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Conflicts over land & water in Africa / edited by Bill Derman, Rie Odgaard & Espen Sjaastad. - Oxford : James Currey, 2007. - xi, 244 p. : ill., maps ; 23 cm.

Includes index.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction / Bill Derman, Rie Odgaard, Espen Sjaastad -- Conflicts & the reinterpretation of customary tenure in Ghana / Kojo Sebastian Amanor -- Land tenure & land conflicts among the Kwanja in Adamawa, Northern Cameroon : "our land is not for sale" / Quentin Gausset -- Adaptability, identity & conflict mediation among the Hawawir in Northern Sudan / Kjersti Larsen -- Negotiating access to land in West Africa : who is losing out? / Camilla Toulmin -- Land tenure reform in a Namaqualand communal area, South Africa : contesting Komaggas / Poul Wisborg -- Land reform & the rekindling of land conflicts in South Africa : rural women's access to land / Nancy Andrew -- Land, identity & violence in Zimbabwe / Bill Derman, Anne Hellum -- The authority & violence of a hunters' association in Western Burkina Faso : "each bird is sitting in its own tree" / Sten Hagberg -- Contested identities & resource conflicts in Morogoro Region, Tanzania : who is indigenous? / Faustin Maganga, Rie Odgaard, Espen Sjaastad -- The use & management of water sources in Kenya's drylands : is there a link between scarcity & violent conflicts? / Karen Witsenburg, Adano Wario Roba.

ISBN: 9780852558881 (pbk.) 0852558880 (pbk.) 9781869141295 (University of KwaZuluNatal Press : pbk.) 1869141296 (University of KwaZuluNatal Press : pbk.) 9780870138164 (Michigan State University Press : pbk.) 0870138162 (Michigan State University Press : pbk.)

LCCN: 2010503719

Nat. Bib. No.: GBA707248 bnb

Nat. Bib. Agency Control No.: 013651373 Uk

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Land reform--Africa.
Water-supply--Political aspects--Africa.

LC Class. No.: HD966 / .C68 2007

Dewey Class. No.: 333.316