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The Scramble for Land and Natural Resources in Africa

In: Reclaiming Africa

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  • Sam Moyo

    (African Institute for Agrarian Studies)

  • Praveen Jha

    (Jawaharlal Nehru University)

  • Paris Yeros

    (Federal University of ABC (UFABC))

Abstract

This chapter explores the historical and systemic dynamics of the new scramble for Africa, as well as the current land-grabbing patterns and agents. It is argued that, despite the emergence of new competitors from the South, the key drivers of the scramble remain the Western monopolies and their state patrons, in the context of terminal systemic crisis and transition. It is also argued that the scramble has set off new structural tendencies on the continent, which are transforming Africa’s trajectory in the twenty-first century. The tendencies point towards a convergence of economic and social characteristics among the regions, within the overall trend of intensified marginalization and subordinate integration into the world economy. Yet, new forms of resistance have also emerged, from the local to the national and regional levels, which have made concrete and substantial advances, especially in Southern Africa.

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  • Sam Moyo & Praveen Jha & Paris Yeros, 2019. "The Scramble for Land and Natural Resources in Africa," Advances in African Economic, Social and Political Development, in: Sam Moyo & Praveen Jha & Paris Yeros (ed.), Reclaiming Africa, pages 3-30, Springer.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:aaechp:978-981-10-5840-0_1
    DOI: 10.1007/978-981-10-5840-0_1
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    1. Paris Yeros & Praveen Jha, 2020. "Late Neo-colonialism: Monopoly Capitalism in Permanent Crisis1," Agrarian South: Journal of Political Economy, Centre for Agrarian Research and Education for South, vol. 9(1), pages 78-93, April.
    2. Freedom Mazwi & Paris Yeros, 2023. "Zimbabwe’s Command Agriculture: Problems of Planning Under Neoliberalism," Agrarian South: Journal of Political Economy, Centre for Agrarian Research and Education for South, vol. 12(4), pages 431-454, December.
    3. Freedom Mazwi & Rangarirai G. Muchetu & George T. Mudimu, 2021. "Revisiting the Trimodal Agrarian Structure as a Social Differentiation Analysis Framework in Zimbabwe: A Study," Agrarian South: Journal of Political Economy, Centre for Agrarian Research and Education for South, vol. 10(2), pages 318-343, August.

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