WHO ARE THE FULANI AND THEIR ORIGIN: PART 3; Rise to political Dominance; Begining as early as 17th & 18th centuries but mainly in the 19th century, fulas took control of various states in west africa. These included the fulani Empire founded by usman dan fodiyo(which itself include smaller states) Fouta Djallon,massina and others. M Delafose suggested that with the enpansion of the fulani from futa to Darfur all these become known to the arab as Takrur. Culture and Language; The language of fulas is called pulaar or fulfulde depending on the region or variants thereof. It is also the language of Tukolor. All senegalese who speak the language natively are known as the Halpulaar or Halpulaareen which stands for speakers of pulaar(Hal is the root of the pulaar verb haalugol,meaning to speak). In some areas,like northen cameroon,fulfulde is a local linqua franca. With the exception of Guinea,fulas are minorities in every country they live in,so some also speak other languages for example;portuquese and kriol in Guinea-Bissau,f rench and arabic in mauritania,hausa and french in Niger,french and English in cameroon,wolof and french in senegal,sango and french in central african republic,Bambara and french in mali, English hausa and Ghanaine in Ghana, English and some indigenous languages in sierra-leone,particularly krio, Hausa, English and some nigerian languages in NIGERIA. Fula are primarily known as pastorist,but are also traders in some areas,most fula in the countryside spend longtime alone on foot,moving their herds; They were the ONLY major migrating people of west africa,though most fulani now lives in towns,cities and villages. As they conquered different towns and peoples,they would take captives from those tribes. Those captives becomes and slaves adopting the language and lifestyle of the fulani, and working their field for them. Today,although no longer officially slaves,the ex-slaves caste (rimayybe,or maccube) has no sense of their original ethnicity . Although,distinct ethnically from the true fulbe,their identity is now so intertwined with them that they are themeselves called fulani. Over 99% of fulani are MUSLIMS, it is said that to be a fulani is to be a muslim, there are a small group of fulani called Mbororo,or wodaabe,found in Niger and Cameroon who resisted islam,and have kept much of their pre-islamic way of life and beliefs. And in some places,small group of fulani are choosing to follow the way of christ. However,the vast majority are muslims ,most practicing a version of folk islam,integrating animistic practices into their muslim religious duties... To be cont... SIGN: MUHAMMAD BETOWA ALIYU.
Posted on: Mon, 17 Nov 2014 12:59:23 +0000
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