https://journals.symphonypub.com/index.php/fr <p style="text-align: justify;"><em>Frontiers in Research</em> is a peer-reviewed journal that contributes to academic discourse across physical, applied, life, social, and medical sciences, as well as the humanities and arts, with attention to emerging areas of investigation.</p> <p style="text-align: justify;">The journal functions as a meeting point where established research traditions engage with contemporary approaches. This structure enables scholars, practitioners, and educators to present work that explores new directions while maintaining scientific rigor. The interdisciplinary nature of the publication helps identify connections between different fields of study. Rather than limiting submissions to conventional disciplinary boundaries, the journal supports research that examines topics from multiple perspectives. Articles range from original empirical studies to theoretical frameworks that examine complex phenomena. This approach allows for the consideration of questions that benefit from cross-disciplinary insights.</p> <p style="text-align: justify;">As an open-access publication, the journal supports broad access to academic work, fostering inclusive participation in academic discourse. The platform values submissions that present thoughtful methodological approaches or examine developing aspects of established fields.</p> <p style="text-align: justify;">The journal welcomes scholarly contributions from researchers at all career stages - from early-career researchers offering new perspectives to experienced scholars contributing to their fields. Through careful review of content spanning original research, comprehensive reviews, and case studies, the journal seeks to participate in meaningful academic dialogue.</p> <p style="text-align: justify;">The journal is a Gold Open Access journal; online readers don't have to pay any fee.</p> Frontiers in Research is published by the Symphony LLC en-US Frontiers in Research https://journals.symphonypub.com/index.php/fr/article/view/48 <p>While a lot of research has been conducted on the effects of climate change, urbanization, and sedentarization on pastoralism in Africa, empirical research that synchronizes the combined impact of these three monsters, especially how they conspire to deprive the pastoral Fulani of their beloved culture they strived to protect over the centuries. This study was conducted in Ghana among the Fulani ethnic group, who are notorious pastoralists. Using survey instruments and followed up with detailed interviews, the study found that the pastoralists are drifting towards sedentarization due to the effects of climate change and urbanization that make pastoralism difficult. The study found that <em>pulaaku</em>, which denotes a moral code of conduct that regulates the proper behavior of the Fulani ethnic group, is dissipated through sedentarization, intermarriages, and global impacts. The study concludes that to preserve their identity, the Fulani can form vibrant associations to promote their culture and identity.</p> Abdulai Abubakari Copyright (c) 2024 Symphony https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 2024-11-05 2024-11-05 1 19