Abstract: — Two case studies of how conflicts between Karaboro farmers and Fulani farmer-herders were managed and settled in Comoe Province (Burkina Faso) shed light on the social, political and cultural factors that keep conflicts from becoming large-scale clashes. Local factors and, too, the government and development agencies influence the stakes in these conflicts. The ways local actors perceive a conflict as a function of their positions, interests and values are analyzed. The parties to a conflict may find it more important to prefer peace to justice, as shown through the following examples : the traditional guest/host relationship, local interpretations of land reform, and the roles of hunter and herder associations.
Publication Year: 2001
Publication Date: 2001-01-01
Language: en
Type: article
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