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| Title: | Integration or Exclusion of Fulbe Pastoralists in West Africa: A Comparative Analysis of Interethnic Relations, State and Local Policies in Ghana and Cote d'Ivoire |
| Author: | Tonah, Steve |
| Year: | 2003 |
| Periodical: | Journal of Modern African Studies |
| Volume: | 41 |
| Issue: | 1 |
| Period: | March |
| Pages: | 91-114 |
| Language: | English |
| Geographic terms: | Ivory Coast - Côte d'Ivoire Ghana |
| Subjects: | ethnic relations Fulani migrants government policy Politics and Government Ethnic and Race Relations Peoples of Africa (Ethnic Groups) |
| External link: | https://www.jstor.org/stable/3876191 |
| Abstract: | This paper undertakes a comparative analysis of the situation of the pastoral Fulbe in the two neighbouring West African countries of Ghana and Côte d'Ivoire. The migration of the Fulbe into the northern parts of both countries is quite a recent phenomenon. In spite of the similar social, economic and environmental conditions in both countries, the two governments responded differently to Fulbe migrations. Generally, the Ivorian government was more receptive of the Fulbe while the Ghanaian authorities have been hostile to them. The paper also discusses interethnic relations between the Fulbe and the indigenous farming groups. Finally, responses of both governments to farmerherder conflicts are examined and some general reflections on how West African States are dealing with the issue of pastoral migration are provided. Research was conducted in 1998 and 2000 in the Bolgatanga and Kassena-Nankana districts of northern Ghana. Bibliogr., notes, ref., sum. [Journal abstract] |
