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Landlords in the making: class dynamics of the land grab in Mbarali, Tanzania

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This paper reorients the analysis of land grabs in Tanzania towards the role of class dynamics. It draws on primary research on resistance against the privatisation of a state rice farm in Mbeya Region. This is a land grab ahead of its time, as it occurred before the wave of global land enclosures spurred by the 2007/8 crisis. The paper argues that the recent wave of dispossession builds on pre-existing processes of rural social differentiation and class formation, which are played out through the politics of land and its class dynamics. It claims that if engaged scholarship is to support the progressive potential of resistance against land grabs in Africa, the class dynamics of land grabs must be acknowledged.

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  • Elisa Greco, 2015. "Landlords in the making: class dynamics of the land grab in Mbarali, Tanzania," Review of African Political Economy, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 42(144), pages 225-244, June.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:revape:v:42:y:2015:i:144:p:225-244
    DOI: 10.1080/03056244.2014.992403
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    1. Giuliano Martiniello & Sabatho Nyamsenda, 2018. "Agrarian Movements in the Neoliberal Era: : The Case of MVIWATA in Tanzania," Agrarian South: Journal of Political Economy, Centre for Agrarian Research and Education for South, vol. 7(2), pages 145-172, August.
    2. Agnes Andersson Djurfeldt & Ola Hall & Aida Isinika & Elibariki Msuya & Genesis Tambang Yengoh, 2020. "Sustainable Agricultural Intensification in Four Tanzanian Villages—A View from the Ground and the Sky," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 12(20), pages 1-20, October.
    3. Marc C. A. Wegerif & Johannes S. C. Wiskerke, 2017. "Exploring the Staple Foodscape of Dar es Salaam," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 9(6), pages 1-16, June.
    4. Maia Green, 2021. "The work of class: Cash transfers and community development in Tanzania," Economic Anthropology, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 8(2), pages 273-286, June.

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