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One of the last Almamys of Futa.

found this

Fulaman198: Bororojo and OmarBah what do you think of this, Are these guys Rimaybe?:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T4dW3uQLju8

I LOVED this video, these are the things I like to see, cultural events.
They do look like Rimaybe, but it's all good. I'd like more and more people to Fulfude and become "Fulanized".

Found this yesterday , I thought I should share.

Fulanis mythology has 28 gods corresponding to the 28 days of the lunar calendar.These 28 days were called <<laaréeji>> ( laarée in singular) or garden spirits and were all considered incarnations of Geno. The Silatiguis or Fulani Pastors would invoke them before starting a seasonally or definitive migration.
Some of the laaréeji are found in the name of young Fulani boys today.
Hammadi, the first son is dedicated to the god Ham
Sammba, the second son is dedicated to the god Sam
Demmba, dedicated to Dem
Yéro or (Yaro in English) dedicated to Yer
Pathé the fifth son is dedicated to Paat
Njobbo the sixth song dedicated to Njob
and the last son Délo , dedicated to Dél

According to our cosmology, there are 11 fundamental forces and each can destroy the force it is derived from. You have Stone, Iron, Fire, water, air, the man, drunkenness, sleep, worry, death and resurrection. One can see that the man occupies the 6th position , right between 5 materials and 5 immaterial forces.

Source: http://emsomipy.free.fr/Initiation/Af.Ouest%20Mali%20-%20Cosmogonie%20Peule.htm, Amadou Ampathe Ba, <<Contes Initiatiques Peules.>>

Fulaman198: OmarBah do you like Fulani hip hop?


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hrBXxW_sT7E

I like African hip hop as long as it is in our native languages. It can turn into poetry at times which promotes the language and touches the youth at the same time.
Hey man, you seem to know a lot of songs from Mali.

CAMNEWTON4PRES: and Bambara in Mali

I know Bambara must dominate Mali due to their numbers but I remember a friend telling me, Fulbe of Mali tend to refuse speaking it unless necessary. It is said that they are 17% and in regions like Mopti I think Fulfulde dominates. The former president of Mali, Amadou Toumani Toure considered himself a Fulani even though his last name is Mande.

how is the fulfulde situation in Northern Mali and Niger, is it widely spoken?

Fulaman198: I don't know of the pre-Islamic religion as well and I'm trying to find it out. I think that the customs that some Mbororo'en partake in may have some clues.

Here is a link that might help

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h1z_nLaAHo4&feature=youtu.be

what I don't know is the actual religion we used to practice. I have heard Ampathe Ba mention "Kumen" during one of his interviews I watched but that's about it.

Fulaman198: Geno

See I only learn that with my research. Do you guys still use it or did you learn it from the nomads? We use Tagudo, or Jomiraawo, but most Fulbe of Guinea of my generation would not know what Geno is.

What was Allah/GOD called in the pre Islamic times among by Fulbe?

Fulaman198: Lollllll well there are Tabital Pulaaku meetings for Fulani unison but other than that not really.
I thoroughly believe that if people want to, they can get past their differences thus even if it may be a dream, a united west Africa is ideal. I hope that the same happens for east Africans.

thumbs up to that.

Besides some parts of Northern Mali where these two groups fight almost all the time, I wonder how the two groups cohabit in Nigeri or in the Macina region. Early this year, they had deadly clashes and in May, they met in Bamako to talk about peace. Hopefully they hold it.
These conflicts in the Sahel underscores how crucial it is for the states to invest in the regions, even if it is by protecting the environment and agriculture to create jobs for the youth. Our fulbe brothers NEED to settle. It's the only way. Otherwise they will always be victims of theft and attack from organized gangs of hungry thugs.

Hey CAMNEWTON4PRES, is there a large community of Fulanis in the important cities of Cameroon like Douala or Yaounde?

