unCartography in Ghana, Gender + Landed Property in Nigeria

October to November Faves

A round up of some of the interesting things I’ve been reading, learning from, reflecting on… and/or just enjoying.

First:

Mary Adebola Ajayi (2011) shows that in Southern Nigeria, “gender is a strong discriminating factor in property inheritance”. Women are often excluded from inheriting land and landed property by customary law. In a survey of over 1500 respondents, she found first that more men (1056) owned land and landed property than women (462). And while almost 50% of the men (479) inherited their property, about 40% of the women (183) inherited theirs. The majority of women gained property through direct purchases.

From “Gender Issues in Land: Implications for Housing Development in Nigeria”, In:Laryea, S., Leiringer, R. and Hughes, W. (Eds) Proceedings of the West Africa Built Environment Research(WABER) Conference, 19-21 July 2011, Accra, Ghana, pages 509-516.509. Download Link

And:

Adjoa Armah’s (2020), “consideration of African cartography” as “knowing our land, and ourselves, in relation to the erasures of the colonial project, and abuses that followed it here on the continent, but in relay with, and relation to, ourselves as Black people, anywhere” so as to “account for befores, durings and afters@…

From “In Our Language the Word for the Sea Means the ‘spirit That Returns’”, on Afterall.org. Download Link

Then:

sadly, powerfully, beautifully, Some #EndSARS Art

Akande Taofeek Oluwatosin, aka Fikky (2020), END SARS anthem. Video here

Unsigned (2020), END SARS. Please contact if you know the artist’s name