December 2020

Decolonizing land tenure systems in Sub-Saharan Africa: The path to modern land policy reforms

Land tenure systems implemented in Africa today find their roots-one way or the other- in the complex colonial history of the continent. By a similar token, most African countries have embarked on land policy reforms to meet their current socio-economic, cultural, environmental and political needs and aspirations. Evidence from different parts of sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) supports this claim. This paper attempts to...

Author(s): Jacques Wilfried Kenfack Kenjio