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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Generate an image of the Fulani (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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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

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