Hausa-Fulani

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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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Observed surface forms (3)

Surface form Occurrences
Hausa–Fulani 1
Hausa–Fulani cultural region 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 NERFINISHED ⓘ
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 (5)

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

this entity surface form: Hausa–Fulani
Sokoto State → ethnicMajority → Hausa-Fulani ⓘ
Emir of Kano → partOf → Hausa-Fulani ⓘ
this entity surface form: Hausa–Fulani traditional institutions
Jigawa State → sharesCulturalArea → Hausa-Fulani ⓘ
this entity surface form: Hausa–Fulani cultural region