Search results
Results From The WOW.Com Content Network
The Fula, Fulani, or Fulɓe people [a] are an ethnic group in Sahara, Sahel and West Africa, widely dispersed across the region. [22] 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 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.
Guinean immigration into the U.S. has been increasing since the 1990s. Guinean Americans speak several African languages, being the most spoken the Pular (Fulfulde, Fulani, Fula or Peul), Maninka (Malinke), Susu, Kissi and Kpelle languages. They also speak French and English (as second language).
Former president of the National Transitional Council. Current President of Economic and Social Council, Guinea; Black M (Alpha Diallo) – French rapper and Singer–Songwriter. General Souleymane Kelefa Diallo – Former Guinean army chief of staff; Mohamed Béavogui (Loma/Fulani) – Prime Minister of Guinea; Mohamed Bayo – soccer player
The Susu people were traditionally animist [citation needed]. The Fula people dominated the region from the Fouta Djallon. The Fulani created an Islamic theocracy, thereafter began slave raids as a part of Jihad that impacted many West African ethnic groups including the Susu people.
During the first half of the 19th century, civil war erupted as local Fula people sought independence. [7]: 5–6 This long-running conflict led to the 1867 Battle of Kansala. A Fula army led by Alpha Molo Balde laid siege to the earthen walls of Kansala for 11 days. The Mandinka kept the Fulani from climbing the walls for a time, but were ...
Fula (/ ˈ f uː l ə / FOO-lə), [2] also known as Fulani (/ f ʊ ˈ l ɑː n iː / fuul-AH-nee) [2] or Fulah [3] [4] (Fulfulde, Pulaar, Pular; Adlam: 𞤊𞤵𞤤𞤬𞤵𞤤𞤣𞤫, 𞤆𞤵𞤤𞤢𞥄𞤪, 𞤆𞤵𞤤𞤢𞤪; Ajami: ࢻُلْࢻُلْدٜ , ݒُلَارْ , بُۛلَر ), is a Senegambian language spoken by around 36.8 million people as a set of various ...
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