LEADER 02732nam 2200433 450 001 9910818599703321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-5275-1437-4 035 $a(CKB)4100000005599231 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC5477606 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL5477606 035 $a(OCoLC)1046634298 035 $a(EXLCZ)994100000005599231 100 $a20180915d2018 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 00$aContemporary customary land issues in Africa $enavigating the contours of change /$fedited by Horman Chitonage and Bridget Bwalya Umar 210 1$aNewcastle upon Tyne, UK :$cCambridge Scholars Publishing,$d2018. 215 $a1 online resource (xii, 250 pages) 311 1 $a1-5275-1100-6 327 $aPart I: The Politics of Customary Land in Zambia -- Part II: Customary Land and Emerging Land Markets in Zambia -- Part III: Land, Mining, and Rural Livelihoods -- Part IV: Comparative Case Studies of Land-Tenure Reforms and Livelihoods in Africa 330 $aThis book examines current trends in customary land issues in Africa, focusing on the practice of converting customary land into leasehold tenure, particularly in Zambia. Since the enactment of the 1995 Lands Act No. 29 in Zambia, conversion of customary land has become a controversial policy, raising questions about the future of customary land and rural communities, and the role of traditional authorities in a changing environment. Alienating customary land into leasehold tenure has serious implications for local and national politics and gender dynamics. Analysis of these trends suggests that the policy of creating land markets on customary land is subjecting customary systems to the forces of change. However, governments that have adopted this policy have not, by and large, adopted measures to respond to these challenges. Although customary tenure is widely believed to be resilient, it is not clear how the customary system will navigate the current winds of change.Chapters in this book draw from the Land Use and Rural Livelihoods in Africa Project (LURLAP), a collaborative research project undertaken by staff and students at the University of Cape Town and the University of Zambia. 606 $aLand tenure$zAfrica 606 $aLand reform$zAfrica 615 0$aLand tenure 615 0$aLand reform 676 $a333.3096 702 $aChitonage$b Horman 702 $aUmar$b Bridget Bwalya 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910818599703321 996 $aContemporary customary land issues in Africa$93979715 997 $aUNINA