Migration and Farmer-Herder Conflicts in Ghana’s Volta Basin
Abstract
Le passage des frontières nationales des bergers Fulße et de leurs troupeaux a toujours été une caractéristique des moyens de survie des bergers dans la sous-région de l’Ouest Africain. Cet article se concentre sur la migration des bergers Fulße des savanes du Sahel et du Soudan vers le bassin du Volta au nord du Ghana, et sur leurs interactions avec les populations fermières ainsi qu’avec les groupes d’immigrants qui ont fui les conditions environnementales dégradées et la sécheresse fréquente caractéristiques des régions de savane au nord du Ghana. La dynamique des ces relations variables entre les bergers Fulße et les autres groupes agricoles d’immigrants, ainsi que les processus entre les ethnies et entre les groupes sont analysées en détails. L’article déclare que la variation entre les groupes dans les relations économiques doit être prise en considération pour expliquer le nombre croissant des conflits entre fermiers et bergers. Enfin, l’article examine les conflits entre fermiers et bergers dans le bassin du Volta et les effets de ces conflits sur les populations de bergers et celles des fermiers.
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Despite Miyetti Allah justifying the killing of scores of people in Plateau state in 2018 as retaliation for the killing of 300 cows by farming communities, the government refused to act against the group, claiming it is a socio-cultural group representing Fulani interests.
“Despite Miyetti Allah justifying the killing of scores of people in Plateau state in 2018 as a retaliation for the killing of 300 cows by the farming communities, 88 the government refused to take any action on the group claiming that it is a socio-cultural group representing the interests of Fulanis.89”
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- Authors
- Tonah, S.
- Corresponding author
- Tonah, Steve
- ORCID
- Tonah, Steve
- Venue
- Canadian Journal of African Studies / Revue canadienne des études africaines
- Publisher
- Informa UK Limited
- Published
- 2006-01-01
- Volume
- 40
- Issue
- 1
- Pages
- 152-178
- ISSN
- 0008-3968 (ISSN-L)
- 1923-3051
- OpenAlex
- W1502906647
- Cited by
- 75
- References
- 0
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- FWCI
- 2.83
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Canadian Journal of African Studies / Revue canadienne des études africaines (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law › Rangeland Management and Livestock Ecology
- Social Sciences › Anthropology › African Studies and Geopolitics
- Life Sciences › Agricultural and Biological Sciences › General Agricultural and Biological Sciences › Agriculture, Land Use, Rural Development
- Keywords
- Fulani pastoralists, farmer-herder conflict, pastoral migration, Volta Basin, environmental degradation, drought, interethnic relations, immigrant communities, livelihoods
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