Project Summary

This research provides insight into the role of traditional institutions in addressing emerging security threats in Northcentral Nigeria, currently a theatre of conflict between pastoralists and farmers. While there have been clashes between both groups for decades, their frequency in recent times and the lack of solution in sight have become worrisome. The study adopts qualitative  methods and secondary sources in generating data. It will build on existing good practice and recommendations from the fields of peace and conflict studies. Specifically, it will contribute to efforts to address threats to peace in the northcentral area in particular, and Nigeria in general.

Bio

Angela Ajodo-Adebanjoko is an Associate Professor of International Relations in the Department of Political Science, Federal University of Lafia, Nasarawa State, Nigeria. Her areas of expertise are Conflict Resolution, Conflict Management, Security, Mediation, Peacebuilding, and Gender. She is the founding Head and Editor-in-Chief of the Lafia Journal of Contemporary Political Studies, Department of Political Science Federal University of Lafia. Angela is the author of 26 single-authored books and more than 50 peer-reviewed articles and book chapters, and the recipient of several grants including the Tertiary Education Fund Book Grant by the Federal Government of Nigeria, 2018, the Human Sciences Research Council Travel Grant South Africa, 2014, the Tertiary Education Fund Travel grant by the Federal Government of Nigeria, 2015, the Tertiary Education Fund Institutional Research Grant by the Federal Government of Nigeria, 2016, and the Tertiary Education Fund Travel Grant by the Federal Government of Nigeria, 2016.