Ancient pots hold clues about how diverse diets helped herders thrive in southern Africa: The introduction of herding – a way of life which centres on keeping herds of mobile domesticated animals – significantly changed Africa’s genetic, economic, social and cultural landscapes during the last 10,000 years. Unlike other parts of the world, mobile herding …
Embracing uncertainty: what Kenyan herders can teach us about living in a volatile world: Lolampa, a Turkana herder, with his goats and sheep. Samuel Derbyshire, Author provided Loura Ekaale sits down on his carved wooden stool. He sips a cup of black instant coffee, a substance he has taken to calling his “medicine” (inexplicably, he …
What’s triggered new conflict between farmers and herders in Nigeria: A Fulani herdsman tends to his cattle at Kachia grazing reserve, Kaduna State, Nigeria. Luis Tato/AFP via Getty Images Previous studies have established land resource struggles and weather among the factors fuelling clashes between farming and herding communities in Nigeria. While these factors remain relevant …
Conflict between herders and farmers: Nigeria needs to accept there are victims on both sides: Civil rights groups protest bloody clashes between herdsmen and farmers in the central region of Nigeria. STRINGER/AFP via Getty Images Between 2010 and 2015, Nigeria lost 6,500 citizens and 62,000 others were displaced from their homelands in 850 recorded violent …