Conflicts Over Land and Water in Africa

by Derman, Bill

• ISBN13: 9780852558881
• ISBN10: 0852558880
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2007-09-01
• Publisher: James Currey

Summary

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

Table of Contents

List of Tables, Figures, Maps, Boxes & Photographs	p. viii
Notes on Contributors	p. ix
Preface	p. xi
Introduction	p. 1
Conflict & Custom	p. 31
Conflicts & the Reinterpretation of Customary Tenure in Ghana	p. 33
Land Tenure & Land Conflicts among the Kwanja in Adamawa, Northern Cameroon: 'Our Land is Not for Sale'	p. 60
Adabtability, Identity & Conflict Mediation among the Hawawir in Northern Sudan	p. 75
Land Reform, Policy & Conflict	p. 93
Negotiating Access to Land in West Africa: Who is Losing Out?	p. 95
Land Tenure Reform in a Namaqualand Communal Area, South Africa: Contesting Komaggas	p. 116
Land Reform & the Rekindling of Land Conflicts in South Africa: Rural Women's Access to Land	p. 138
Land, Identity & Violence	p. 159
Land, Identity & Violence in Zimbabwe	p. 161
The Authority & Violence of a Hunters' Association in Western Burkina Faso: 'Each Bird is Sitting in its Own Tree'	p. 187
Contested Identities & Resource Conflicts in Morogoro Region, Tanzania: Who is Indigenous?	p. 202
The Use & Management of Water Sources in Kenya's Drylands: Is There a Link Between Scarcity & Violent Conflicts?	p. 215
Index	p. 239
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