This article reviews the current state of literature on the notion of security of tenure of land.
This examination is topical as tenure security has become a key objective for land policies …

Despite the well‐publicized abandonment of Daewoo Logistics' gigantic agricultural project,
large‐scale land appropriations continue in Madagascar. Drawing on three case studies …

The last two decades, a variety of–mostly donor-led–initiatives have aimed at 'localizing'land
tenure registration, specifically in conflict-affected settings, making the registration of land …

Abstract “Ethnic territories” were a central political technology of colonial rule, which also
shaped strategies of anti-colonial resistance in diverse contexts. Today, in former colonies …

The expansion of artisanal gold mining has contributed to agrarian change in most of the
global South—including West Africa: the sector offers interesting examples of technological …

Kopytoff's model of the African frontier has opened room for renewed approaches to
settlement history, politics, ethnicity and cultural reproduction in pre‐colonial Africa. This …

The formalization of 'informal'customary land rights is at the core of current rural land policies
in Africa. The dubious impacts of such policies on agricultural production, and the …

This paper analyses power struggles in the legislation-making processes that produced the
Kenyan Community Land Act (CLA), which was called for by Kenya's 2010 Constitution and …

Since 2000, many African countries have adopted land tenure reforms that aim at
comprehensive land registration (or certification) and titling. Much work in political science …

Land law reform through registration and titling is often viewed as a technocratic, good-
governance step toward building market economies and depoliticising land transactions. In …