Our project supported the panel “Land Reform, Rural Changes, and Political Power in Africa” headed by Shinichi Takeuchi (Tokyo University of Foreign Studies / IDE-JETRO) in Annual Meeting of African Studies Association (November 16-18) in Chicago. The panel focused on the socio-political impacts caused by Land Acts legislation in sub-Saharan Africa since 1990s and invited four speakers: Shuichi Oyama (Kyoto University), Teshome Emana (Addis Ababa University), Horman Chitonge (University of Cape Town) and Sinichi Takeuchi. The panel chair is Scott Straus (University of Wisconsin-Madison) and discussant, Sara Berry (Johns Hopkins University) stimulated the discussion.
Chair
Scott Straus (University of Wisconsin-Madison)
Discussant
Sara Berry (Johns Hopkins University)
Panelist
Shuichi Oyama (Kyoto University) “Autonomy and authority of chiefs regarding administration of customary land in Zambia”
Teshome Emana (Addis Ababa University) “The Political Economy of Land and Socio-economic Dynamics in a Rural-Urban Interface in Ethiopia”
Horman Chitonge (University of Cape Town) “Land Restitution in South Africa Re-Loaded: What Happens after the Land is Restored?”
Shinichi Takeuchi (Tokyo University of Foreign Studies / IDE-JETRO) “African Enclosure in the Context of Land Law Reforms”
