Customary tenure systems under siege: contemporary access to land in Northern Ghana |
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| Authors: | Joseph Awetori Yaro |
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| Institution: | (1) University of Ghana, Legon, Ghana |
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| Abstract: | Land in most of Africa is controlled under the customary tenure system which is governed by well intentioned social and cultural
rules meant to grant equal access to families within groups with common interest in land. Rapid changes in the domestic situation
of countries resulting from both refractions of policies and influences from the global economy and emerging complexities
within the local socio-economic context has altered the traditional land tenure systems in most parts of Africa. In the rural
setting and for agricultural purposes, the customary tenure system seems to be crumbling slowly, while in the urban centres
and for housing, industrial and commercial purposes the system has collapsed in favour of a commoditised one. The emerging
patterns of access in Northern Ghana show growing inequalities in access, control and ownership. There is the need for a new
architecture of land rights negotiated by a participatory process and regulated by both state and traditional institutions. |
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