Land, mobility, and belonging in West Africa /

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Author / Creator:Lentz, Carola, author.
Imprint:Bloomington, Indiana : Indiana University Press, [2013]
Description:xii, 331 pages : maps ; 23 cm
Language:English
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Format: Map Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/9330607
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ISBN:9780253009579 (pbk.)
025300957X (pbk.)
9780253009531 (hbk.)
0253009537 (hbk.)
9780253009616 (ebook)
0253009618 (ebook)
Notes:Includes bibliographical references (pages 299-319) and index.
Table of Contents:
  • List of Illustrations
  • Preface
  • Introduction
  • 1. Pushing Frontiers: The Social Organization of Mobility
  • 2. Staking Claims: Earth Shrines, Ritual Power, and Property Rights
  • 3. Setting Boundaries, Negotiating Entitlements: Contested Borders and Bundles of Rights
  • 4. Ethnicity, Autochthony, and the Politics of Belonging
  • 5. History versus history: Contemporary Land Conflicts in a Context of Legal and Institutional Pluralism
  • Notes
  • References
  • Index