Okoth-Ogendo, HWO2019-03-062019-03-062002Okoth-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).1-086808-542-2http://hdl.handle.net/10566/4372This 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.enAfrican commonsCommonsExpropriationSuppressionCustomary land tenureBook