ABSTRACT
Introduction The conflict between Fulani pastoralists and indigenous farming communities had been going on ever since the British took over the Bamenda grassland region in 1916. During the second half of their tenure, precisely from 1938, British authorities decided to change their approach in the region. From 1938 onward, policies were geared more toward the overall development of the region. The policies introduced in the cattle industry consisted of a number of innovations to modernize it through grazing controls that would minimize the environmental effects of wide-scale grazing and trampling that often led to soil erosion and destruction to indigenous crops. But while these innovations were introduced to resolve problems that, to a large extent, had been created by the British failure to supervise cattle inflows and movements, they were now designed to benefit all in the region and especially considering the fact that indigenous communities were now involved in stock keeping.1 Some of the innovations, however, were either too advanced for the pastoral Fulani, were not accepted by indigenous farmers, were inadequately funded, or lacked the required personnel, and by the end of their tenure in Southern Cameroon in 1960 they were only partially successful in accomplishing the set goals.
