This article examines internal violence in the farmer-herder conflict, highlighting its environmental impacts and relational dynamics.
Key Points
The aim is to analyze the farmer-herder conflict in Nigeria through figurational theory, focusing on internal violence and environmental repercussions.
Conceptual analysis based on Norbert Elias's figurational theory.
Examination of historical socialisations and disrupted figurations among community relations.
Discussion of climatic, economic, and political transformations affecting the conflict.
The conflict reproduces disrupted relationships between communities and the natural environment.
Current interventions inadequately address the underlying relational dynamics of violence.
A fundamental transformation in community relationships is essential for sustainable conflict resolution.
Cite This Study
Abiodun Paul Afolabi (2026) studied this question.