| dc.contributor.author | Mukwaya, A. B. | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2013-07-05T07:46:05Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2013-07-05T07:46:05Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 1953 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10570/1782 | |
| dc.description | EAST AFRICAN STUDIES __________________ ‘Buganda Land Tenure” is the first of a series of studies on social economic and linguistic problems in the East African territories which will be published for the East African Institute of Social Research by the East African Literature Bureau. The series is intended for the publication of scientific studies which are too long for production as articles in the different journals which deal with African problems, and which are considerably shorter than the various anthropological and other monographs which the East African Institute of Social Research intends to produce in book form. The present format makes it possible to sell papers on problems of topical interest at a price which is within reach of a large circle of readers. “East African Studies” will include papers and reports written by members of the staff of the East African Institute of Social Research, and of Makerere College. It will also contain scientific studies submitted from time to time by others working in the field of the social sciences in East Africa, such as holders of research grants from overseas universities, administrators, educationalists and missionaries. The second number of this series will be entitled Jinja Transformed”—a report of a social survey carried out recently in Jinja by Cyril Sofer and Rhona Ross. The third will be “An Iraqw Grammar” by W. H. Whiteley, ‘East African Studies” will be distributed in East Africa by the East African Literature Bureau, P. 0. Box 2022, Nairobi; and in the United Kingdom by Messrs. Kegan Paul. A. I. RICHARDS East African Institute of Social Research, Makerere College, Kampala, Uganda. | en_US |
| dc.description.abstract | INTRODUCTION It is now over fifty years since a settlement of the land question in Buganda was made. There were two math re suits of this settlement. In the first place, the- political and usufructuary rights -of the chiefs were converted into a system of freehold tenure now known as the mailo system:1 and in the second place, and subsequently, the rights of the peasant holders living on these estates were defined by law. Both types of rights are thus preserved and protected by legal enactments. In the past fifty years, through the processes of adaptation and adoption, this whole system of land tenure has developed quite rapidly in relation to the- great economic and political changes that have taken place in the country. Some of these changes in the system of land tenure are discussed in the succeeding pages, and particularly the extent to which fragmentation of • holdings has taken place and the rules governing peasant holdings ha been defined. These changes are described against their historical background and in relation to the particular land laws that have been passed. The more important of these enactments are reviewed in the second chapter of this work. | en_US |
| dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
| dc.relation.ispartofseries | East African studies;No.1 | |
| dc.subject | Land tenure- Uganda | en_US |
| dc.title | Land tenure in Uganda: present day tendencies | en_US |
| dc.type | Journal article, peer reviewed | en_US |
