Question

Give five changes that have taken place in property ownership in traditional African community.

Answer 1

1. Ownership of property was communal, but today it is individual.
2. Property was owned by men, but today it is owned by men, women and children.
3. One could not own property before initiation but today they own at a tender age.
4. Traditionally, property was in the form of Land and livestock, women and children but today it is in form of money buildings, vehicles.
5. Traditionally the property was confined to the ancestral land but today you can own property anywhere.