Introduction / Bill Derman, Rie Odgaard, Espen Sjaastad -- Conflicts & the reinterpretation of customary tenure in Ghana / Kojo Sebastian Amanor -- Land tenure & land conflicts among the Kwanja in Adamawa, Northern Cameroon : "our land is not for sale" / Quentin Gausset -- Adaptability, identity & conflict mediation among the Hawawir in Northern Sudan / Kjersti Larsen -- Negotiating access to land in West Africa : who is losing out? / Camilla Toulmin -- Land tenure reform in a Namaqualand communal area, South Africa : contesting Komaggas / Poul Wisborg -- Land reform & the rekindling of land conflicts in South Africa : rural women's access to land / Nancy Andrew -- Land, identity & violence in Zimbabwe / Bill Derman, Anne Hellum -- The authority & violence of a hunters' association in Western Burkina Faso : "each bird is sitting in its own tree" / Sten Hagberg -- Contested identities & resource conflicts in Morogoro Region, Tanzania : who is indigenous? / Faustin Maganga, Rie Odgaard, Espen Sjaastad -- The use & management of water sources in Kenya's drylands : is there a link between scarcity & violent conflicts? / Karen Witsenburg, Adano Wario Roba.