enclosure dispossession and disaster capitalism in antigua and barbuda
Enclosure, Dispossession and Disaster Capitalism in Antigua and Barbuda
As recovery efforts from Hurricane Irma proceed in Barbuda, concerns are being heard about the privatization of land ownership. “The new law does this by granting private property deeds to the Barbudans. But also by enclosing them in their historical village, Codrington, and undermining their historical use of commonly held land for farming, grazing of animals, and restricting their use of beautiful pink sand beaches.”