Fulani

(French) Ful

[foo-lah-nee, foo-lah-]

noun

plural

Fulanis ,

plural

Fulani .

1. Also Fulah a member of a pastoral and nomadic people of mixed African and Mediterranean ancestry, scattered through western Africa from Senegal to Cameroon.

2. the language of the Fulani, a Niger-Congo language closely related to Wolof.

Fulani

/ ˈfuːlənɪ, fuːˈlɑːnɪ /

noun

1. the language of the Fula, belonging to the West Atlantic branch of the Niger-Congo family, widely used as a trade pidgin in W Africa

2. another name for Fula

3. a humped breed of cattle from W Africa

adjective

1. of or relating to the Fula or their language

Example Sentences

Mr Buhari, a Fulani, was accused of not being tough enough on the herders or doing enough to stop the crisis.

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The military juntas in Burkina Faso and Mali have also been accused by human rights organisations of committing atrocities against civilians, particularly ethnic Fulanis.

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He recruits most of his fighters from the Fulani community in Burkina Faso.

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The kidnappers tend to be former herders from the Fulani ethnic group, who target villages where mainly Hausa farmers reside.

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Young men from both the Christian Mwagaful community and the Muslim Fulani targeted places of worship.

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