Despite the proliferation of literature on large-scale land acquisitions (LSLA) in Africa, few empirical studies exist on how patronage networks combine with socio-cultural stratification to determine the livelihood outcomes for African agrarian-based communities. This article draws from ethnographic research on Cameroon to contribute to bridging this gap. We argue that lineage and patronage considerations intersect to determine beneficiaries and losers during LSLA. Second, we show that LSLA tend to re-entrench existing inequalities in power relations that exist within communities in favour of people with traceable ancestral lineage. Concomitantly, non-indigenous groups especially migrants, bear the brunt of exclusion and are unfortunately exposed to severe livelihood stresses due to their inability to leverage patronage networks and political power to defend their interests. We submit that empirical examination of the impacts of land acquisitions should consider the centrality of power and patronage networks between indigenes and non-indigenes, and how this socio-cultural dichotomy restricts and/or mediates land acquisition outcomes in Cameroon.

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在喀麦隆血统和赞助网络交汇处的企业土地收购

尽管关于非洲大规模土地征用 (LSLA) 的文献大量涌现，但很少有关于赞助网络如何与社会文化分层相结合来确定非洲农业社区生计结果的实证研究。本文借鉴喀麦隆的民族志研究，以帮助弥合这一差距。我们认为，血统和赞助考虑相交以确定 LSLA 期间的受益者和失败者。其次，我们表明 LSLA 倾向于重新巩固社区内现有的权力关系不平等，有利于具有可追溯祖先血统的人。与此同时，非土著群体，尤其是移民，首当其冲受到排斥，不幸的是，由于他们无法利用赞助网络和政治权力来捍卫自己的利益，因此面临严重的生计压力。我们认为，对土地征用影响的实证研究应考虑土著和非土著之间权力和赞助网络的中心地位，以及这种社会文化二分法如何限制和/或调解喀麦隆的土地征用结果。