Abstract
<jats:title>Abstract</jats:title> <jats:p>Modernist assumptions of human/world binary see Land as merely a resource to be grabbed, thereby erasing Indigenous relationships to it. This paper offers a perspective that moves beyond the problematic modernist binary conceptions of Land and welcomes Indigenous relational perspectives that view Land as an inseparable part of their spiritual worldview, intimately tied to their ecological well-being rather than a commodified resource. The paper draws on several examples from Akan people of Ghana to provide insights into alternative ways of relating to the Land in more cosmocentric, intersubjective and reciprocal ways than the dominant Western dualistic and anthropocentric ontology. The paper calls for reimagining alternative futures which involve envisioning profoundly different relationships with the Land, such as those embedded in Indigenous relational ontologies. To do this, the paper relies on decolonial research methodologies to challenge and resist reductionist modernist assumptions in understanding Indigenous ontologies of Land. Resisting Land dispossession necessarily requires a decolonial approach that prioritizes Indigenous conceptions of Land as an indivisible, relational entity essential to their existence.</jats:p>