PROPERTY OWNERSHIP AND CORRUPTION: EFFECT ON SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT OF AFRICA

Pre-colonial communities occupying the space now known as Africa reflected “paradise on earth” having men of integrity, selfless, with focus community development. The bonding man land and invocation land-based – spiritual powers allowed for easy enforcement good morals conduct in communities. partitioning Africa, break existing social-cultural consolidation under colonisation made communal un-sustainable. African ubuntu concept gave way, turning an average a potential drain his “winner takes all” syndrome, just he grabs property indiscriminately. western legal systems introduce private ownership, but practice record huge breaches rule law, truncation justice paper precisely investigates whether development can be attained based foreign to rather than through indigenous tradition.