Fulani

E9155
Muslim people ethnic group nomadic people pastoralist people

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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All labels observed (15)

Label Occurrences
Fulani canonical 80
Fulani people 49
Fula 13

Statements (68)

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 Fulani ⓘ
surface form: Fula

Fulani ⓘ
surface form: Fulani people

Toubou ⓘ
surface form: Fulɓe

Fulani ⓘ
surface form: Peul

Fulani ⓘ
surface form: Peulh
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 ⓘ
surface form: Fulfulde (language name in many areas)

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

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

Ghana ⓘ
Guinea ⓘ
Guinea-Bissau ⓘ
Côte d'Ivoire ⓘ
surface form: Ivory Coast

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 alphabet ⓘ
surface form: Arabic script

Latin alphabet ⓘ

Referenced by (167)

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

Nigeria → ethnicGroup → Fulani ⓘ
Northern Nigeria → hasMajorEthnicGroup → Fulani ⓘ
Fulani → hasAlternativeName → Fulani ⓘ
this entity surface form: Fula
Fulani → hasAlternativeName → Fulani ⓘ
this entity surface form: Peul
Fulani → hasAlternativeName → Fulani ⓘ
this entity surface form: Peulh
Fulani → hasAlternativeName → Fulani ⓘ
this entity surface form: Fulani people
West Africa → hasEthnicGroup → Fulani ⓘ
this entity surface form: Fulani people
Islamic world → hasEthnicGroup → Fulani ⓘ
Guinea-Bissau Creole → hasEthnicGroup → Fulani ⓘ
this entity surface form: Fula
Guinea-Bissau → primaryEthnicGroups → Fulani ⓘ
this entity surface form: Fula
Mali → ethnicGroup → Fulani ⓘ
Guinea → hasMajorEthnicGroup → Fulani ⓘ
this entity surface form: Fula
Lake Chad basin → ethnicGroups → Fulani ⓘ
subject surface form: Lake Chad Basin
Sokoto Caliphate → associatedDynasty → Fulani ⓘ
Fulfulde → alternateName → Fulani ⓘ
Fulfulde → ethnicGroup → Fulani ⓘ
this entity surface form: Fulani people
Durbar festival → associatedWith → Fulani ⓘ
this entity surface form: Fulani people
Usman dan Fodio → ethnicGroup → Fulani ⓘ
Usman dan Fodio → ethnicGroup → Fulani ⓘ
this entity surface form: Fula
Nana Asma’u → ethnicity → Fulani ⓘ
Afro-Cubans → ethnicOrigin → Fulani ⓘ
this entity surface form: Fula people
Hausa-Fulani → associatedWith → Fulani ⓘ
this entity surface form: Fulani people
Fula language → spokenBy → Fulani ⓘ
this entity surface form: Fulani people
Fula language → spokenBy → Fulani ⓘ
this entity surface form: Fula people
Fula language → hasDialects → Fulani ⓘ
this entity surface form: Western Fulani
Fula language → hasAlternativeName → Fulani ⓘ
Fula language → ethnicAssociation → Fulani ⓘ
this entity surface form: Fulani people
Muhammadu Buhari → ethnicGroup → Fulani ⓘ
this entity surface form: Fulani people
Pulaar → spokenBy → Fulani ⓘ
this entity surface form: Fula people
Pulaar → spokenBy → Fulani ⓘ
this entity surface form: Fulani people
Pulaar → hasDialect → Fulani ⓘ
this entity surface form: Mauritanian Pulaar
Pulaar → hasAlternativeName → Fulani ⓘ
this entity surface form: Pulaar Fulani
Emir of Kano → ethnoCulturalContext → Fulani ⓘ
this entity surface form: Fulani people
Colony and Protectorate of Nigeria → containedEthnicGroup → Fulani ⓘ
Kwara State → hasEthnicGroup → Fulani ⓘ
Katsina Emirate → ethnicComposition → Fulani ⓘ
Kaduna → hasEthnicGroup → Fulani ⓘ
Sokoto → ethnicGroup → Fulani ⓘ
this entity surface form: Fulani people
Bauchi → ethnicGroup → Fulani ⓘ
Ilorin → demographicsSignificantEthnicGroup → Fulani ⓘ
North East Nigeria → hasEthnicGroup → Fulani ⓘ
this entity surface form: Fulani people
Kano State → hasMajorEthnicGroup → Fulani ⓘ
this entity surface form: Fulani people
Kaduna State → ethnicDiversity → Fulani ⓘ
Mali Empire → ethnicGroup → Fulani ⓘ
Jukun people → neighboringGroups → Fulani ⓘ
this entity surface form: Fulani people
Sokoto State → majorEthnicGroup → Fulani ⓘ
Borno State → hasEthnicGroup → Fulani ⓘ
this entity surface form: Fulani people
Bamako → hasEthnicGroup → Fulani ⓘ
this entity surface form: Fulani people
Hausa people → relatedEthnicGroup → Fulani ⓘ
this entity surface form: Fulani people
Katsina State → majorEthnicGroup → Fulani ⓘ