Decoloniality at the Frontier
Ruptures and Continuities in Forest Land Governance in Congo and Cameroon
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Land tenure, forest governance, property lawAbstract
https://doi.org/10.1590/2179-8966/2024/94526i
This paper examines decoloniality as both a framework and practice aimed at dismantling colonial legacies, with a focus on land and forest governance. Through a comparative analy-sis of legal reforms in Congo and Cameroon, it explores the integration of indigenous and Bantu property conceptions into Eurocentric modern legal structures. Drawing on ethno-graphic fieldwork, the paper argues that, despite the participatory rhetoric of these reforms, they risk reinforcing colonial power dynamics grounded in developmentalism.
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