Conflicts Over Land and Water in Africa

Häftad, Engelska, 2007

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Beskrivning

Examines the context of the re-emergence of land reform and resource conflicts in Africa.Efforts to change the race-based systems of land ownership and land tenure in Namibia, South Africa and Zimbabwe have pushed land issues to the forefront of social and economic discourses in Africa. This collection examines the broader context of the re-emergence of land reform and resource conflicts. The case studies examine the links between identity maintenance, tenurial changes, state intervention and forms and modes of conflict. The contributors emphasize the need for a deeper understanding of local histories, cultures and motivations if efforts to attain a more just distribution of resources are to succeed.Contributors include: KOJO AMANOR on Ghana; QUENTIN GAUSSET on Cameroon; KJERSTI LARSEN on the Sudan; CAMILLA TOULMIN on West Africa; POUL WISBORG on a Namaqualand communal area; NANCY ANDREW on South Africa; STEN HAGBERG on Burkina Faso; BILL DERMAN & ANN HELLUM on Zimbabwe; FAUSTIN MAGANGA, RIE ODGAARD & ESPEN SJAASTAD on Tanzania; KAREN WITSENBURG & ADANO WARIO ROBA on Kenya.North America: Michigan State U Press; South Africa: University of KwaZulu-Natal Press

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2007-09-01
Mått:152 x 228 x 16 mm
Vikt:380 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:256
Förlag:James Currey
ISBN:9780852558881

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Politiskt förtryck inom Samhälle och politik

Mer om författaren

Bill Derman is professor of Anthropology and African Studies at Michigan State University and professor II at the Center for International Environment & Development Studies (Noragric) at the Agricultural University of Norway; Rie Odgaard is senior researcher and anthropologist at the Danish Institute for International Studies in Copenhagen; Espen Sjaastad is an associate professor at the Centre for International Environment & Development Studies (Noragric), Agricultural University of Norway

Innehållsförteckning

Introduction by Bill Derman, Rie Odgaard & Espen Sjaastad; I CONFLICT & CUSTOM; Conflicts & the reinterpretation of customary tenure in Ghana by Kojo Amanor; Land tenure & land conflicts among the Kwanja, in Adamawa, northern Cameroon: 'our land is not for sale': by Quentin Gausset; Adaptability, identity & conflict mediation among the Hawawir in northern Sudan by Kjersti Larsen; II LAND REFORM, POLICY & CONFLICT; Negotiation access to land in West Africa: who is losing out? by Camilla Toulmin; Land tenure reform in a Namaqualand communal area, South Africa: contesting Komaggas by Poul Wisborg; Land reform & the rekindling of land conflicts in South Africa: rural women's access to land by Nancy Andrew; III LAND, IDENTITY & VIOLENCE; Land, identity & violence in Zimbabwe by Bill Derman & Anne Hellum; The authority of violence of a hunters' association in Western Burkina Faso: 'each bird is sitting in it own tree': by Sten Hagberg; Contested identities & resource conflicts in Morogoro region, Tanzania: who is indigenous? by Faustin Maganga, Rie Odgaard & Espen Sjaastad; The use & management of water sources in Kenya's drylands: is there a link between scarcity & violent conflict? by Karen Witsenburg & Adano Wario Roba.