The pendulum of Ghana’s land system has swung between the promotion of private property rights and the protection of customary land since the establishment of British colonial rule in the late 19th century. In the early days of colonial rule，the colonial government implemented a policy of privatization of land，and turned to seek to maintain the customary land system after being resisted. After independence，Ghana experienced a brief period of land nationalization，and in the late 1960s，the customary land system under the control of the Chiefs was quickly restored，and eventually，marked by the 1992 constitution，Ghana developed a reform programme based on the customary land system to promote the registration of property rights of land users. This change shows that the evolution of land system is a multi-threaded historical event，which on the one hand reflects the historical dynamics of globalization and the form of international division of production organization，on the other hand，it is also influenced by the interaction between different social strata in Ghana. The government makes policy choices after combining domestic and international pressure and balancing many factors.