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Trajectory of Land Reform in Post-Colonial African States

Part of the Advances in African Economic, Social and Political Development Book Series

Editors: Akinola, Adeoye O.; Wissink, Henry

DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-78701-5

ISBN: 978-3-319-78700-8

Publisher: Springer International Publishing - Springer Journals

Jun 14, 2018

1 - 10 of 12 Chapters

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Chapter 1Africa and the Land Reform Question

Akinola, Adeoye O.

Pages: 1 –12

[In Africa, colonialism led to the distortion of land arrangements, which defines the land-related conflict experienced by post-colonial African states. The modern states that emerged from the 'debris' of foreign domination in Africa soon realized the urgency to initiate land reforms and effect...
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Chapter 2Land Reform and the Calculus for Power in Zimbabwe’s Democratic Transition

Gideon, Chitanga

Pages: 13 –27

[At the centre of the intrastate democratization conflict in Zimbabwe was the historical land question which the state sought to resolve during the course and context of unprecedented political contestation over democratization. The Fast Track Land Reform (FTLR), a wave of land invasions which...
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Chapter 3Food and National Security in Nigeria: A Study of the Interconnections

Yagboyaju, Dhikru A.

Pages: 29 –41

[There are obvious interconnections between land and food production. Land as a possession and its usage for many purposes are quite important in human existence, but this importance becomes more profound because land is the primary source of food and food is a basic necessity for the...
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Chapter 4Transforming the Bodi from Pastoralists to Outgrowers: Land and State Capitalism in South Omo, Southwest Ethiopia

Gebresenbet, Fana

Pages: 43 –55

[Under the broad land question in Ethiopia, this chapter argues that sugar industrialization is accelerating the pace at which villagized Bodi households are integrated into a monetized, capitalist system by making them out-growers and by advancing a more exclusive land tenure system. The chapter...
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Chapter 5The Struggle for Land Restitution and Reform in Post-Apartheid South Africa

Wissink, Henry

Pages: 57 –73

[The chapter employs a historical and analytical approach to presenting the process through which the colonial powers and subsequent governments maintained dominance of land ownership in South Africa in the 19th and 20th centuries, and describes the progress towards land restitution and reform in...
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Chapter 6Land Policies in Africa: A Case Study of Nigeria and Zambia

Mowoe, Merioboroghene

Pages: 75 –90

[Like other countries in Africa, Nigeria and Zambia realized the necessity to engage on the reform of the land resources. During the pre-colonial epoch, land in the traditional rural areas of Nigeria and Zambia were seen and regarded as common properties. However, land resource has become...
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Chapter 7Land Governance in the Context of Legal Pluralism: Cases of Ghana and Kenya

Ruffin, Fayth

Pages: 91 –108

[The purpose of this chapter is three-fold. First, African indigenous modes of land governance are considered in selected pre-colonial polities across eastern, western and southern regions. Opposing scholarly arguments are examined in terms of ontological and epistemological standpoints that turn...
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Chapter 8Cultural Practices and Women’s Land Rights in Africa: South Africa and Nigeria in Comparison

Eniola, Bolanle; Akinola, Adeoye O.

Pages: 109 –123

[Over the years, Africa has been characterised by poverty, gender inequalities and socio-economic underdevelopment. It was soon discovered that cultural and traditional belief system constitutes one of the drivers of gender inequality, which is reflected in the skewed land arrangement in the...
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Chapter 9The Chasm Between Sexes in Accessing Land and Its Produce: The Case of Rural Women in Zimbabwe

Yingi, Listen

Pages: 125 –138

[In Zimbabwe, much of the focus by the state was on the equitable land redistribution to redress racially-based inequality and historical injustice, leading to the jettisoning of ‘who actually gets the land’. This automatically subjects societal resources under the dictate of patriarchy leading...
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Chapter 10Land Conflicts in Southern Ghana: A Reflection of Multiple Ownerships of Land and Usufruct Rights to Land Use

Brobbey, Collins Adu-Bempah

Pages: 139 –154

[Literature is exhaustive on the importance of land as vital ‘commodity’ and resource, however there is dearth of studies on the challenges of multiple ownerships of land and the usufruct rights to land use in Ghana. This chapter reveals the disconnection between pervasive commodification,...

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