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Fulani
[ foo-lah-nee, foo-lah- ]
noun
plural Fulanis, (especially collectively) Fulani
- Also Fulah []. a member of a pastoral and nomadic people of mixed African and Mediterranean ancestry, scattered through western Africa from Senegal to Cameroon.
- the language of the Fulani, a Niger-Congo language closely related to Wolof.
Fulani
/ ˈfuːlənɪ; fuːˈlɑːnɪ /
noun
- the language of the Fula, belonging to the West Atlantic branch of the Niger-Congo family, widely used as a trade pidgin in W Africa
- -nis-ni another name for Fula
- -nis-ni a humped breed of cattle from W Africa
adjective
- of or relating to the Fula or their language
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He recruits most of his fighters from the Fulani community in Burkina Faso.
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The kidnappers tend to be former herders from the Fulani ethnic group, who target villages where mainly Hausa farmers reside.
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Young men from both the Christian Mwagaful community and the Muslim Fulani targeted places of worship.
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It was not helped by the race row over black British charity boss Ngozi Fulani being asked about where she was "really from" at a Buckingham Palace reception.
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In the early 1600s, historical records show slave traders targeted African groups familiar with cattle herding, like the Fulani of modern-day Cameroon.
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