After the rinderpest outbreak of 1896, wide areas of Southern Rhodesia (present-day Zimbabwe) were denuded of cattle. The disease also affected some species of wild animals, killing large numbers of them. As the game disappeared and areas of tsetse infestation reduced, so cattle could be introduced into districts where they were previously absent for fear of fly-tr...

Le processus de réforme agraire en Namibie s’est inscrit dans la politique officielle de « construction nationale » qui tente d’ignorer les tensions ethniques à l’œuvre dans le pays. Le gouvernement a ainsi rejeté les revendications sur certaines terres ancestrales formulées par les communautés qui en ont été dépossédées durant la période coloniale, tout en refusan...

Community Conservation initiatives have become widespread in several Southern African countries and have also been increasingly involved in disputes over land claims, control of resources and territorial authority. The aim of this paper is to analyse how Communal Conservancies in Namibia are being used by rural communities as tools for gaining or securing access to...