Customary land disputes and the commoditisation of rural land in Africa: a case study from eastern Uganda

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Journal of Contemporary African Studies Pub Date : 2022-06-13 DOI:10.1080/02589001.2022.2082391

Matt Kandel

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Abstract

ABSTRACT This paper considers a customary land dispute within the context of rising land commoditisation in the Teso region of eastern Uganda. I analyse a statutory court-led mediation hearing of the land dispute, which I observed in October of 2015 in Teso. My analysis of the hearing focuses on how key aspects of the dispute should be understood within the broader context of customary land commoditisation and agrarian change in Teso, exemplifying what Chimhowu calls the ‘“new” customary tenure’ in Africa. In support of an historical approach to understanding land tenure change, I underline the spatial and temporal dynamics of land commoditisation in the region. While the commoditisation of customary land is a trend widely observed across rural Africa, it is less clear how land dispute resolution policies will adapt to this structural shift in customary land tenure.

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非洲习惯性土地纠纷与农村土地商品化：来自乌干达东部的案例研究

摘要本文在乌干达东部特索地区土地商品化加剧的背景下，探讨了一场习惯性的土地纠纷。我分析了2015年10月在特索举行的由法定法院主导的土地纠纷调解听证会。我对听证会的分析集中在如何在特索传统土地商品化和土地改革的更广泛背景下理解争端的关键方面，这是Chimhowu所说的非洲“新”传统保有权的例证。为了支持理解土地保有权变化的历史方法，我强调了该地区土地商品化的空间和时间动态。虽然传统土地的商品化是非洲农村普遍观察到的一种趋势，但土地纠纷解决政策将如何适应传统土地保有权的这种结构性转变尚不清楚。

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期刊介绍： Journal of Contemporary African Studies (JCAS) is an interdisciplinary journal seeking to promote an African-centred scholarly understanding of societies on the continent and their location within the global political economy. Its scope extends across a wide range of social science and humanities disciplines with topics covered including, but not limited to, culture, development, education, environmental questions, gender, government, labour, land, leadership, political economy politics, social movements, sociology of knowledge and welfare. JCAS welcomes contributions reviewing general trends in the academic literature with a specific focus on debates and developments in Africa as part of a broader aim of contributing towards the development of viable communities of African scholarship. The journal publishes original research articles, book reviews, notes from the field, debates, research reports and occasional review essays. It also publishes special issues and welcomes proposals for new topics. JCAS is published four times a year, in January, April, July and October.