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Title:Land Tenure in Chercher Province
Author:Assefa Dula
Year:1968
Periodical:Ethiopia Observer
Volume:12
Issue:2
Pages:137-139
Language:English
Geographic term:Ethiopia
Subjects:customary law
land law
Peoples of Africa (Ethnic Groups)
Agriculture, Natural Resources and the Environment
Abstract:The province of Chercher, in the Governorate of Harar (Ethiopia), is inhabited by the Itu Galla tribe. Originally this tribe was mainly nomadic, but during the first part of the 15th century the tribe divided the land into grazing and farming areas. In the latter part of the 16th century the tribe was converted to Islam, which is still the predominant religion in the area. When farming was introduced the land was divided between tribal chiefs and family groups. When Islamic culture and laws penetrated and changed the tribal or family system of land tenure, people tried to introduce some sort of individual and group ownership of land. Ras Darge, vasal of Menelik II, in 1884 occupied Chercher province and supplanted the old system of land tenure by introducing a new one similar to that existing in Galla land. All the tribes and families, except the Burkas, or chiefs, were deprived of their land, which was then divided among governors, soldiers and government officials, churches, Burkas, and under various other categories. A description is given of this system of land tenure.
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