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Land and the Politics of Belonging in West Africa (Paperback)
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Land and the Politics of Belonging in West Africa (Paperback)
Series: African Social Studies Series, 9
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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.
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