Fula
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Fula
a family of languages of the Fulani of West Africa and used as a lingua franca in the sub-Saharan regions from Senegal to Chad; the best known of the West African languages -
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Fula
a member of a pastoral and nomadic people of western Africa; they are traditionally cattle herders of Muslim faith
As the Songhay declined a new power arose in the nineteenth century, the Fula. "The Negro" by
Negroid peoples predominate, but there are many pastoral Fula and Arabs. "Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 2" by
The Fula, as also most of the Hausa, are Moslems, the other tribes are pagans. "Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 1" by
The inhabitants are mostly Fula, though the trade is largely in the hands of Mandingos. "Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 2" by
The province of Bauchi was conquered by the Fula at the beginning of the 19th century, and furnished them with a valuable slave preserve. "Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Slice 4" by
These are the Fulah (Fula, Fulbe or Fulani), whose ethnic affinities have given rise to an enormous amount of speculation. "Man, Past and Present" by
The ruling caste of the Fula differs widely in character from the herdsmen of the western Sudan. "Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 3" by
In the upper Senegal and Futa Jallon large numbers of the inhabitants are Fula. "Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 2" by
The hostility of certain Fula princes led the company to despatch, in 1897, an expedition against the Mahommedan states of Nupe and Illorin. "Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 2" by
Settled among them are communities of Fula and Hausas. "Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 9" by