Land And The Politics Of Belonging In Africa
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Land And The Politics Of Belonging In West Africa
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Author : Richard Kuba
language : en
Publisher: BRILL
Release Date : 2005-12-01
Land And The Politics Of Belonging In West Africa written by Richard Kuba and has been published by BRILL this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2005-12-01 with Social Science categories.
Recognizing that land rights are ambiguous, negotiable and politically embedded, these case studies explore the long-term processes and recent changes in contemporary rural West Africa affecting the conversion of control over land into social and political capital and vice versa. They point to the colonial origins of what came to be viewed as ‘customary’ tenure and to the legal pluralism characterizing pre-colonial tenure arrangements. Furthermore, they show the spiritual and ritual importance of land that can be converted into political power and economic prerogatives, a dimension neglected by much of the recent literature. Analyses cover forest and savannah, state and segmentary societies, facilitating comparison and insights across the Anglo-Francophone divide.
Land And The Politics Of Belonging In Africa
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Author : Carola Lentz
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2007
Land And The Politics Of Belonging In Africa written by Carola Lentz and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007 with categories.
Property And Political Order In Africa
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Author : Catherine Boone
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 2014-02-10
Property And Political Order In Africa written by Catherine Boone and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-02-10 with Business & Economics categories.
In sub-Saharan Africa, property relationships around land and access to natural resources vary across localities, districts, and farming regions. These differences produce patterned variations in relationships between individuals, communities, and the state. This book captures these patterns in an analysis of structure and variation in rural land tenure regimes. In most farming areas, state authority is deeply embedded in land regimes, drawing farmers, ethnic insiders and outsiders, lineages, villages, and communities into direct and indirect relationships with political authorities at different levels of the state apparatus. The analysis shows how property institutions - institutions that define political authority and hierarchy around land - shape dynamics of great interest to scholars of politics, including the dynamics of land-related competition and conflict, territorial conflict, patron-client relations, electoral cleavage and mobilization, ethnic politics, rural rebellion, and the localization and "nationalization" of political competition.
Land Mobility And Belonging In West Africa
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Author : Carola Lentz
language : en
Publisher: Indiana University Press
Release Date : 2013-07-05
Land Mobility And Belonging In West Africa written by Carola Lentz and has been published by Indiana University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-07-05 with Social Science categories.
An ethnographic study of issues of land rights, property regimes, and ethnicity in West Africa. Focusing on an area of the savannah in northern Ghana and southwestern Burkina Faso, Land, Mobility, and Belonging in West Africa explores how rural populations have secured, contested, and negotiated access to land and how they have organized their communities despite being constantly on the move as farmers or migrant laborers. Carola Lentz seeks to understand how those who claim native status hold sway over others who are perceived to have come later. As conflicts over land, agriculture, and labor have multiplied in Africa, Lentz shows how politics and power play decisive roles in determining access to scarce resources and in changing notions of who belongs and who is a stranger. “Illuminates the distinctive historical trajectory of land claims, authority, and belonging among the Dagara and Sisala peoples of the Black Volta region, and locates this specific case history within broader debates over transformation in access, use, and control over land in colonial and postcolonial Africa.” —Sara Berry, Johns Hopkins University “Important in the sense that it constitutes a detailed historical study of how complex narratives of belonging and notions of property interlock. . . . It is academic work of the first order.” —Christian Lund, Roskilde University
Land Migration And Belonging
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Author : Joseph Mujere
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2019
Land Migration And Belonging written by Joseph Mujere and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019 with Sotho (African people categories.
Tracing the history of the Basotho, a small mainly Christianized community of evangelists working for the Dutch Reformed Church, this book examines the challenges faced by minority ethnic groups in colonial Zimbabwe and how they tried to strike a balance between particularism and integration. Maintaining their own language and community farm, the Basotho used ownership of freehold land, religion and a shared history to sustain their identity. The author analyses the challenges they faced in purchasing land and in engaging with colonial administrators and missionaries, as well as the nature and impact of internal schisms within the community, and shows how their "unity in diversity" impacted on their struggles for belonging and shaped their lives. This detailed account of the experiences and strategies the Basotho deployed in interactions with the Dutch Reformed Church missionaries and colonial administrators as well as with their non-Sotho neighbours will contribute to wider debates about migration, identity and the politics of belonging, and to our understanding of African agency in the context of colonial and missionary encounters.
Land Law And Politics In Africa
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Author : Jan Abbink
language : en
Publisher: BRILL
Release Date : 2011-11-11
Land Law And Politics In Africa written by Jan Abbink and has been published by BRILL this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-11-11 with Law categories.
This book offers a series of new studies on the dynamics of political and legal culture as well as of conflict management in contemporary Africa, taking inspiration from and honoring the scholarly contributions and impact of Prof. Gerti Hesseling (1946-2009) in African Studies.
African Land Rights Systems
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Author : Tarimo, Aquiline
language : en
Publisher: Langaa RPCIG
Release Date : 2014-06-16
African Land Rights Systems written by Tarimo, Aquiline and has been published by Langaa RPCIG this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-06-16 with Law categories.
This book, from ethical, interdisciplinary, and African perspectives, unveils the root causes of the increasing land disputes. Its significance lies upon the effort of presenting a broad overview founded upon a critical analysis of the existing land-related disputes. It is a perspective that attempts to evaluate the renewed interest in evolving theories of land rights by raising questions that can help us to understand better differences underlying land ownership systems, conflict between customary and statutory land rights systems, and the politics of land reform. Other dimensions explored in the book include the market influence on land-grabbing and challenges accompanying trends of migration, resettlement, and integration. The methodology applied in the study provides a perspective that raises questions intended to identify areas of contention, dispute, and conflict. The study, which could also be categorized as a critical assessment of the African land rights systems, is intended to be a resource for scholars, activists, and organizations working to resolve land-related disputes.
Development Dual Citizenship And Its Discontents In Africa
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Author : Robtel Neajai Pailey
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 2021-01-07
Development Dual Citizenship And Its Discontents In Africa written by Robtel Neajai Pailey and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-01-07 with Business & Economics categories.
Based on rich oral histories, this is an engaging study of citizenship construction and practice in Liberia, Africa's first black republic.
Politics Of Origin In Africa
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Author : Morten Bøås
language : en
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Release Date : 2013-02-14
Politics Of Origin In Africa written by Morten Bøås and has been published by Bloomsbury Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-02-14 with Social Science categories.
In this revealing new book, Bøås and Dunn explore the phenomenon of 'autochthony' - literally 'son of the soil' - in African politics. In contemporary Africa, questions concerning origin are currently among the most crucial and contested issues in political life, directly relating to the politics of place, belonging, identity and contested citizenship. Thus, land claims and autochthony disputes are the hallmark of political crises in many places on the African continent. Examining the often complex reasons behind this recent rise of autochthony across a number of high-profile case studies - including the Democratic Republic of Congo, Côte d'Ivoire, Liberia, and Kenya - this is an essential book for anyone wishing to understand the impact of this crucial issue on contemporary African politics and conflicts.
People Place And Property Rights
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Author : Ulrika Kolben Waaranperä
language : en
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Release Date : 2021-10-31
People Place And Property Rights written by Ulrika Kolben Waaranperä and has been published by Taylor & Francis this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-10-31 with Law categories.
Unique ethnographic study contributing to global debate on property rights and land reform in the developing world Makes an important contribution to the study of land and politics in Kenya and beyond Challenges the universal definition of property rights undergirding most contemporary land reforms