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5 Things You Should Know About The Fulani People by gideonjeta(m): 12:27pm On May 18, 2018
The Fulani people are one of the largest ethnic groups in the Sahel and West Africa, widely dispersed across the region.
The Fulani people live in many parts of Africa and are spread across almost 20 countries from the west to the east. Here are 5 things you didn’t know about the Fulani people.


1. Most of them are Muslims
Islam became prominent in West Africa in the 11th century and the Fulani's converted at the time. They have even participated in campaigns over the centuries to convert others.

2. They come from the upper Nile
Historians believe that the Fulani's descended from a nomadic group that once lived in the upper Nile region around 3500 BC. Once the climate of the Sahara became too harsh, they migrated out of the area to find greener pastures.


3. They are the largest nomadic people in the world
Almost all Fulani people are nomadic, making it the largest group of such kind in the world. They live everywhere in Africa and solely rely on their cattles and farming. They carry a mobile house with them known as a bukkaru.

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Re: 5 Things You Should Know About The Fulani People by Nobody: 12:29pm On May 18, 2018
5 things we know

1. They are violent

2. They have this God complex

3. They are manioulaive and decietful

4. They aare terrorists and terrorists sympathizers

5. They hate Christian's, shites and liberal.muslims

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