Tenure

State-Peasant Relations in the Ethiopian Highlands

State-Peasant Relations in the Ethiopian Highlands

One of the leading anthropologists of northern Ethiopia, Svein Ege, edited “Land Tenure Security: State-Peasant Relations in the Amhara Highlands, Ethiopia” (2019), with contributions by Svein Ege, Harald Aspen, Kjell Havnevik and the late Yigremew Adal. For anyone interested in issues of land tenure and land security, particularly in highland Ethiopia, this is essential reading. I […]

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Land Tenure in Eritrea (1966)

Land Tenure in Eritrea (1966)

An earlier post highlighted the first land tenure survey in Ethiopia, this post presents “Land Tenure in Eritrea (Ethiopia)” (1966) by Ambaye Zekarias. This publication is part of a broader set of literature that emerged during the 1960s (see broader literature here, with historical studies being a particular strength). The forward of this particular book […]

Tags: #Eritrea #Ethiopia #History #Land #Tenure

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