Plural Strategies of Accessing Land Among Peri-Urban Squatters

Plural Strategies of Accessing Land Among Peri-Urban Squatters

Author: 
Bhanye, Johannes
Place: 
Oxon
Publisher: 
Taylor & Francis Group
Date published: 
2020
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Responsibility: 
Dzingirai, Vupenyu, jt. author
Journal Title: 
African and Black Diaspora: an international journal
Source: 
African and Black Diaspora: An International Journal, Volume 13, Number 1, 2020, PP. 98-113
Abstract: 

This paper discusses strategies utilized by migrants/squatters in accessing land for settlement and livelihoods in places where the state and the indigenes are not sympathetic to their needs. Although of significant policy and theoretical significance, this area has not received attention from scholarship, its dominant focus being on understanding the diverse origins, destinations, drivers and processes of migration. In addressing this issue, the study uses the case of Malawian migrants located in Zimbabwe's peri-urban area of Norton. The finding of the paper is that there are as many strategies for acquiring land as they are migrants. The identified strategies (inheritance, seizures, and purchase) are contingent based - varying according to the access of the parties involved in the transactions.

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CITATION: Bhanye, Johannes. Plural Strategies of Accessing Land Among Peri-Urban Squatters . Oxon : Taylor & Francis Group , 2020. African and Black Diaspora: An International Journal, Volume 13, Number 1, 2020, PP. 98-113 - Available at: https://library.au.int/plural-strategies-accessing-land-among-peri-urban-squatters