Land, Mobility, and Belonging in West Africa

Nonfiction, History, Africa, Social & Cultural Studies, Social Science, Anthropology
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Author: Carola Lentz ISBN: 9780253009616
Publisher: Indiana University Press Publication: July 5, 2013
Imprint: Indiana University Press Language: English
Author: Carola Lentz
ISBN: 9780253009616
Publisher: Indiana University Press
Publication: July 5, 2013
Imprint: Indiana University Press
Language: English

Focusing on an area of the savannah in northern Ghana and southwestern Burkina Faso, Land, Mobility, and Belonging in West Africa explores how rural populations have secured, contested, and negotiated access to land and how they have organized their communities despite being constantly on the move as farmers or migrant laborers. Carola Lentz seeks to understand how those who claim native status hold sway over others who are perceived to have come later. As conflicts over land, agriculture, and labor have multiplied in Africa, Lentz shows how politics and power play decisive roles in determining access to scarce resources and in changing notions of who belongs and who is a stranger.

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Focusing on an area of the savannah in northern Ghana and southwestern Burkina Faso, Land, Mobility, and Belonging in West Africa explores how rural populations have secured, contested, and negotiated access to land and how they have organized their communities despite being constantly on the move as farmers or migrant laborers. Carola Lentz seeks to understand how those who claim native status hold sway over others who are perceived to have come later. As conflicts over land, agriculture, and labor have multiplied in Africa, Lentz shows how politics and power play decisive roles in determining access to scarce resources and in changing notions of who belongs and who is a stranger.

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