Philosophical Perspectives on Land Reform in Southern Africa

Erasmus Masitera is a postdoctoral Research Fellow in Philosophy at the University of Johannesburg, South Africa, and Senior Lecturer at Great Zimbabwe University. He is the co-editor of Power in Contemporary Zimbabwe (2018) and his research interests are in the areas of social justice, human rights and on philosophical issues on land redistribution and reform.

• Chapter 1. Thinking about land reform in Southern Africa: The Introduction. Erasmus Masitera.- Part I: History and Logic on Land.- Chapter 2. Exploring foundational principles for land redistribution and management in Africa. Aderonke Adegbite.- Chapter 3. Political economy and the socio-cultural history of land dispossession, proselytization, and proletarianization of African people in South Africa: 1488 – 1770 (Part 1). Mbhekeni Sabelo Nkosi.- Chapter 4. Political economy and the socio-cultural history of land dispossession, proselytization, and proletarianization of African people in South Africa: 1795 – 1854 (Part 2). Mbhekeni Sabelo Nkosi.- Chapter 5. Ivhu kuvanhu/umhlaba ebantwini: The violent Ubuntu in the Fast Track Land Reform Programme in Zimbabwe. Joseph P. Hungwe.- Chapter 6. A Logical Evaluation of the Fast Track Land Reform Economic Argument in Zimbabwe. Ephraim T. Gwaravanda.- Part II:Restitution, Compensation, and Development.- Chapter 7. ‘We acknowledge that we reside on…’: Canadian Land Acknowledgments and South African Land Reform. Yolandi Coetser.- Chapter 8. Must Land Reform Benefit the Victims of Colonialism?. Thaddeus Metz.- Chapter 9. Reconciling ‘Title to land and Productivity’ in land debates in Africa. Dennis Masaka.- Chapter 10. Is land reform the last step towards Africans’ total emancipation and true empowerment?. Bernard Matolino.- Part III: Land Jurisprudence (and Justice issues).- Chapter 11. Integrating African Social Tenure with Rights Recognition in Land Reform. Christopher Allsobrook.- Chapter 12. Land reform and Redistribution as Environmental Justice Framework for Postcolonial Africa. Munamato Chemhuru.- Chapter 13. Individual Justice in Land Redistribution: Appropriating some Ideas from the Capability Approach. Erasmus Masitera.- Part IV: African Ethics and/on Land Reform and Redistribution.- Chapter 14. Towards a Critical Ethic of Land in Southern African Context. Mark Rathbone and Anne. H Verhoef.- Chapter 1. What Can Ubuntu Do? A Reflection on African Moral Theory in Light of Post-Colonial Challenges. Motsamai Molefe & Nolubabalo Magam.- Chapter 16. Understanding Unhu/Ubuntu as a Moral Thought on Land Redistribution in Zimbabwe: Ethical Lessons for Future land Reform in Sub-Saharan Africa.  Rodwell K. Wuta.