Fulaman198: Don't worry I promise to hide her from both you and Bororojo (I'm kidding)

LOL I know you are , I have a sense of humor you know.
You'll hide her from Bororojo , not from me.

Fulaman198: What I'm really interested in are scientific words/phrases in Fulfulde/Pulaar.

I don't think they exist, correct me if i'm wrong

Dedirabe fulbe, noy dun wi'ite "magnetic shockwave" e demgal men?

this guy Hamadi Jah is really into science. He translates multiple scientific terms into fulfulde and writes articles from time to time on it and post it on peeral. com.
Here is his blog if you are interested. http://hammadi-jah.skyrock.com/3218265711-Ayaawu-habrirde.html

CAMNEWTON4PRES: You don't have to mention the Turks you know, we should stop seeing external tribes as yardstick

they are spread out, Muslims and used to be nomads too. I was just giving an example of the transformation the Fulbe went through when they adopted Islam and later on when they came into contact with Europeans.

CAMNEWTON4PRES: Okay

I wonder what makes a group develop a script and another not to, I'm trying to apply logic but i fail to see any explanation

to be fair, a Maninka has developed an alphabet called N'ko but it's recent though.

CAMNEWTON4PRES: Okay so that means prior the Arabs you had no alphabet or script right? No texts/books either

Don't get me wrong I'm actually trying to find and know African ethnic group who developped their own script or alphabet without any external influence
So far only Ethiopian

No we did not have it. Like the Turks we were just a bunch of nomads, move from place to place. Fulanis back then used to be fearless. I wish we had the same values our ancestors did.

CAMNEWTON4PRES: What alphabets did they use ?

they used Arabic characters. It was the case up until recently when the French came. Turkish language was written in Arabic characters too before Kemel Attaturk decided to make them "Europeans" and switched to latin alphabet.

Bororojo: a language has to be rich, before you can translate complete texts in it.... no?
The richness and diversity of Fulfulde/Pulaar .... in your opinion, do you think it a plus or a disadvantage?

at the moment, it's a disadvantage, I bet the brothers in North West were drawn toward Hausa due to simplicity. Same thing happen with French, people prefer it for literature, the Olympic.
If we were to teach it to our people and promote something like Poetry which the Iranians do (both Islamists and non Islamists), we'd create interest in it. That's why I am so into that lesecritsislamiquesdufouta which posts poetry. Down in the road, we'll need to build an academy. I already know where we can put the seat, what other place than Mamou, the center of Guinea where all the ethnic groups meet.

the fact that our ancestors wrote texts in our language as far back as the heydays of Timbuktu contributed in my opinion in making rich.

Bororojo: yeah, I did......
lol at the reference to French... it is true though.

Once you start thinking of it, you realize how sophisticated Pulaar/Fulfulde is. I have trouble understanding my parents'
conversations at times when they use certain expressions and proverbs.
In Futa, I remember , my friends would talk is Junniti (reversing the words), they would loose me every single time. Do you guys have that?

Bororojo: Him / her - o, mo
He / She - Kanko
They/Themselves - ɓe, eɓe, Kamɓe, Kamɓen, Kam'en
Ourselves- anen
Our- amin, men, meeɗen
Their - maɓɓe , muɓɓen, muuɗum'en.
Us - en, men, ɗen
You- a, an, on, onon, ma
Hers / his - makko, muuɗum
Your - mon, maaɗa, mooɗon
I/myself/us/we - min
herself/himself - Kam
We - minen, anen, enen, miɗen, min, men
Them - ɓe



I Havent even gone into details about which conditions warrant each use

I mentioned some of them, have you seen it in my previous comments?

Guinean Fulbe living in "Amurica"

Pullo Futa

Guinea,

Fulbe from Mauritania

this looks very painful. My mom went to Mali on a business trip and the Fulbe she met there told here that to be a Real Pullo, a woman from Mali needs to do this.

Sellu in his village

Whoever sees this sister in Adamawa , let me know, I need to Holla, that is if she ain't married.

Fulbe in town