man.html (Accessed 16 November 2014)
Ghana News Agency. (8 April 2011). Community arrest Fulani herdsman for rape. http://ghananewsagency.org/human-interest/community-arrest-fulani-herdsman-for-rape-27535 (Accessed 16 November 2014)
Myjoyonline.com (16 August 2011). Fulani herdsmen rape wives before husbands at Agogo – woman alleges http://edition.myjoyonline.com/pages/news/201109/73031.php (Accessed 16 November 2014)
The chairman of People’s National Convention (PNC) party in Ghana, Alhaji Rahman Ramadan, is a Fulani.
Informal conversation with female teacher, Sandema
Interview with female trader, Gushiegu Town
Interview with male farmer, Toti - Gushiegu
Interview with Fulani male farmer, Bebuso - Agogo
Interview with Chief, Agogo
Interview with male teacher, Gushiegu town
Interview with male teacher, Gushiegu town
Shea is economically valuable to farmers especially women. The nuts from the shea are sources of income to them because they are sold out for export whilst locally used for making cooking oil and pomade.
The concept of cultural neighbourhood according to Gabbert (2014) was developed from long-term comparative anthropological fieldwork to describe inter-ethnic relations between the groups of southern Ethiopia where cultural and ethnic diversities are part and parcel of inter-ethnic communication. Cultural neighbours could be friends and allies, who cooperate in peaceful ways, or enemies, who are respected for their strength and virility and engage in conflicts.
The New Patriotic Party is Ghana’s main opposition party.
Based on FGD in Agogo (8 July 2013)
One Fulani herder remarked on 14 January 2014 that ‘in the month of December 2013 alone, four Fulani herders have been killed. My brother, did you hear any media outlet or radio station talk about it or even mentioned the issue? But if it were a resident of Agogo killed, you will hear all the radio stations in Ghana talking about it for a whole week.’
See Myjoyonline.com (30 August 2011). Fulani herdsmen must go-Asante Akyem North MP.
See Okoampa-Ahoofe, K. (1 February 2014). Fulani herdsmen were first to declare war. http://vibeghana.com/2014/02/01/fulani-herdsmen-were-first-to-declare-war/ (Accessed 16 November 2014)
The member of the parliament of the Asante Akim North Constituency (Agogo) has stated that he will mobilize the people of the area to fight against the presence of cattle in the area. See Myjoyonline.com (29 January 2014). MP declares shoot to kill in Agogo. http://www.myjoyonline.com/news/2014/January-29th/mp-declares-shoot-to-kill-in-agogo.php (Accessed 15 August 2014)
Justin Bayo is reported saying ‘They (Fulani herders) cross over into the country fully armed and with no regard for our laws. If unchecked they will escalate the many dormant conflicts especially in the north over land.’ See IRIN. (29 April 2010). GHANA: Police crackdown on migrant Fulani. http://www.irinnews.org/report/88957/ghana-police-crackdown-on-migrant-fulani-herdsmen (Accessed 24 October 2014). Justin Bayo was the coordinator at the time of the statement. He has since left WANEP.
IRIN. (29 April 2010). GHANA: Police crackdown on migrant Fulani herdsmen http://www.irinnews.org/report/88957/ghana-police-crackdown-on-migrant-fulani-herdsmen (Accessed 17 November 2014)
Kokutse, Francis. (3 August 2011). Africa Review - Fulani herdsmen outstay welcome in Ghana http://www.africareview.com/News/Ghanaians-tire-of-hosting-Fulani-herdsmen/-/979180/1212908/-/1dqyejz/-/index.html (Accessed 15 August 2014)
See Bokor, M. J. K. (8 October 2011). A Fulani is a Fulani, not a “Ghanaian Fulani.” http://www.ghanaweb.com/GhanaHomePage/NewsArchive/artikel.php?ID=221015 (Accessed 15 August 2014
See Manu, Bernard. (11 October 2011). The ‘Ghanaian Fulani’ I never knew. http://www.ghanaweb.com/GhanaHomePage/features/artikel.php?ID=221334 (Accessed 15 August 2014)
Bokor, M. J. K. (8 October 2011). A Fulani is a Fulani, not a “Ghanaian Fulani.” http://www.ghanaweb.com/GhanaHomePage/NewsArchive/artikel.php?ID=221015
Interviews with Fulani elders
Myjoyonline (13 May 2015). Fulani herdsmen to be kicke