14 Facts About Fula people

Fula, Fellah, Fellahin, Fulani, or Ful?e people are one of the largest ethnic groups in the Sahel and West Africa, widely dispersed across the region.

The approximate number of Fula people is unknown due to clashing definitions regarding Fula ethnicity.

Fula people are widely distributed, across the Sahel from the Atlantic coast to the Red Sea, particularly in West Africa.

Origins of the Fulani people are unclear and various theories have been postulated.

Fula people concludes that the modern Fulani people began in the northern Senegambian region.

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The Fula people led many jihads, or holy wars, some of which were major.

Fula people subsequently established his rule in the Inland Delta and the adjacent dry lands east and west of the delta.

Fulani, migrant Arabs and Hausa people have taken some influences from each other's cultures.

The fairly rigid caste system of the Fula people has medieval roots, was well established by the 15th-century, and it has survived into modern age.

The castes-based social stratification among the Fula people was widespread and seen across the Sahel, such as Burkina Faso, Niger, Senegal, Guinea, Mali, Nigeria, Sudan, and others.

Fula people ethics are strictly governed by the notion of pulaaku.

Fula people are primarily known to be pastoralists, but are traders in some areas.

Fula people have a rich musical culture and play a variety of traditional instruments including drums, hoddu, and riti or riiti, in addition to vocal music.

Fulani people are genetically of mostly indigenous African origin, and show on average only minor West-Eurasian admixture.