Fulani

West Africa/Sahel • Language: Pulaar

The Fulani are one of the largest ethnic groups in the Sahel and West Africa, with an estimated 40 million descendants. Their ethnic group has the largest nomadic pastoral community in the world. they were one of the first tribes to adapt Islam. Today, many West African leaders are of Fulani descent.
 
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Here is a collection of panAFRICAproject images by Lou Jones pertaining to the ethnographic group of "Fulani":