The Poor Woods of Northern Nigeria

Authors

  • Sule Emmanuel Egya Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida University, Lapai, Nigeria

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5282/rcc-springs-1463

Abstract

In Northern Nigeria, corrupt and illegal logging practices lead to erosion events that are destroying local villages. Foreign NGOs are attempting to fight deforestation by planting new trees in some places, but not enough is being done by the state to prevent the destruction of these forest reserves. Rather than kinship, the general sentiment towards trees is one of hostility, with locals and researchers alike disheartened and holding out little hope for the future.

Author Biography

  • Sule Emmanuel Egya, Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida University, Lapai, Nigeria

    Sule Emmanuel Egya is professor of African literature and cultural studies at Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida University, Lapai, Nigeria. He was a Carson Fellow in 2018. He writes poetry and fiction under the pen name E. E. Sule and has won several research grants and literary awards, including the Commonwealth Book Prize for the Africa region.

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Published

21-07-2022

Issue

No. 1 (2022)

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