The tragic African commons: A century of expropriation, suppression and subversion
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Date
2002
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Institute for Poverty Land and Agrarian Studies (PLAAS)
Abstract
This paper examines the nature of the African commons as a property system; analyses the extent of damage which was inflicted upon it during one hundred years of exploitation, suppression and subversion; explains why, in spite of that damage, the commons have survived; and confronts the issue of what it will take to restore their legitimacy within, and guarantee their status in, positive law alongside other property systems.
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African commons, Commons, Expropriation, Suppression, Customary land tenure
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Okoth-Ogendo, H. W. O., 2002. The tragic African commons: A century of expropriation, suppression and subversion. Cape Town: Institute for Poverty Land and Agrarian Studies (PLAAS).