Conquest, occupation, colonialism and exclusion: land disputes in Angola
In this study, I explore how the notions of land occupation and land ownership have changed in Angola from the 16th to the 19th century. Under Portuguese colonial rule, West Central Africans were slowly removed from their territories despite the resistance of the local population. Making use of Port...
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| Formato: | bookPart |
| Idioma: | eng |
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2015
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| Texto completo: | http://hdl.handle.net/10071/8733 |
| País: | Portugal |
| Oai: | oai:repositorio.iscte-iul.pt:10071/8733 |
| Resumo: | In this study, I explore how the notions of land occupation and land ownership have changed in Angola from the 16th to the 19th century. Under Portuguese colonial rule, West Central Africans were slowly removed from their territories despite the resistance of the local population. Making use of Portuguese local documents, I explore how land access was central in the earlier contacts, and how the initial land conflicts contributed to economic shift towards slave trade rather than local plantations. Although land rights and land use were subject to changes, land use and access to labour has been central to Portuguese colonialism in West Central Africa. |
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