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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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

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Peul alternateName Fulani
this entity surface form: Fula
Fuuta Jalon Pular usedBy Fulani
this entity surface form: Fula people
Fuuta Jalon Pular usedBy Fulani
this entity surface form: Fulani of Fouta Djallon
Fuuta Tooro Pulaar spokenBy Fulani
this entity surface form: Fula people
Fulani Empire namedAfter Fulani
this entity surface form: Fulani people
Fulani Empire ethnicGroup Fulani
Gwagwalada majorEthnicGroup Fulani
this entity surface form: Fulani people
Atiku Abubakar (former member) ethnicGroup Fulani
subject surface form: Atiku Abubakar
Thiam usedByEthnicGroup Fulani
this entity surface form: Fula people
Muhammadu languageOfUse Fulani
Muhammadu commonAmong Fulani
this entity surface form: Fulani people
Shaykh Uthman ibn Fudi ethnicGroup Fulani
subject surface form: Usman dan Fodio
Abdullahi dan Fodio ethnicGroup Fulani
this entity surface form: Fulani people
Atiku Abubakar ethnicGroup Fulani
Hadejia Emirate ethnicGroup Fulani
this entity surface form: Fulani people
Amir Kano associatedWith Fulani
this entity surface form: Fulani people
Futa Tooro ethnicGroupAssociated Fulani
this entity surface form: Fula people
West Central State hasEthnicGroup Fulani
this entity surface form: Fulani people
Kogi hasEthnicGroup Fulani
subject surface form: Kogi State
Senegambia majorEthnicGroups Fulani
this entity surface form: Fula
city of Katsina ethnicGroup Fulani
subject surface form: Katsina
this entity surface form: Fulani people
Bichi hasEthnicGroup Fulani
this entity surface form: Fulani people
Gaya ethnicGroup Fulani
this entity surface form: Fulani people
Walo ethnicGroup Fulani
this entity surface form: Fula people
Podor, Senegal ethnicGroupPresent Fulani
this entity surface form: Fula people
Kuntaur hasLanguage Fulani
this entity surface form: Fula
Adamawa Emirate ethnicGroup Fulani
this entity surface form: Fulani people
Bachama neighboringGroup Fulani
Batta hasNeighboringGroup Fulani
Lamido of Adamawa ethnicGroup Fulani
this entity surface form: Fulani people
Chamba people neighboringEthnicGroup Fulani
this entity surface form: Fulani people
Zangon Kataf Local Government Area majorEthnicGroup Fulani
this entity surface form: Fulani people
southwestern Mali hasEthnicGroup Fulani
subject surface form: Southwestern Mali
this entity surface form: Fulani people
Bade hasEthnolinguisticPresence Fulani
this entity surface form: Fulani people
Nangere hasEthnicGroup Fulani