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Article: Land use and land conflicts on the volcanic ashes of Moungo (Cameroun)/Occupation du sol et conflits fonciers sur les cendres volcaniques du Moungo (Cameroun).(DIALOGUE)(Report)
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- Canadian Journal of Regional Science
- Article date:
- June 22, 2008
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Abstract
Most of the ethnic groups living in Africa had already established territories before the European colonisation. The land they occupied therefore was theirs. But since one of the aims of European colonisation on this continent was the search for fertile agricultural soil, they dispossessed native people of their land where natural conditions were favourable for cash cropping. In fact, during the colonial period, ail metropolitan governments encouraged in their African colonies the creation of industrial agricultural companies in order to develop cash crops such as coffee, cocoa, banana, oil palm and hevea. These companies were often set up on several ...