Hausa-Fulani

E60338

ethnic group ethnolinguistic group

Hausa-Fulani is a major ethnolinguistic group in West Africa, predominantly Muslim and influential in the politics, culture, and commerce of northern Nigeria and surrounding regions.

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All labels observed (6)

Label	Occurrences
Hausa-Fulani canonical	5
Hausa–Fulani	1
Hausa–Fulani cultural region	1
Hausa–Fulani region	1
Hausa–Fulani society	1
Hausa–Fulani traditional institutions	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	ethnic group ⓘ ethnolinguistic group ⓘ
associatedWith	Fulani ⓘ surface form: Fulani people Hausa people ⓘ
culturalPractice	Islamic scholarship ⓘ Quranic education ⓘ emirate system of traditional rule ⓘ
dominantReligionBranch	Sunni Islam ⓘ
hasSignificantPopulationIn	Benin ⓘ Cameroon ⓘ Chad ⓘ Ghana ⓘ Republic of Niger ⓘ surface form: Niger Republic Nigeria ⓘ Sudan ⓘ
hasSubgroup	pastoral Fulani ⓘ settled Fulani ⓘ urban Hausa ⓘ
historicallyLinkedTo	Fulani Jihad ⓘ surface form: Fulani jihad of 1804 Hausa city-states ⓘ Sokoto Caliphate ⓘ
influentialIn	Nigerian commerce ⓘ Nigerian culture ⓘ Nigerian politics ⓘ
languageGroupIncludes	Fulfulde ⓘ surface form: Fulfulde language Hausa ⓘ surface form: Hausa language
locatedIn	West Africa ⓘ
majorPopulationIn	Northern Nigeria ⓘ surface form: northern Nigeria
majorReligionPractice	Maliki school ⓘ surface form: Maliki school of Islamic jurisprudence
partOf	larger Hausa–Fulani cultural complex in Nigeria ⓘ
playsKeyRoleIn	spread of Islam in West Africa ⓘ trans-Saharan trade history ⓘ
politicallyInfluentialIn	Northern Nigeria ⓘ surface form: Arewa (Northern Nigeria) Northern Nigeria ⓘ surface form: Northern Region of Nigeria (historical)
predominantReligion	Islam ⓘ
regionOfInfluence	Sahel ⓘ Savanna belt of West Africa ⓘ
religiousFestivalsObserved	Eid al-Adha ⓘ Eid al-Fitr ⓘ
religiousMinorityIn	southern Nigeria ⓘ
traditionalEconomicActivity	agriculture ⓘ cattle herding ⓘ long-distance trade ⓘ
typicalSettlementType	pastoral camps ⓘ rural farming communities ⓘ urban centers ⓘ
usesWritingSystem	Ajami script ⓘ surface form: Ajami (Arabic-based) script Latin script ⓘ

Referenced by (10)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Northern Nigeria → hasMajorEthnicGroup → Hausa-Fulani ⓘ

Emir of Kano → partOf → Hausa-Fulani ⓘ

this entity surface form: Hausa–Fulani traditional institutions

Sokoto State → ethnicMajority → Hausa-Fulani ⓘ

Hausa people → commonEthnonymWithFulani → Hausa-Fulani ⓘ

this entity surface form: Hausa–Fulani

Jigawa State → sharesCulturalArea → Hausa-Fulani ⓘ

this entity surface form: Hausa–Fulani cultural region

Zaria Emirate → associatedPeople → Hausa-Fulani ⓘ

Tudun Wada → locatedInEthnoLinguisticRegion → Hausa-Fulani ⓘ

this entity surface form: Hausa–Fulani region

Wukari → ethnicGroupsPresent → Hausa-Fulani ⓘ

Lafia → ethnicGroup → Hausa-Fulani ⓘ

Abdullahi Bayero → culturalSphere → Hausa-Fulani ⓘ

this entity surface form: Hausa–Fulani society