Front Cover -- Contents -- Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- About the Editors and Contributors -- Overview -- Abbreviations -- Chapter 1 Theoretical Framework, Methodology, and Structure of the Book -- Introduction -- The Concept of Commons: Origins and Scope -- Commons as New Forms of Entrepreneurship -- Objectives, Methodology, and Organization of the Book -- Notes -- References -- Chapter 2 Land-Based Commons: The Basis for a Peaceful Form of Economic Development? -- Introduction -- Construction and Representation of Land-Based Commons in Sub-Saharan Africa -- Drivers of Change in African Land-Based Commons -- Developing Commons-Based Entrepreneurship for Land and Natural Resources -- Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- Chapter 3 Housing and the Future of Rural Land-Based Commons -- Introduction -- Rural Lands versus the City: The Effects of Urbanization Dynamics on Rural Commons -- Collective Arrangements for Access to Land and Housing in the City -- Possibilities for Public Action -- Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- Chapter 4 Urban Commons: Reestablishing Social Ties in African Cities -- Introduction -- Urban Commons in the Context of Sub-Saharan Africa -- African Commons Embodied by Social, Cultural, and Technological Spaces -- Shaping African Cities through the Prism of Urban Commons -- Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- Chapter 5 Digital Commons and Entrepreneurship: Alternative or Complementary Approaches? -- Introduction -- What Role Should Digital Technology Play in Commons-Based Entrepreneurship in Sub-Saharan Africa? -- A Catalogue of Digital Commons in Sub-Saharan Africa: A Range of Resources and Communities Contributing to the Continent's Development -- Digital Commons: Opportunities and Challenges for African Development -- Conclusion -- Notes -- References.

Chapter 6 Commons, General Interest, and Public Policy: Issues for the State in Sub-Saharan Africa -- Introduction -- Historical Trajectories of States and Public Policy in Sub-Saharan Africa -- Securing and Promoting the Development of Commons: What Is the Role of the State? -- Three Types of Risks to Overcome -- Beyond This, Any Opportunities for Debate? -- Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- Chapter 7 Funders' Attitudes, Perceptions, and Actions: Taking Inspiration from the Commons-Based Approach -- Introduction -- Source of Inspiration 1-Moving Away from an Assumption of Institutional Uniformity to the Recognition of the Diversity of Practices -- Source of Inspiration 2-Shifting from Top-Down Observation to an Embedded Approach -- Source of Inspiration 3-Changing a Results-Based Culture into One Supporting the Process -- Source of Inspiration 4-Switching from Expert Knowledge to Pluralist Knowledge -- Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- Afterword by Tanella Boni -- Afterword by Thomas Mélonio and Kako Nubukpo -- Boxes -- Box 1.1 The Emergence of the Concept of "Commons"-A Historical Perspective -- Box 1.2 Alienation Rights-A Right Like Any Other? -- Box 1.3 The Eight Design Principles -- Box 1.4 Examples of Commons in Sub-Saharan Africa Operating on the Full-Market Model -- Box 1.5 Examples of Commons in Sub-Saharan Africa Operating on the Nonmarket Model -- Box 1.6 Examples of Commons in Sub-Saharan Africa Operating on the Hybrid Model -- Box 1.7 Commons-Based Entrepreneurship and the Social Solidarity Economy-Conceptual Distinctions -- Box 1.8 Forms of Commons-Based Entrepreneurship for the Right to Food -- Box 1.9 Commons in African Literature -- Box 2.1 Collective Organizations to Adapt to Natural Resource Variability-The Example of Water and Grazing Resources in Kenya.

Box 2.2 Interdependent Socioenvironmental Relationships-The Example of Primo-Commons in Burkina Faso -- Box 2.3 Primo- and Neo-Commons-The Case of Mohéli Park in Comoros -- Box 2.4 The Protected Natural Areas Model in Sub-Saharan Africa -- Box 2.5 The Emergence of Private Ownership and the Commodification of Family Land in Southern Benin -- Box 2.6 Commons Undermined over Mineral Resources -- Box 2.7 Supporting the Development of Commons-Based Economic Entrepreneurship in the Senegal River Valley-An Integrated Approach -- Box 2.8 Conditions for the Effectiveness of Local Agreements Establishing Collective Action -- Box 2.9 Success Factors for Conservancies in Sub-Saharan Africa -- Box 2.10 The Principles of a Tripartite Agreement-The Example of the Senegal River Valley -- Box 3.1 Commercial Land Transactions at the Edges of Urbanization in Kenya -- Box 3.2 Dismantling the Collective Management of Peri-Urban Land in Burkina Faso -- Box 3.3 Madagascar-Farmers' Land Strategies to Maintain Agricultural Areas in Antananarivo -- Box 3.4 Housing Cooperatives in Burkina Faso -- Box 3.5 Housing Cooperatives in Senegal -- Box 3.6 The Voi Community Land Trust in Kenya -- Box 3.7 The Cité FSH Project-A Cooperative, Nonspeculative, Low-Income Housing Project on the Outskirts of Dakar -- Box 4.1 Examples of Public Urban Commons Accessible to Local People -- Box 4.2 Examples of Spaces Focusing on Art and Artists -- Box 4.3 BabyLab in Côte d'Ivoire -- Box 4.4 The Digital Creativity of African Fab Labs -- Box 4.5 Educational Skills and Practices Developed within African Urban Commons -- Box 4.6 The Environmental Functions of African Urban Commons -- Box 4.7 The Social Functions of African Urban Commons -- Box 4.8 Urban Fabric Initiatives: From Temporary Urbanism to Transitional Urbanism -- Box 5.1 Digital Cameroon 2016-2020 Strategy.

Box 5.2 Some Definitions Related to Digital Commons -- Box 5.3 AfricArXiv -- Box 5.4 Ushahidi -- Box 5.5 OpenMRS -- Box 5.6 Pamoja Net -- Box 5.7 Challenges of Pinning Down Digital Commons Geographically -- Box 5.8 Lacuna Fund -- Box 5.9 WAZIHUB -- Box 5.10 Grassroots Economics -- Box 5.11 Energypedia -- Box 5.12 e-Boda Co-op in Tanzania -- Box 6.1 Community and Cooperation in Certain Precolonial African Societies -- Box 6.2 Open Commons -- Box 6.3 Commons in the Service of Fulfilling the Right to Food -- Box 6.4 A Digital Commons for the General Interest-The Example of Open COVID19 in Senegal -- Box 7.1 Access to Medicines-A Bundle of Rights Approach to Intellectual Property -- Box 7.2 A Commons-Based Approach to Energy Access Issues in Sub-Saharan Africa -- Box 7.3 Support for "Commoning"-Approaches and Tools That Are Already in Use -- Box 7.4 Mobilizing Multiple Forms of Knowledge-The "Learning Territories" Approach -- Figure -- Figure 1.1 General Methodology of the Work -- Maps -- Map 4.1 Social and Cultural Spaces Studied -- Map 4.2 Fab Labs Studied -- Map 5.1 Presence in Africa of Associations Affiliated with the Wikimedia Foundation -- Map 5.2 Density of Contributions to OpenStreetMap in Africa -- Tables -- Table 1.1 Ostrom's Typology of Goods -- Table 1.2 General Organization of the Book.