Rapid urbanization and political liberalization is changing the nature of African politics and
societies. This book develops a framework for the study of democracy and development that …

Since 2006, Ghana has experienced a wave of large‐scale land acquisitions (LSLAs) for
agricultural purposes. Although these acquisitions are enabled by favourable agricultural …

States are often minimally present in the rural periphery. Yet a limited presence does not
mean a limited impact. Isolated state actions in regions where the state is otherwise scarce …

Old Fadama in Accra, Ghana, is a vast informal settlement. A legalistic approach by
successive governments has meant a near-absence of statutory institutions and the …

This paper revisits the World Bank's land law reform agenda in Africa by focusing on two
central issues:(1) land law reform as a tool for resolving land conflicts, and (2) the role of …

This article analyses the production and reproduction of traditional chieftaincy in war-torn
eastern DR Congo, through the case of a succession dispute in Kalima (South Kivu). Kalima …

Home to eighty thousand people, Accra's Old Fadama neighbourhood is the largest illegal
slum in Ghana. Though almost all its inhabitants are Ghanaian born, their status as …

Chieftaincy conflicts in Ghana are often presented as disputes involving rival groups over
succession to traditional political power. However, chieftaincy conflicts are complex and …

The protracted chieftaincy conflict in Dagbon in the Northern Region of Ghana was recently
resolved through an interplay of formal and informal resolution mechanisms, where the latter …

Abstract Across sub-Saharan Africa powerful sites of illegal gold mining challenge and
change the workings of a range of statutory and non-statutory institutions, providing rich …