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AFRICAN RESEARCH NEXUS
SHINING A SPOTLIGHT ON AFRICAN RESEARCH
social sciences
Whose security? Deepening social conflict over 'customary' land in the shadow of land tenure reform in Malawi
Journal of Modern African Studies, Volume 45, No. 3, Year 2007
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Description
Malawi, like other countries in Africa, has a new land policy designed to clarify and formalise customary tenure. The country is poor with a high population density, highly dependent on agriculture, and the research sites are matrilineal-matrilocal, and near urban centres. But the case raises issues relevant to land tenure reform elsewhere: the role of 'traditional authorities' or chiefs vis-à-vis the state and 'community'; variability in types of 'customary' tenure; and deepening inequality within rural populations. Even before it is implemented, the pending land policy in Malawi is intensifying competition over land. We discuss this and the increase in rentals and sales; the effects of public debates about the new land policy; a new discourse about 'original settlers' and 'strangers'; and political manoeuvring by chiefs. © Cambridge University Press 2007.
Authors & Co-Authors
Peters, Pauline E.
United States, Cambridge
John F. Kennedy School of Government
Kambewa, Daimon
Malawi, Zomba
University of Malawi
Statistics
Citations: 149
Authors: 2
Affiliations: 2
Identifiers
Doi:
10.1017/S0022278X07002704
ISSN:
0022278X
e-ISSN:
14697777
Research Areas
Health System And Policy
Study Design
Cross Sectional Study
Study Locations
Malawi