia, 1990-1997. The Hague: Netherlands Institute of International Relations.
- Walraven K. van (1998), Conclusions. In: Walraven K. van (Ed.), Early warning and conflict prevention: limitations and possibilities. Nijhoff Law Specials no. 39. The Hague [etc.]: Kluwer Law International. 163-174.
- Walraven K. van (1998), Inter-govermental organizations and preventing conflicts: political practice since the end of the Cold War. In: Walraven K. van (Ed.), Early warning and conflict prevention: limitations and possibilities. The Hague [etc.]: Kluwer Law International.
- Walraven K. van (1998), Introduction. In: Walraven K. van (Ed.), Early warning and conflict prevention: limitations and possibilities. The Hague [etc.]: Kluwer Law International. 1-17.
- Walraven K. van (1997), De crisis in het Grote Merengebied, Internationale Spectator 51(1): 1-2.