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Colonial Conservationism: wildlife, tourism and land expropriation in Africa

Bens, Moko 2022 - Colonial Conservationism

Bens, Moko 2022 - Colonial Conservationism

Bens, Jonas; Moko, Laibor, Kalanga – 2022

Across Africa projects of capitalist extraction still ensure evictions, mass expropriations of land and misery. Today the government of Tanzania wants to expand the space for luxury tourists to enjoy picturesque views of nature – a wildlife fantasy of nature supposedly untouched by humans. Laibor Kalanga Moko and Jonas Bens argue that justification for the dispossession of indigenous communities has shifted from “economic development” to “wildlife conservation”.

Title
Colonial Conservationism: wildlife, tourism and land expropriation in Africa
Author
Bens, Jonas; Moko, Laibor, Kalanga
Date
2022
Appeared in
2022 - Review of African Political Economy
Language
eng
Type
Text