Land access is becoming a crucial issue in many African contexts, where groups and individuals are coping with land scarcity and increasing competition over resources. Based on fieldwork carried out in the southwestern region of Togo, this paper explores the plurality and adaptability of the forms of land access that have historically emerged from changing economic and political landscapes characterized by the rise and the decline of cocoa cultivation. Moreover, it analyses the current strategies (from manipulation of group membership and land title registration to renegotiation of previous sharecropping agreements) subjects in asymmetrical power relations use to reinforce or contest rights over land in a context of rising social tensions

Gardini, M. (2012). Land Transactions and Chieftaincies in Southwestern Togo. AFRIKASPECTRUM, 47(1), 51-72 [10.1177/000203971204700103].

Land Transactions and Chieftaincies in Southwestern Togo

GARDINI, MARCO
2012

Abstract

Land access is becoming a crucial issue in many African contexts, where groups and individuals are coping with land scarcity and increasing competition over resources. Based on fieldwork carried out in the southwestern region of Togo, this paper explores the plurality and adaptability of the forms of land access that have historically emerged from changing economic and political landscapes characterized by the rise and the decline of cocoa cultivation. Moreover, it analyses the current strategies (from manipulation of group membership and land title registration to renegotiation of previous sharecropping agreements) subjects in asymmetrical power relations use to reinforce or contest rights over land in a context of rising social tensions
Articolo in rivista - Articolo scientifico
Land Conflicts, Land Transactions, Chieftaincy, Togo
English
2012
47
1
51
72
none
Gardini, M. (2012). Land Transactions and Chieftaincies in Southwestern Togo. AFRIKASPECTRUM, 47(1), 51-72 [10.1177/000203971204700103].
File in questo prodotto:
Non ci sono file associati a questo prodotto.

I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.

Utilizza questo identificativo per citare o creare un link a questo documento: https://hdl.handle.net/10281/65870
Citazioni
  • Scopus 8
  • ???jsp.display-item.citation.isi??? 5
Social impact