Fula people

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The Fula people, Fulani people, or Fulɓe are an ethnic group in the Sahara, Sahel, and West Africa, widely dispersed across the region. Inhabiting many countries, they live mainly in West Africa and northern parts of Central Africa, South Sudan, Darfur, and regions near the Red Sea coast in Sudan. There are between 25 and 40 million Fulani worldwide. A third of the Fula — 7 to 10 million — are pastoralists. They are the largest nomadic pastoral community in the world. Most Fula are semi-nomadic, plus settled farmers, scholars, artisans, merchants, and nobility. Ethnically, they share the Fula language, their history and their culture. The Fula are almost all Muslims, with a Christian minority or animists. Many West African leaders are of Fulani descent, including the former President of Nigeria, Muhammadu Buhari; the first President of Cameroon Ahmadou Ahidjo; the former President of Senegal, Macky Sall; the President of Gambia, Adama Barrow; the former President of Guinea-Bissau, Umaro...

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