FulBe Pastoralists and the Neo-Patrimonial State in the Chad Basin
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* Department of Anthropology, Western Oregon University, Monmouth, OR 97361, USA. Email: [email protected] Geography Research Forum • Vol. 25 • 2005: 83-104. I argue in this paper that studies of African pastoral societies should consider the informal politics of the neo-patrimonial state in their analyses of pastoralists’ relations with the state, rather than focus on the official laws and policies of an ideal bureaucratic state. To illustrate my argument I examine the role of the neopatrimonial state in the lives of nomadic FulBe Mare’en pastoralists. I cover pastoral development, access to grazing land and insecurity, situating the analysis within the historical and geographical contexts of the Chad Basin.
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