“The Fulani … don’t have borders”: Transhumant Pastoralism, Postcolonial Statehood and the Question of Citizenship in Nigeria

New | Nouveau – No 3, March 2026

Oluwaṣeún Otoṣedẹ Williams, PhD, is Ad Astra Fellow and Assistant Professor in One Health at University College Dublin. His research examines the intersections of veterinary history, public health, and postcolonial statehood in Africa. He is the author of “The Meat of the Story: Cattle Capitalism and Veterinary Public Health in Colonial Nigeria” (PhD thesis, The Geneva Graduate Institute, 2025).

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