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Paper short abstract

This paper discusses the choices of ways to educate Fulani's herders children and how their choices contribute in managing uncertainties they face daily.

Paper long abstract

In the department of Ouangolodougou in northern Côte d'Ivoire, Fulani herders have been settled since the 1970s. Because of their pastoral activities, they live in hamlet far from the city and / or villages where there are primary and secondary schools of the government education system. They practice oral learning with which they associate the Koranic teaching provided by the Fulani ethnic marabouts who live with them. Yet, more and more families of Fulani herders send their children to study in town or village. Why such a change? How do these choices help them to manage uncertain situations they face every day? Through an ethnographic study I will describe the uncertainties faced by Fulani herders and analyze their Agency through the educational choices they make for their children.