Herders and Farmers in Nigeria: Coexistence, Conflict, and Insurgency

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Publication date 19-03-2020
Publisher Milano: ISPI: Italian Institute for International Political Studies
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  • Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences (FMG) - Amsterdam Institute for Social Science Research (AISSR)
Abstract The Fulani are a large and internally diverse population spread across West and Central Africa, with their largest concentration in Nigeria. In very broad terms, they can be divided into two main categories: the (semi)-nomadic and transhumant pastoralists, who raise cattle and sheep and, contrary to popular belief, usually also cultivate crops on a subsistence
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