Impact of Land Question on Inter-Ethnic Conflicts in Africa

Throughout millennia Africa's history has been muddled with land related inter-ethnic conflicts. In most African societies land is productive soil, a factor of production and reproduction. Similarly, it is also a place of interment, a dwelling place for ancestors and gods. In conclusion, it is ground for ethnic territories. It against this background that land appropriation in these agrarian societies is hotly contested on ethno-territorial grounds. Through in-depth research, the author of this book reconstructs how a multitude of intrinsic and extrinsic forces strokes this phenomenon. This book will come handy to anthropologists, archaeologists, sociologists, historians, policy architects and scholars in peace and security studies.