Sidibé: its meaning in the same language is horse owner or horse keeper.Diakité: its meaning in Soninké is 'cowboy' or 'cowherd' and the real spelling in Soninke is Diakate, and the real meaning is the cow's owner.Only the Diallo (Jallo) was not a Soninke word: When the Fulani arrived with their herds in Koumbi Saleh, the capital, the Soninke gave them names based on their animals. For example: Diallo (correctly written as Jallo in Pulaar-Fulfulde orthography), Diakité, Sidibé, Samoura, and Sangaré, which go back to the Soninké people Ghana Empire period. There are many common Fulani family names used, many of which can also be found in neighboring ethnic groups and languages. The supposed distinction between them was invented by French ethnographers in the 19th century who differentiated between supposedly sedentary, agricultural, fanatical, and anti-European Toucouleurs on one hand and nomadic, pastoralist, docile and cooperative Peulhs on the other, but the dichotomy is false. The Toucouleur people of the central Senegal River valley speak Fulfulde / Pulaar and refer to themselves as Haalpulaaren, or those who speak Pulaar. The terms Fallata, Fallatah, or Fellata are of Arabic origins, and are often the ethnonyms by which Fulani people are identified by in parts of Chad and Sudan. In Portuguese, the terms Fula or Futafula are used. More recently the Fulfulde / Pulaar term Fulɓe, which is a plural noun (singular, Pullo) has been Anglicised as Fulbe, which is gaining popularity in use. The French borrowed the Wolof term Pël, which is variously spelled: Peul, Peulh, and even Peuhl. Fula and Fulani are commonly used in English, including within Africa. Fula, from Manding languages, is also used in English, and sometimes spelled Fulah or Fullah. Fulani in English is borrowed from the Hausa term. There are many names (and spellings of the names) used in other languages to refer to the Fulɓe. Names Ethnonyms A Bodaado (singular of Wadaabe) Fula man with the typical Fulani hat above a turban Mohammed the 74th President of the United Nations General Assembly, Tijjani Muhammad-Bande and the Secretary-General of OPEC, Mohammed Sanusi Barkindo. They also occupy positions in major international institutions, such as the Deputy Secretary-General of the United Nations, Amina J. Many West African leaders are of Fulani descent, including the former President of Nigeria, Muhammadu Buhari former president of Cameroon Ahmadou Ahidjo President of Senegal, Macky Sall the President of Gambia, Adama Barrow the President of Guinea-Bissau, Umaro Sissoco Embaló the Vice President of Sierra Leone, Mohamed Juldeh Jalloh and the Prime Minister of Mali, Boubou Cisse. The Fula are almost completely Muslims, but in recent years there has been a significant rise in Fulani Christians, particularly in Nigeria, who generally worship in secret and dress like their Muslim brethren. As an ethnic group, they are bound together by the Fula language, their history and their culture. The majority of the Fula ethnic group consisted of semi-sedentary people, as well as sedentary settled farmers, scholars, artisans, merchants, and nobility. Ī significant proportion of the Fula – a third, or an estimated 7 to 10 million – are pastoralists, and their ethnic group has the largest nomadic pastoral community in the world.

Various estimates put the figure between 25 and 30 million people worldwide. The approximate number of Fula people is unknown, due to clashing definitions regarding Fula ethnicity. Inhabiting many countries, they live mainly in West Africa and northern parts of Central Africa, South Sudan, Darfur, and regions near the Red Sea coast in Sudan. The Fula, Fulani, or Fulɓe people ( Fula: Fulɓe, 𞤊𞤵𞤤𞤩𞤫 French: Peul Hausa: Fulani or Hilani Kanuri: Fillata Portuguese: Fula Wolof: Pël Bambara: Fulaw Tyap: A̱fa̱taa) is an ethnic group in Sahara, Sahel and West Africa, widely dispersed across the region. Without proper rendering support, you may see question marks, boxes, or other symbols instead of Adlam letters. This article contains Adlam Unicode characters.

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