Land issues and conflicts occur all over, all the time on the African continent and continue to mushroom on a continuous basis. This title presents a study which analyses the role of land as a place and source of conflict, especially with regard to policy development, crisis management and post-war/post-conflict reconstruction.

Ethnic and indigenous land conflicts: 'Indigenous' land claims in Kenya: A case study of Chebyuk, Mount Elgon District; shades of grey - post-conflict land policy reform in the Great Lakes Region. Between 'traditionalism and modernity': Insecurity, privatisation and marginalisation: The politics of communal tenure reform: A South African case study; Karal land: Family cultural patrimony or a commercialised product on the Diamare Plain?. Renewed land interests, land use, and conflicts: The conflicting distribution of tourism revenue as an example of insecure land tenure in Namibian communal lands; Land rights and enclosures: Implementing the Mozambican Land Law in practice; Biodiversity conservation against small-scale farming? Scientific evidences and emergence of new types of land crises. State building, politics and land: The role of land as a site and source of conflict in Angola; Two cycles of land policy in South Africa: Tracing the contours; A legal analysis of the Namibian commercial agricultural land reform process . Land policy development, planning and (non-)inclusiveness: The Ituri paradox: When armed groups have a land policy and peacemakers do not; Understanding urban planning approaches in Tanzania: A historical transition analysis for urban sustainability. Regional scopes of land conflicts and changing norms: The Zimbabwe crisis, land reform and normalisation; Regionalisation of norms and the impact of narratives on southern African land policies.