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| Varying Form of Title: | Land, the state and the unfinished decolonisation project in Africa
Land, the state & the unfinished decolonization project in Africa
Land, the state and the unfinished decolonization project in Africa
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| Other authors / contributors: | Chitonge, Horman, editor.
Mine, Yōichi, 1961- editor.
Moyo, Sam, honouree.
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| ISBN: | 9956550477
9789956550470
9789956550586
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| Notes: | Includes bibliographical references.
Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on September 04, 2019).
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| Summary: | This book focuses on the work of one of the leading African scholars on the land question and agrarian transformation in Africa--Sam Moyo. It offers a critical discussion, in conversation with Sam Moyo, of the land question and the response of African states. Since independence, African states have been trying to address the colonial legacy on land policy and governance. After six decades of formulating and implementing land reforms, most countries have not succeeded in decolonising approaches to land policy and the administrative framework. The book brings together the broader debates on the implications of decolonisation of Africa's land policy. Through case studies from several African countries, the book offers an empirical analysis on land reforms and the emerging land relations, and how these affect land allocation and use, including agricultural production. Most of the chapters discuss how the unresolved land question in post-colonial Africa impacts on agricultural production and rural development broadly. The failure to decolonise colonial land policy and the imported tenure systems has left post-colonial African states dancing to two tunes, resulting in schizophrenic land and agrarian policies. The book demonstrates that the failure by African states to reconcile imported and indigenous land tenure systems and practices is evident in the deliberate denigration of customary tenure. It is also evident in the rising land inequality and the neglect of the agricultural sector, the small-scale and subsistence sub-sectors in particular.
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| Other form: | Print version: Chitonge, Horman. Land, the State and the Unfinished Decolonisation Project in Africa : Essays in Honour of Professor Sam Moyo. Oxford : Langaa RPCIG, ©2019 9789956550586
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