Pulaaku in action
article 2010 Schareika, Nikolaus

FulaniAfrica > Western Africa
This is a fine-grained situational analysis of a marital dispute between two lineages that had come to occupy the same dry-season pasture, and how they negotiated a mutual arrangement. The aut...

Environmental knowledge and pastoral migration among the Wodaabe of south-eastern Niger
article 2001 Schareika, Nikolaus

FulaniAfrica > Western Africa
This is a detailed, ecologically-attuned study of pastoral decision-making. Herder group knowledge of the environment is extensive: they consider soil type, rainfall patterns, grass varieties,...