Existing research on farmer–herder conflicts across the Sahel has predominantly focused on their causes or consequences as well as the broader economic, security, and social implications. However, a significant gap remains in understanding how these conflicts prompt exclusionary practices which can foster radicalisation among both smallholders and Fulbe herders. This study employs a narrative design, utilising interviews and focus group discussions, to investigate exclusionary practices, resistance strategies and radicalisation tendencies between these groups. Data were collected from smallholders, Fulbe herders, traditional leaders and members of the National Security Service in Agogo, Central Ghana. These were analysed using inductive thematic analysis and framework matrices. Findings revealed discriminatory practices experienced by both groups―smallholders and Fulbe herders―and the strategies employed by both groups to resist these exclusionary practices against them. The study ultimately contends that exclusionary practices are associated with extremist views and could generate violent reactions, including radicalisation, among belligerent groups.
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