Land Tenure and the Grassroots’ Concern in Bamako

The question of the practice of urban land in Bamako is the subject of a crucial (in-)security, which is based both on bureaucratic imbroglio and on an epistemological difference of regularisations of access to the ground through national, regional, municipal institutions and the grassroots. To put...

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Main Author: Lamine Doumbia
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: University of Hradec Králové 2018-12-01
Series:Modern Africa
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Online Access:https://journals.uhk.cz/modernafrica/article/view/157
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description The question of the practice of urban land in Bamako is the subject of a crucial (in-)security, which is based both on bureaucratic imbroglio and on an epistemological difference of regularisations of access to the ground through national, regional, municipal institutions and the grassroots. To put an end to the illegal occupation of urban land by the population in need of housing, the state and its representatives have undertaken urban redevelopment measures. Land speculation is taking hold where the State’s intervention capacities do not seem capable to control demographic pressure. Households have been and continue to be evicted by the authorities for projects deemed as “urban redevelopment” or “public utility.” Some citizens have regrouped in Associations that have set themselves the task of combating abuses by the state.
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spelling doaj-art-e302b49c3ce240b899d844c44e77245c2025-08-20T03:59:25ZengUniversity of Hradec KrálovéModern Africa2336-32742570-75582018-12-016210.26806/modafr.v6i2.207Land Tenure and the Grassroots’ Concern in BamakoLamine Doumbia0DHIP/CREPOS - University Bayreuth, Germany The question of the practice of urban land in Bamako is the subject of a crucial (in-)security, which is based both on bureaucratic imbroglio and on an epistemological difference of regularisations of access to the ground through national, regional, municipal institutions and the grassroots. To put an end to the illegal occupation of urban land by the population in need of housing, the state and its representatives have undertaken urban redevelopment measures. Land speculation is taking hold where the State’s intervention capacities do not seem capable to control demographic pressure. Households have been and continue to be evicted by the authorities for projects deemed as “urban redevelopment” or “public utility.” Some citizens have regrouped in Associations that have set themselves the task of combating abuses by the state. https://journals.uhk.cz/modernafrica/article/view/157Land tenureBamakodisplacementland rightsstatecustomary tenure
spellingShingle Lamine Doumbia
Land Tenure and the Grassroots’ Concern in Bamako
Modern Africa
Land tenure
Bamako
displacement
land rights
state
customary tenure
title Land Tenure and the Grassroots’ Concern in Bamako
title_full Land Tenure and the Grassroots’ Concern in Bamako
title_fullStr Land Tenure and the Grassroots’ Concern in Bamako
title_full_unstemmed Land Tenure and the Grassroots’ Concern in Bamako
title_short Land Tenure and the Grassroots’ Concern in Bamako
title_sort land tenure and the grassroots concern in bamako
topic Land tenure
Bamako
displacement
land rights
state
customary tenure
url https://journals.uhk.cz/modernafrica/article/view/157
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