Forests and the Power of Marginalised People in Southern Africa: Politics of Chronic Liminality
Author:   Professor Frank Matose
Publisher:   James Currey
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Pages:   184
Publication Date:   18 November 2025
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Forests and the Power of Marginalised People in Southern Africa: Politics of Chronic Liminality


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Author:   Professor Frank Matose
Publisher:   James Currey
Imprint:   James Currey
ISBN:  

9781847014313


ISBN 10:   1847014313
Pages:   184
Publication Date:   18 November 2025
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  College/higher education ,  Professional & Vocational ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print   Availability explained
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Table of contents List of Illustrations Preface. Acknowledgements. List of Abbreviations The grieved lands of Africa. Introduction: The conundrum of forest conservation in southern Africa. 1. Situating the genealogy of liminality in southern African forests. 2. Dwesa-Cwebe: From restored land rights to enduring liminality. 3. Emaguswini eGwayi: Waiting for forest tenure rights as nature gets commodified. 4. Kutora in Mafungabusi: Occupation against state exercise of power 5. Conclusion: Post-liminality: Volatility, uncertainty, and ambiguity. References

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FRANK MATOSE is an environmental sociologist and Professor in the Department of Sociology, University of Cape Town, South Africa and co-editor of The Violence of Conservation in Africa (2022) and Reclaiming African Environmentalism: Ecological Struggles for Wellbeing and Habitability (2025). His research focuses on the political ecology of people, rights and resources in Africa. He is part of the Rights, Resources Initiative Fellows Group and an affiliate editor of the journal World Development.

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