By Boaventura Monjane (CASAS’ member), associate researcher at the Institute for Poverty, Land and Agrarian Studies (PLAAS), University of the Western Cape and co-founding member and Executive Director of Alternactiva (Acção Pela Emancipação Social). boa.monjane@gmail.com ** English version- Portuguese below** Between January and February of this year, I visited West Africa, dividing my time between…
Mokua Ombati, CASAS’ member, has published a chapter in the book Handbook of Social Justice in the Global South. Abstract: A revolutionary agricultural policy initiated by the British colonial government aimed to transform Kenya from a subsistence society into an economically viable nation through land adjudication, consolidation, and registration. This approach, adopted and intensified by…
Episode 3 of the CASAS Research Talks focuses on the process of film making as a scholar activist activity. It is Part II of the conversation with Mnqobi Ngubane, CASAS member and the producer of the documentary Mathonga Elizwe – Spirits of the Land which captures one of the most critical and complex issues in contemporary South Africa—land…
In line with our manifesto principles of engaging in critical agrarian debates, strengthening the co-production of knowledge and broadening the scope of dissemination, we are launching this new initiative: CASAS’ Research Talks. This podcast invites our members to address the key issues of their scholar-activist practice in a modern and popular format. The Second Episode…
CASAS’ members Natacha Bruna & Boaventura Monjane has published with Ossi I. Ollinaho an article in Nature ecology & evolution. You can read the full text here: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41559-025-02665-z