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A distribution map of Fula people. Dark green: a major ethnic group; Medium: significant; Light: minor. [22] [47] The Fula people are widely distributed, across the Sahel from the Atlantic coast to the Red Sea, particularly in West Africa. In addition, many also speak other languages of the countries they inhabit, making many Fulani bilingual ...
The Fulani people call the region Fuuta-Jaloo ( ࢻُوتَ جَلࣾو ) in the Pular language. 'Futa' is a Fula word for any region inhabited by the Fulɓe. 'Djallon' means 'mountain' in old Jallonke. [1] [2] [3] The name in Pular, and in the Fula (macro)language of which it is a part, is also sometimes spelled Fuuta-Jalon.
Archaeologists believe that the people who became the Balanta migrated to present-day Guinea-Bissau in small groups between the 10th and 14th centuries CE. [2] During the 19th century, they spread throughout the area that is now Guinea-Bissau and southern Senegal in order to resist the expansion of the Kaabu kingdom. [ 2 ]
It was home to Muslim leaders and scholars who resisted colonisation, such as Alpha Yaya Diallo. Labe is the most important city in the Moyenne (Middle) Guinea region also known as Fouta Djallon. Labe is considered as a major cultural and religious center in West Africa, especially among the Fulani people.
Pita is located in the Pita Prefecture in the Mamou Region, in central Guinea. [1] This is approximately 108 kilometres (67 mi) northwest of the city of Mamou, the regional capital. [2] Pita is located approximately 311 kilometres (193 mi) northeast of the city of Conakry, the country's capital. [3]
Initially, they followed a traditional African religion and coexited peacefully with the native Yalunka people. In the 18th century an influx of Muslim Fulɓe from Macina, Mali changed the fabric of Fula society. [3]: 85 By 1700, wealthy Muslim Fulanis resented the high taxes and demanded the right to build mosques and Islamic madrasas. [3]: 88
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Fuladu (Fula: Fulaadu; French: Fouladou) or Fuladugu (French: Fouladougou) is a historic region and former Fula kingdom in the Upper Casamance, in the south of Senegal, and including certain areas in The Gambia and Guinea-Bissau. It was the last independent pre-colonial state in the area, ceasing to exist in 1903.