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Land transactions and chieftaincies in Southwestern Togo

Landtransaktionen und Chefferie im Südwesten Togos
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Gardini, Marco

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 o... view more

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.... view less


In vielen Gebieten Afrikas, in denen soziale Gruppen und Individuen sich dem zunehmenden Wettbewerb um Böden und Ressourcen stellen müssen, ist der Zugang zu Land zu einer entscheidenden Frage geworden. Auf der Basis von Feldforschungen im Südwesten Togos untersucht der Autor die angepassten und dif... view more

In vielen Gebieten Afrikas, in denen soziale Gruppen und Individuen sich dem zunehmenden Wettbewerb um Böden und Ressourcen stellen müssen, ist der Zugang zu Land zu einer entscheidenden Frage geworden. Auf der Basis von Feldforschungen im Südwesten Togos untersucht der Autor die angepassten und differenzierten Formen des Zugangs zu Land, die sich mit Anstieg und Rückgang des Kakao-Anbaus und den entsprechend veränderten ökonomischen und politischen Rahmenbedingungen entwickelt haben. Er zeigt auf, welche Strategien heute im Rahmen asymmetrischer Machtbeziehungen und zunehmender sozialer Spannungen angewandt werden, um Rechte an Land zu sichern oder anzufechten – von der Manipulation sozialer Bindungen und der Registrierung von Landtiteln bis zur Neuaushandlung älterer Pachtverträge.... view less

Keywords
landed property; agricultural production; agricultural population; agrarian structure; agriculture; land use; agrarian society; land law; Togo; West Africa

Classification
Macrosociology, Analysis of Whole Societies
Rural Sociology

Method
empirical

Document language
English

Publication Year
2012

Page/Pages
p. 51-72

Journal
Africa Spectrum, 47 (2012) 1

ISSN
1868-6869

Status
Published Version; peer reviewed

Licence
Creative Commons - Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works


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