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Land, mobility, and belonging in West Africa

Lentz, Carola,

Land, mobility, and belonging in West Africa [electronic resource] / Carola Lentz. - Bloomington, Indiana : Indiana University Press, [2013] - 1 online resource (xii, 331 pages :) maps ;

Includes bibliographical references (pages 299-319) and index.

Pushing frontiers: the social organization of mobility -- Staking claims: earth shrines, ritual power, and property rights -- Setting boundaries, negotiating entitlements: contested borders and bundles of rights -- Ethnicity, autochthony, and the politics of belonging -- History versus history: contemporary land conflicts in a context of legal and institutional pluralism.

9780253009616


Land tenure--Africa, West.
Rural population--Africa, West.
Land use--Africa, West.
Rural development--Africa, West.
Migrant agricultural laborers--Africa, West.
Farmers--Africa, West.
Ethnology--Africa, West.


Electronic books.

GN645+

307.720966