Contemporary Customary Land Issues in Africa

Released on by J. Oloka-Onyango
preview-18

  • Contemporary Customary Land Issues in Africa Book Detail

  • Author : J. Oloka-Onyango
  • Release Date : 2018-07-26
  • Publisher : Cambridge Scholars Publishing
  • Genre : Political Science
  • Pages : 262
  • ISBN 13 : 1527514374
  • File Size : 20,20 MB
DOWNLOAD BOOK

Contemporary Customary Land Issues in Africa by J. Oloka-Onyango PDF Summary

Book Description: This book examines current trends in customary land issues in Africa, focusing on the practice of converting customary land into leasehold tenure, particularly in Zambia. Since the enactment of the 1995 Lands Act No. 29 in Zambia, conversion of customary land has become a controversial policy, raising questions about the future of customary land and rural communities, and the role of traditional authorities in a changing environment. Alienating customary land into leasehold tenure has serious implications for local and national politics and gender dynamics. Analysis of these trends suggests that the policy of creating land markets on customary land is subjecting customary systems to the forces of change. However, governments that have adopted this policy have not, by and large, adopted measures to respond to these challenges. Although customary tenure is widely believed to be resilient, it is not clear how the customary system will navigate the current winds of change. Chapters in this book draw from the Land Use and Rural Livelihoods in Africa Project (LURLAP), a collaborative research project undertaken by staff and students at the University of Cape Town and the University of Zambia.

Disclaimer: www.yourbookbest.com does not own Contemporary Customary Land Issues in Africa books pdf, neither created or scanned. We just provide the link that is already available on the internet, public domain and in Google Drive. If any way it violates the law or has any issues, then kindly mail us via contact us page to request the removal of the link.

The Politics of Land Reform in Africa

The Politics of Land Reform in Africa

File Size : 15,15 MB
Total View : 8117 Views
DOWNLOAD

Across Africa land is being commodified: private ownership is replacing communal and customary tenure; Farms are turned into collateral for rural credit markets

Land Tenure Challenges in Africa

Land Tenure Challenges in Africa

File Size : 39,39 MB
Total View : 9631 Views
DOWNLOAD

This book provides a significant contribution to the literature on land reform in various African contexts. While the economic evidence is clear that secure pro