The category of 'inter-communal violence'has been increasingly mobilised to interpret
subnational violence in contemporary Africa. The paper contends this is an unwelcome …

Purpose: Nigeria is characterized by ethnic diversity and the quest to achieve 'unity in
diversity'led to its adoption of federalism as the basic structure and principle of governance …

While prevailing research on migration predominantly concentrates on individuals fleeing
adversities, this approach results in an underrepresentation of communities that exhibit a …

The existing literature on the grant of citizenship by naturalization largely focuses on the
experience of Europe and the immigrant-founded states of the Americas and Australasia …

While extant literature has examined how autochthony claim-making and narratives account
for violent conflicts, they neglect how ethnic groups traversed by Nigeria–Cameroon …

Purpose This study aims to investigate the clamour by the people of Plateau State, Nigeria,
for more licences to bear firearms for self-defence because of the continuous failure of the …

Rather than examining what constitutes urban life in a particular city, this paper draws
attention to how cities are 'placed'along individuals' life trajectories. The outcome of 15 …

In recent times, Nigeria and Ghana have experienced bloody conflicts between herders and
farmers. Studies identify indigeneity and citizenship struggles as causal factors of the …

Prolonged political struggles and perceived horizontal inequalities between Christian
Afizere, Anaguta and Berom against Muslim Hausa and Fulani in Jos metropolis, North …

Communal violence, one of the deadliest forms of political violence in Africa, has
characterised Jos and other central Nigerian cities since the 1990s. With origins in colonial …