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Fulani people are ethnic groups in West Africa. They are mostly cattle herders and traders. Their native language is called Fulfulde.

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  • 1997 275-27 Wodaabe fashion

    A Bodaado (singular of Wadaabe) Fula man

  • A distribution map of Fula people in Africa

    A distribution map of Fula people. Dark green: a major ethnic group; Medium: significant; Light: minor.

  • Fulani Woman from Niger

    A Fulani Woman from Niger

  • Fulani man

    Fulani man with traditional marks on his face (Nigeria)

  • Algerien Desert

    Tassili n'Ajjer rock art

  • Moore Stadt der Fulier 1802 UTA

    Fula Village and its Agricultural Products, after Francis Moore, 1802

  • Fula jihad states map general c1830

    Fula people have helped form several historic Islamic theocracies and led many Jihad states such as the 19th-century Masina.

  • ASC Leiden - W.E.A. van Beek Collection - Dogon markets 16 - Fulbe woman at Sangha market, Mali 1992 (cropped)

    Fulbe woman at the Sangha market, Mali 1992

  • ASC Leiden - W.E.A. van Beek Collection - Dogon markets 44 - Fulbe woman at the Sangha market, Mali 1992

    Fulbe woman at the Sangha market, Mali 1992

  • Niger, camp near Kobéri Kouara (1)

    Fulani pastoralists in Niger

  • Flickr - Dan Lundberg - 1997 ^276-27A Wodaabe camp

    Several Wodaabe clans in Niger have gathered for a Gerewol festival

  • Chapeau berger Peul-Institut d'ethnologie de Strasbourg-2

    The traditional hat (Tengaade) of the Fulani people worn in diverse slightly different variations among every Fula subgroup

  • N'Dama herd in West Africa

    An N'Dama herd in West Africa

  • Danse de peuls avec les bœufs

    Fulani herders in Mali

  • Fulani traditional dance costume

    Fulani dancers in their full traditional regalia.

  • Paoua - Peul calabashes used for cheese production

    Fulani calabashes used for butter and milk storage and as containers for hawking

  • Fulani people, Mali

    Fulani "grass house" in Mali

See also

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