Fula people

De **Fula**, **Fulani**, anaa **Fulɓe people** be ethnic group insyd Sahara, Sahel den West Africa, dem widely disperse across de region.  Dem dey inhabit chaw countries, dem dey live mainly insyd West Africa den northern parts of Central Africa, South Sudan, Darfur, den regions near de Red Sea coast insyd Sudan. De approximate number of Fula people be unknown, due to clashing definitions wey dey regard Fula ethnicity. Various estimates dey put de figure between 45 den 65 million people worldwide.

Significant proportion of de Fula–third, anaa dem estimate 7 to 10 million–be pastoralists, wey dema ethnic group get de largest nomadic pastoral community for de world insyd. De majority of de Fula ethnic group consist of semi-sedentary people, as well as sedentary settled farmers, scholars, artisans, merchants, den nobility. As ethnic group, dem bound dem togeda by de Fula language, dema history den dema culture. De Fula be almost completely Muslims though tiny majority be Christians anaa even animists.

Chaw West African leaders be of Fulani descent, wey dey include de former Presido of Nigeria, Muhammadu Buhari; de first presido of Cameroon Ahmadou Ahidjo; de former Presido of Senegal, Macky Sall; de Presido of Gambia, Adama Barrow; de Presido of Guinea-Bissau, Umaro Sissoco Embaló; de Vice Pee of Sierra Leone, Mohamed Juldeh Jalloh; de Prime Minister of Mali, Boubou Cisse den de Wifey of Vice Pee of Ghana Samira Bawumia. Dem sanso dey occupy positions for major international institutions insyd, such as de Deputy Secretary-General of de United Nations, Amina J. Mohammed; de 74th Presido of de United Nations General Assembly, Tijjani Muhammad-Bande; den de Secretary-General of OPEC, Mohammed Sanusi Barkindo.

## Geographic distribution

## History
**Timeline of Fulani history**

## References


#### Notes

* Almanach de Bruxelles (now be site dem dey bia)
* Gordon, Raymond G., Jr. (ed.) (2005): "Adamawa Fulfulde". *Ethnologue: Languages of the World*, 15th ed. Dallas: SIL International. Accessed 25 June 2006.
* Ndukwe, Pat I., Ph.D. (1996). *Fulani*. New York: The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc.
* Christiane Seydou, (ed.) (1976). Bibliographie générale du monde peul. Niamey, Institut de Recherche en Sciences Humaines du Niger

## Read further

* Can an Alphabet Save a Future? – Story of the Barry brother's 30-year commitment to developing a native script and font, giving the Fulani people a digital footprint for a global community – published on Microsoft Unlocked
* Prof. Mark D. DeLancey's Fulbe studies bibliography, accessed 25 March 2008.
* Lam, Aboubacry-Moussa. (1993). De l'origine égyptienne des Peuls. Présence Africaine.
* LONCKE, Sandrine Geerewol (1 September 2015) Musique, danse et lien social chez les Peuls nomades wodaabe du Niger ISBN 9782365190091
* Morel, E.D. (1902). **'. London: William Heinemann., chapter XVI – The Fulani in West African History, pp. –135; chapter XVII – Origins of the Fulani, pp. –152.
* Monembo, Tierno. (2004). Peuls. Editions Seuil.
==External links==

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* fulfulde social learning network fulfulde Nigeria Archived 2020-11-25 at the Wayback Machine
* missionafrica.org.uk
* Portal of Fulɓe history and culture 
* Online magazine published/edited in Fulfulde
* Online magazine published/edited in Fulfulde
* Online magazine in Fulfulde
* Online fulfulde Dictionary Archived 2017-09-09 at the Wayback Machine
* Fulfulde online news site l Archived 2021-01-27 at the Wayback Machine
* Portal of Fulɓe Fuuta Jaloo history and culture
*Geerewol, by Sandrine Loncke (Website about Woɗaaɓe ritual celebrations, with annotated music recordings and short videos featuring dance and ritual sequences. Supplement to the book of the same author)
*Online musical archives dedicated to Fulɓe Jelgooɓe (Burkina Faso) and Fulɓe Woɗaaɓe (Niger) musics and singings (Telemeta, CREM-CNRS)