Post by Kiarani on Feb 22, 2017 18:23:02 GMT 4
The Fula people or Fulani or Fulɓe (Fula: Fulɓe; French: Peul; Hausa: Fulani or Hilani; Portuguese: Fula; Wolof: Pël; Bambara: Fulaw), numbering between 20 and 25 million people in total,[7] are one of the largest and a widely dispersed Muslim ethnic group in Sahel and West Africa.[8] The Fula people are traditionally believed to have roots in the people from North Africa and the Middle East, who later intermingled with local West African ethnic groups. As an ethnic group they are bound together by the Fula language (Fulfulde), culture, history, their religious affiliation[9] and their efforts to spread Islam in Sahel region and the West Africa.[8][10][11]
A significant proportion of the Fula – a third, or an estimated 7 to 8 million[7] – are pastoral people, making them the ethnic group with the largest nomadic pastoral community in the world.[9][12] The majority of the Fula ethnic group consisted of semi-sedentary people,[12] as well as sedentary settled farmers, artisans, merchants and nobility.[13] Spread over many countries, they are found mainly in West Africa and northern parts of Central Africa, but also in Chad, Sudan and regions near the Red Sea.[14]
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fula_people
A significant proportion of the Fula – a third, or an estimated 7 to 8 million[7] – are pastoral people, making them the ethnic group with the largest nomadic pastoral community in the world.[9][12] The majority of the Fula ethnic group consisted of semi-sedentary people,[12] as well as sedentary settled farmers, artisans, merchants and nobility.[13] Spread over many countries, they are found mainly in West Africa and northern parts of Central Africa, but also in Chad, Sudan and regions near the Red Sea.[14]
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fula_people
