THE NIGERIAN JOURNAL OF SOCIOLOGY AND ANTHROPOLOGY
ISSN: 0331-4111 e-ISSN: 2736-075X
Volume 24, No. 1, June 2026
Pages 98-108
DOI: 10.36108/NJSA/6202.42.0160
Anthropology of War and the Trajectory of Wars in Nigeria
Innocent V. O. Modo
Department of Sociology and Anthropology, Akwa Ibom State University, Nigeria
Abstract
The Anthropology of war and the trajectory of wars in Nigeria simply denote that war has its culture and triggers that necessitate them. The paper adopted the qualitative research design, utilizing case studies with the attendant content analyses. Data were gathered from different secondary sources of literature which have economic, religious and political undertones. There are trajectories of conflict and war in economic and political issues among African countries. In Nigeria communities, Islamic religious groups; Boko Haram and Islamic State of West Africa (ISWA) exhibit this zeal of conversion of non-members to their groups by force or by total elimination, while some dissident Fulani herdsmen are bent on killing and uprooting indigenous people from their home lands especially in Benue state Nigeria. The paper sees the trajectories of war in Nigeria as unabating and should demand international attention and assistance.
Keywords: Anthropology of war, Dissident Fulani herdsmen, Islamic State of West Africa