Introduction -- The mandate and challenges of achieving communal land tenure security in South Africa -- Beyond cattle and communal land : how the Maasai accommodate privatisation in Kenya -- An inconvenient truth : land title in Social Context -- a South African perspective -- Taking stock of the risks associated with the individualisation of land rights -- Customary land rights in the context of urbanisation and development : case studies from Botswana, Namibia and Ghana -- Evaluation of land administration tools on tenure security amongst the poor in peri-urban Gaborone, Botswana -- Registration of communal lands in Namibia : Critical analysis of practical legal intricacies -- index.