African People - Fula People, Nnenna Nwakanma, Aku People, Lists of People by African Union State, Contemporary African Database (Paperback)

Chapters: Fula People, Nnenna Nwakanma, Aku People, Lists of People by African Union State, Contemporary African Database. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 27. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Fula language Fula or Fulani or Fulbe (the latter being an Anglicisation of the word in their language, Fule) are an ethnic group of people spread over many countries, predominantly in West Africa, but found also in Central Africa and Sudanese North Africa. The countries in Africa where they are present include Mauritania, Senegal, Guinea, The Gambia, Mali, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Benin, Burkina Faso, Guinea Bissau, Cameroon, Cote d'Ivoire, Niger, Chad, Togo, the Central African Republic, Ghana, Liberia, and as far as Sudan in the east. Fula people form a minority in every country they inhabit, but in Guinea they represent a plurality of the population (40%).Total population 27 000 000. Men from the Wodaabe subgroup performing Yaake danceThere are also many names (and spellings of the names) used in other languages to refer to the Fule. Fulani in English is borrowed from the Hausa term, and it is also used by the Manding peoples, being the diminutive form of the word "Fula" in their language, essentially meaning "little Fula." Fula, from Manding languages is also used in English, and sometimes spelled Fulah or Foulah. Fula and Fulani are commonly used in English, including within Africa. The French borrowed the Wolof term Pel, which is variously spelled: Peul, Peulh, and even Peuhl. More recently the Fulfulde / Pulaar term Fule, which is a plural noun (singular, Pullo) has been adapted to English as Fulbe, which some people use. In Portuguese it's Fula or Futafula. A closely related group is the Tukolor (Toucouleur) in the central Senegal River valley. These people are often referred to togeth...More: http: //booksllc.net/?id=10238