Land registration in Mali

This book examines the legal nature and contribution of land registration to the process of securing land ownership in French-speaking black Africa in general, and in Mali in particular. It analyzes the historical framework of land registration through its evolution (from 1865 to 1955 and from 1960 to 2020) and its contribution to securing land ownership in Africa, particularly in Mali, thanks to legal and jurisdictional mechanisms guaranteeing land ownership. It highlights the plural logics and legal mechanisms underlying registration in a context marked by the commodification of land and the prevalence of customary land rights. At the end of the research, the study reveals that registration is one of the remarkable institutions linked to the colonial heritage and which have been perpetuated by the post-colonial African state in its land legislation. However, it can only achieve this objective by reconciling the imperatives of legal security with Mali's customary land rights, to which local populations are still attached.