Global Warming and Inter-Ethnic Clashes: An Ethical Evaluation of Ekiiti-Fulani Crises in Ekiti State

Olayinka Olabimpe Ojo (Art Education, Bamidele Olumilua University of Education, Science and Technology, Ikere Ekiti, Ekiti State)
Folorunso Paul Olorunsola (Faculty of Arts, Department of Philosophy, Ado Ekiti, Ekiti State)
Ayobami Olamide Akinwolemiwa (Faculty of Arts, Department of Philosophy, Ado Ekiti, Ekiti State)

Lakhomi Journal
Vol 4 No 1 (2023): Lakhomi Journal : Scientific Journal of Culture, March

This paper examined the effect of Global Warming on the crises between the Fulani ethnic group and the Ekitis in Ekiti State, Nigeria. It highlighted the root causes of the tribal conflict in context to desertification, climate change, and global warming. The paper identified and documented the evolution of changes in the climate and the link to intertribal violence. The study relied heavily on documentary data and lightly on oral data. The oral data were based on newspapers. The documentary data were subjected to textual and contextual analysis. The researcher found out that the emergence of the crises correlates to global warming and climate change.