Land tenure, social power, and the legacy of slavery in southern Somalia.
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1991Advisor
Netting, RobertCommittee Chair
Netting, RobertMetadata
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The University of Arizona.Rights
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This dissertation reconstructs the settlement of the Middle Jubba Valley of Somalia by ex-slaves, their descendents, and other Somalis from 1850 to the present. It is an historical study of the construction of a social identity of the Jubba Valley agriculturalist population, and of the evolution of land tenure and land use patterns in the mid-valley. In examining the effects on valley farmers of new land tenure laws requiring registration of land, it shows how power dynamics are integral to the working of land tenure systems.Type
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Ph.D.Degree Level
doctoralDegree Program
AnthropologyGraduate College