This study examines the causes of increasing land disputes in Africa from an ethical and interdisciplinary perspective. It critically analyzes the existing land-related literature and discusses the relationship between land, identity, and self-determination, particularly how land is attached to religious and cultural aspects, claims of ownership and autonomy, the privatization of land rights, and land reform initiatives; the relationship between land, market, and morality, including the market influence on the trend of land-grabbing, the relationship between privatization, incentive, efficiency, stewardship, management, and accountability; and how the claims of land rights moderate the trends of migration, resettlement, and integration, as well as problems occurring within these trends, such as landlessness, the status of migrants and refugees, and the ambiguities of belonging and citizenship. Distributed in North America by the African Books Collective. Annotation 2015 Ringgold, Inc., Portland, OR (protoview.com)
