Fulani

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The Fulani are a large, traditionally pastoralist West African ethnic group spread across many countries, known for their nomadic cattle-herding culture, Islamic scholarship, and significant historical role in regional empires and trade.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Muslim people
ethnic group
nomadic people
pastoralist people
artForm decorative leatherwork
epic storytelling
oral poetry
conflictContext involved in farmer–herder conflicts in the Sahel
culturalPractice Pulaaku code of conduct
age-grade initiation rites
elaborate hairstyles
facial scarification in some subgroups
dietStaple couscous
milk
yogurt
economicActivity dairy production
livestock trade
ethnicLanguage Fula language
hasAlternativeName Fula
linked to: Fulani

Fulani people
linked to: Fulani

Fulɓe
linked to: Toubou

Peul
linked to: Fulani

Peulh
linked to: Fulani
historicalRole founders of the Sokoto Caliphate
leaders of 19th-century jihad states in West Africa
rulers in the Fouta Djallon Imamate
rulers in the Futa Toro Imamate
identityConcept Fulfulde (language name in many areas)
linked to: Fulfulde

Fulɓe (plural people)
Pullo (singular person)
languageFamily Atlantic–Congo languages
Niger–Congo languages
majorityStatusInCountry largest pastoral group in West Africa
migrationPattern seasonal transhumance
notableLeader Muhammad Bello
linked to: Usman dan Fodio

Nana Asma’u
Usman dan Fodio
populationEstimate tens of millions
presentInCountry Burkina Faso
Cameroon
Central African Republic
Chad
Gambia
linked to: The Gambia

Ghana
Guinea
Guinea-Bissau
Ivory Coast
linked to: Côte d'Ivoire

Mali
Mauritania
Niger
Nigeria
Senegal
Sierra Leone
primaryReligion Islam
region Sahel
Sub-Saharan Africa
West Africa
socialStructure clan-based organization
division between nomadic and settled communities
traditionalDress distinctive conical hats
flowing embroidered robes
traditionalOccupation Islamic scholarship
cattle herding
long-distance trade
transhumant pastoralism
traditionalReligionBeforeIslam African traditional religion
writingSystem Arabic script
linked to: Arabic alphabet

Latin alphabet

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Nigeria ethnicGroup Fulani
Fulani hasAlternativeName Fula
linked to: Fulani
Fulani hasAlternativeName Peul
linked to: Fulani
Fulani hasAlternativeName Peulh
linked to: Fulani
Fulani hasAlternativeName Fulani people
linked to: Fulani
West Africa hasEthnicGroup Fulani people
linked to: Fulani
Guinea-Bissau Creole hasEthnicGroup Fula
linked to: Fulani
Guinea-Bissau primaryEthnicGroups Fula
linked to: Fulani
Mali ethnicGroup Fulani
Guinea hasMajorEthnicGroup Fula
linked to: Fulani
Lake Chad Basin ethnicGroups Fulani
subject linked to: Lake Chad basin
Fulfulde alternateName Fulani
Fulfulde ethnicGroup Fulani people
linked to: Fulani
Durbar festival associatedWith Fulani people
linked to: Fulani
Usman dan Fodio ethnicGroup Fula
linked to: Fulani
Nana Asma’u ethnicity Fulani
Afro-Cubans ethnicOrigin Fula people
linked to: Fulani
Hausa-Fulani associatedWith Fulani people
linked to: Fulani
Fula language spokenBy Fulani people
linked to: Fulani
Fula language spokenBy Fula people
linked to: Fulani
Fula language hasDialects Western Fulani
linked to: Fulani
Fula language ethnicAssociation Fulani people
linked to: Fulani
Muhammadu Buhari ethnicGroup Fulani people
linked to: Fulani
Pulaar spokenBy Fula people
linked to: Fulani
Pulaar spokenBy Fulani people
linked to: Fulani
Pulaar hasDialect Mauritanian Pulaar
linked to: Fulani
Pulaar hasAlternativeName Pulaar Fulani
linked to: Fulani
Emir of Kano ethnoCulturalContext Fulani people
linked to: Fulani
Kwara State hasEthnicGroup Fulani
Kaduna hasEthnicGroup Fulani
Sokoto ethnicGroup Fulani people
linked to: Fulani
Bauchi ethnicGroup Fulani
North East Nigeria hasEthnicGroup Fulani people
linked to: Fulani
Kano State hasMajorEthnicGroup Fulani people
linked to: Fulani
Mali Empire ethnicGroup Fulani
Jukun people neighboringGroups Fulani people
linked to: Fulani
Borno State hasEthnicGroup Fulani people
linked to: Fulani
Bamako hasEthnicGroup Fulani people
linked to: Fulani
Hausa people relatedEthnicGroup Fulani people
linked to: Fulani