2021
DOI: 10.33774/apsa-2021-dn9j4
|View full text |Cite
Preprint
|
Sign up to set email alerts
|

The Politics of Eco-violence: Why Is Conflict Escalating in Nigeria’s Middle Belt?

Abstract: Competition for natural resources has intensified in recent years between nomadic Fulani herders and sedentary farmers in Nigeria's Middle Belt. What were initially sporadic conflicts over cropland and water have transformed into daily occurrences of mass violence. While extant research focuses on the root causes of such conflicts, the reasons for their escalation remain insufficiently understood. Based on fieldwork conducted during 2018-2019, this article examines how political developments have contributed t… Show more

Help me understand this report
View published versions

Search citation statements

Order By: Relevance

Paper Sections

Select...

Citation Types

0
2
0

Year Published

2024
2024
2024
2024

Publication Types

Select...
1

Relationship

0
1

Authors

Journals

citations
Cited by 1 publication
(2 citation statements)
references
References 39 publications
0
2
0
Order By: Relevance
“…Eco-violence does pose significant challenges due to the mass murders and destruction associated with it (Nwankwo, 2023;Olumba, 2023), but it also greatly impacts the mobility and immobility patterns of people. Eco-violence between social groups in Nigeria is garnering increased scholarly attention (Nwankwo, 2020;Ogu, 2020;Ojo, 2023;Olumba, 2023); in contrast, most research on the (im)mobility of Nigerians is increasingly focusing on cross-border movements. The immobility experiences of Nigerians across the country's borders have received greater scholarly attention (Adebayo, 2022;Antwi Bosiakoh, 2019;Haugen, 2012), than the internal immobility dynamics.…”
mentioning
confidence: 99%
See 1 more Smart Citation
“…Eco-violence does pose significant challenges due to the mass murders and destruction associated with it (Nwankwo, 2023;Olumba, 2023), but it also greatly impacts the mobility and immobility patterns of people. Eco-violence between social groups in Nigeria is garnering increased scholarly attention (Nwankwo, 2020;Ogu, 2020;Ojo, 2023;Olumba, 2023); in contrast, most research on the (im)mobility of Nigerians is increasingly focusing on cross-border movements. The immobility experiences of Nigerians across the country's borders have received greater scholarly attention (Adebayo, 2022;Antwi Bosiakoh, 2019;Haugen, 2012), than the internal immobility dynamics.…”
mentioning
confidence: 99%
“…For more than a century, the Agatu people have been exposed to external threats, necessitating the defense of their ancestral land (Ochonu, 2014, p. 120;Olumba, 2023). Narratives about their ancestral ties to the land and the attempts by "settlers" to claim it have reinforced their resolve to maintain control over their communal land.…”
mentioning
confidence: 99%