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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.
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
The ancestral origin of the Sullubawa is bilād as-sūdān (بلاد السودان) (Sullubawa in Hausa, Sullpe in Fulani language) are the descendants of Ahmed Bah باه (one of the four of Oquba Bin Nafah Alfehri الفهري عقبة بن نافع offspring and the two thousand soldiers (Faman settled in Silla) at Niger river have ...
The people of the area mostly speak Pulaar, a dialect of the Fula language that spans West Africa from Senegal to Cameroon. They identified themselves by the language giving rise to the name Haalpulaar'en meaning those who speak Pulaar. The Haalpulaar'en are also known as Toucouleurs (var. Tukolor), a name also derived from of Takrur.
A significant number of the Sierra Leone Fula population are found in all regions of Sierra Leone as traders, and many live in middle-class homes. Because of their trading, the Fulas are found in nearly all parts of the country. Sierra Leone’s current Vice President, Dr. Juldeh Jalloh, is a Fula by tribe.
Map of the Imamate of Futa Toro, early 19th century. The Torodbe at first recruited members from all levels of Sūdānī society, particularly the poorer people. [7] Torodbe clerics included people whose origin was Fula, Wolof, Mande, Hausa and Berber.
The origin of the Dambazawa is as unclear as that of the Fulani race itself, but sources within the clan believe it to be of a Dayebe Fulani group. It was at the time of Sundiata Keita (c. 1217–1255 A.D.) the Fulbe of that era began adopting surnames that conformed to their socioeconomic groups.