Citizenship, Indigeneity, and the Experiences of 1.5- and Second-Generation Fulani Herders in Ghana
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2021
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Issues of indigeneity and citizenship rights for second-generation pastoralist migrants
across the West African States have received little to no attention in migration and
pastoralist studies. This article explores this under-researched area in the field of mi gration studies and revisits the highly contested migration–citizenship nexus among
Fulani herders in the Shai-Osu-Doku and Agogo traditional areas of Ghana. The article
captures the crises of citizenship facing descendants of Fulani herders and families, par ticularly in relation to their integration into local host communities. I argue that second generation migrants remain at the margins, spatially and socio-politically defined, of
both development and society. While they do not have any ties with their ancestral
“home countries,” they are also considered non-citizens and face growing hostility in
the places they call home. Being a citizen is not simply a static legal position, but a status
developed through routine practices, building relations, and shared experiences.
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Ghana, citizenship, Fulani, herders, indigeneity, 1.5- and second-generation
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