Post-conflict land in Africa: the liberal peace agenda and the transformative alternative / Patrick McAuslan -- Land issues in the Rwanda's post conflict land reform / Geoffrey Payne -- Land law, governance and rapid urban growth: a case study of Kisumu, Kenya / Leah Onyango and Robert Home -- The impact of the Land Use Act upon land rights in Nigeria / Oludayo Gabriel Amokaye -- The evolution of land law and policy in post-independence Namibia / Jahn Kangwa -- Land registration from a legal pluralistic perspective: a case study of Oshakati -- Namibia / Paul van Asperen -- Limits of incremental land tenure reform in Botswana / Faustin Tirwirukwa Kalabamu -- Understanding the coexistence of the Tribal Land Act and Town and Country Planning Act in Botswana's urban villages / Chadzimula Molebatsi -- Land registration and poverty reduction in Ghana / Raymond T. Abdulai -- Gated communities in Ghana a new institutional economics approach to regulation / Kofi Oteng Kufuor.