Fula/Fulani People And Their Origins.(One Of The Largest Ethnic Groups In Africa)

The history of the Fulani in West Africa begins in the fifth century A.D. Islamized early on and traveling Constantly, they did not develop a tradition of figural, sculted art. The complex nature of art among this large and long-estabished group in West Africa is widely recognized but still understudied. 


However, it is generally recognized that Fulani desecended from nomads from both North Africa and from Sub-Sahara Africa. They came from Middle-East  and North-Africa and settled into Central and West Africa from the Senegal region they created the Tekruur Empire which was contemporary to the Ghana Empire.



Fulani, also called Peul or Fulbe, a primarily Muslim people scattered throughout many parts of Africa, mostly in West Africa from Lake Chad in the East to the Atlantic Coast.




They are concentrated principally in Nigeria, Mali, Guinea, Senegal, and Niger but can also be found in Several other countries.
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