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Land disputes arise when the fundamental principles of customary law are breached. The breach can be at the hands of the state or its representatives.
Ghana’s regions have no autonomy, yet creating new ones is contentious as it threatens the interests of chiefs and political parties.
The judgment highlights the lack of interest by successive government ministers in curtailing the self-interested actions of rural elites.
Attempts to formalise charcoal production have been largely unsuccessful.
African leaders can make strategies to fight COVID-19 more accessible to the people.
Clashes between mining companies and communities are often about the age-old question of whether mining, with its adverse impacts, can benefit the many or only a selected few.
Trouble in Africa’s cities is due to the fact that electoral competition drives leaders to be biased towards rural areas.
Recently, the Kano State government in the north west region of Nigeria removed the Emir, the first highly westernised and educated person on the throne.
The unstable authoritarian pathway that many post-colonial African states followed was facilitated by the way in which European empires undermined democratic elements within African societies.
The role and efficacy of the traditional crime-prevention measures in Iraye-Oke are widely acknowledged by people who live in the area.
While not all men are willing to become involved in women and children’s health, some situations force them take on ‘women’s work’.
Colonialism and apartheid sought to make traditional leaders accountable to white officials by tying them to land.
South Africa’s rural communities where mining licenses have been granted are often excluded from consultations and bear the brunt having their environment and livelihoods destroyed.
The mere presence of NGOs, no matter their size or aims, inadvertently reduced the legitimacy of local village headmen.
Villagers from a community in South Africa’s Eastern Cape fought to be consulted and for the power to consent to mining their land.
South Africa has made progress towards interrupting the looting of land by chiefs, state officials and mining capital.
The main reason land reform in South Africa has been lethargic is not the Constitution, but a flawed approach.
Shortcomings of Namibia’s land reforms suggest that voluntary, market-based transactions might not be suitable.
Women don’t want to be reduced to ceremonial roles; they believe they can add value in making decisions.
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Associate Professor, Sociology, University of Fort Hare
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Professor of Political Studies, University of Johannesburg
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Network and Research Manager: ARUA – UKRI GCRF FSNet Africa, University of Pretoria
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Professor in Food Security; Head of the Department of Agricultural Economics, Extension and Rural Development, University of Pretoria
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Emeritus Professor, Poverty, Land and Agrarian Studies, University of the Western Cape
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Associate professor, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, College of Nursing
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Lecturer, La Trobe University, La Trobe University
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Deputy Executive Director in Economic Development and Professor of Social Anthropology, Human Sciences Research Council
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Senior Research Manager in the Developmental, Capable and Ethical State Research Division of the HSRC, Human Sciences Research Council
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Professor, North-West University
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Senior lecturer, Division of Geomatics, University of Cape Town
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Manager: Centre for Learning and Teaching Development, Walter Sisulu University
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Sociology Lecturer, University of Namibia
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Professor Environmental Science, University of South Africa
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Researcher at the Centre for African Studies, University of Basel
