An inherited animus to communal land: the mechanisms of coloniality in land reform agendas in Acholiland, Northern Uganda

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چکیده

Access to land for the Acholi people of northern Uganda still has much in common with understandings pre-colonial situation. This paper reflects on how collective landholding faced over a century hostile policy promoting as private property. The notion coloniality arises this confrontation: failure communication ensuing from understanding social ordering terms false entities; and foregrounding object. durability colonial mechanisms emerges processes such codification principles practices ‘customary land’. Pressure reform is driven by external bodies, UN agencies, donor governments international NGOs, claiming be seeking protect interest poor. Yet these offer no respite growing numbers landless – agenda appears have its own momentum, serving one’s interests. Meanwhile misunderstandings misrepresentations holding groups entrenches subaltern voicelessness their members, isolating them any support dealing challenges too many not enough land.

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ژورنال

عنوان ژورنال: Critical African studies

سال: 2021

ISSN: ['2040-7211', '2168-1392']

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/21681392.2021.1931383