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Articles · Vol. 14 No. 1 (2010): African Sociological Review · Pages 102-111

Emerging Reality in Customary Land Tenure: The Case of Kachenga Village in Balaka District, Southern Malawi.

  • Paul Kishindo
    Paul Kishindo
    Chancellor College, University of Malawi, Zomba E-mail: paulkishindo@yahoo.co.uk pkishindo@chanco.unima.mw.
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Abstract

This paper discusses land tenure changes that have occurred in one village in Balaka district, southern Malawi and the forces that have been at work. The current land tenure system departs in a number significant of ways from what is supposed to be the ideal situation. Among the important changes are the diminishing role of the group village headman as allocator of land rights, increasing importance of family heads as allocaters of land rights and the development of an informal land market.

Emerging Reality in Customary Land Tenure: The Case of Kachenga Village in Balaka District, Southern Malawi.

Cet article traite des changements de régime foncier qui se sont produits dans un village du district de Balaka,
au sud du Malawi, et des forces qui ont été à l'œuvre. Le régime foncier actuel s'écarte à bien des égards de ce qui est censé être la situation idéale. Parmi les changements importants figurent la diminution du rôle du chef de groupe de village en tant qu'allocataire des droits fonciers, l' importance croissante des chefs de famille en tant qu'allocataires des droits fonciers et le développement d'un marché foncier informel.

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Reality Case of Kachenga Village Southern Malawi

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  • Paul Kishindo

    Chancellor College, University of Malawi, Zomba E-mail: paulkishindo@yahoo.co.uk pkishindo@chanco.unima.mw.

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