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The purpose of this study is to reconstruct the history of land right and reforms in
Dabat warada in particular and Wagara Awrajja in general, 1941-74. The thesis
./· begins with descriptions and analysis of the physical setting, historical background
and the local administration of the warada. The paper also discusses the land tenure
,.reforms and types. Different land reform measures had been taken by the Imperial
Government before Italian occupation. Immediately in the post liberation period, the
attempt to reform land was failed because of lack of organized and strong local
administration and institutions which could have successfully materialized land
reform measures. Nevertheless, since the late 1950s, demand for changes in the
system of land tenure became an agenda all over the country. The emperor
promulgated a number of land laws. These laws were aimed at reforming the lan9
tenure systems which became, among other things, the cause for poverty and under
development in the country. The research found that all reforms taken by the Imperial
Government were not implemented in the study area.
Furthermore, the thesis discusses land rights of the Fa/as has, Muslims and women as
the right to such group was not guaranteed in the area under study. The Falashas were
alienated from "rist" land during the reign of King Yashaq (r.1413-30). Since then,
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they lived through tenancy, rent and grant from local balabbats . Muslims were also
the other disadvantaged groups of the society in relation to their right to access to
land. Like the Fa/as has, they acquired land through jenancy, purchase and gift from
the local -rulers, and through rent systems. The issue of women's access and control
over land can also be considered as an example of some of the problems in the study
area. It was found that women's direct access to land was often limited in the warada
in its long history of land tenure systems. |
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