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	Fulbe
		Mohammadou (1981:234f) gives a map of the historical migration of the ‘Peul’ (Fulbe) between the Yedseram river in the west, the Logone river in the east, and the Benoue river in the south of the Mandara mountains.
		The fulfulde spoken in Madagali is the dialect of Adamawa.
		Boulet et al (1984:126) explain that the Fulbe Yllaga (Fulbe of Madagali) have an historical reputation as a warrior clan, whereas the Fulbe Fereoobe (Fulbe of Maroua) have an historical reputation as a clan of diplomats.
	www.mandaras.info /Fulbe.html (698 words)

	African Online Digital Library - AODL
		The Fulbe people have played a prominent role in West African history, and a complete background on the Fuuta Tooro Oral History Project is available as part of this gallery.
		As cattle pastoralists, the Fulbe people spread across 2,000 miles of savanna land, from Senegambia in the west to Cameroun in the east, over the last one thousand years.
		More than any other single people, the Fulbe have led in the process whereby Islam has become the majority faith of the savanna region.
	www.aodl.org /futa2.php (334 words)

	home
		You can still find information about ministry to Fulbe people in West Africa and around the world as well as different types of ministries.
		When we return, we hope to resume some of our previous ministries, with a renewed emphasis on planting self-sustaining churches among the Fulbe.
		To be anything other than missionaries is almost unthinkable, but we have to seriously consider this at this point in time.
	www.fulbe.com (493 words)

	Hausarbeiten.de - Der Wohnraum der Fulbe mit wissenschaftlichem Blick - Hausarbeit
		eine ethnographische Arbeit von Stenning (1959), der eine Gruppe nomadischer Fulbe in Nigeria unter Einbeziehung historischer Aspekte untersuchte 2.
		Bierschenk (1997), der ökonomische Strategien agropastoraler Fulbe in mehreren Regionen Nordbenins analysierte.
		Wohnraum meint hier den Bereich, in dem der Alltag eines Haushaltes stattfindet, wobei der Raum der Weidung der Herde davon ausgeschlossen wird.
	www.hausarbeiten.de /zeit/vorschau/52854.html (1039 words)

	The Fulbe Fouta (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Cattle are still important to the Fulbe as a source and symbol of wealth, while sheep and goats are common.
		The Fulbe Futa are patriarchal, but the mother exerts a certain amount of power in the day to day running of the house especially during the frequent absences of the father.
		The Fulbe are staunchly Muslim and proud at having brought Islam to this part of West Africa.
	www.fbchsv.org /missions/global/fulbefouta.html (685 words)

	NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Fulbe (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The fulfulde spoken in Madagali is the dialect of Adamawa.
		Zu den Fulbe gehören eine Vielzahl von Clans wie Umm Bororo, Uda, Djafun, Dooga, Dindima, Adamawa, Danedji, Sisilbi, Fuuta, Boodi, die Wodaabe in Niger und die Tukulor in Mauretanien und Senegal.
		Die Bevölkerung der Fulbe umfasst etwa sieben Millionen Menschen (allerdings sind diese Zahlen höchst zweifelhaft, da sie nicht auf Zählungen, sondern auf Schätzungen basieren), die in meist größeren Gruppen in der gesamten Sahelzone von Mauretanien, Senegal, Guinea-Bissau und Guinea über Nigeria und Kamerun bis in den Tschad und den Sudan leben.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Fulbe (264 words)

	Rise and Fall of the Adamawa Emirate
		It was that basic to the Fulbe, however, that they sticked to it also after the sedentarisation - such as their special relationship to the cattle as a source to wealth, power and prestige.
		The "caliphate" of the Fulbe was to become the biggest and most influential empire of Central Sudan in the 19th century.
		The new alliance with the Fulbe from Haussaland and the religious dimension of dan Fodio's jihad gave new force to the rebellion of the Fombina Fulbe.
	www.afrol.com /archive/fulbe_adamawa.htm (5500 words)

	NOMADS - Don't fence me in
		The FulBe who live in the Ferlo are part of a large ethnic group that spreads across much of the Sahel.
		In years when the rains don’t come these reserves are havens for the FulBe as they move south, serving as a kind of insurance policy for those who make their homes in the riskier climates to the north.
		In spite of this tendency to settle down, the FulBe still count on being able to move within the pastoral zones to good pastures and to leave the area to move south in years when there is drought.
	www.newint.org /issue266/fence.htm (2036 words)

	November 1990
		Such a statement would not come as a shock to any of the 700,000 Fulbe of the Cameroon who are old enough to know the feelings of their people.
		All members of any three groupings of Fulbe ostracize the Ako subgroup because of their use of fl magic and their lack of orthodox adherence to Islam.
		Fulbe groups are also jealous of the Ako because they live in a stable homeland with plenty of rainfall near Lake Nyos, Cameroon.
	www.missionfrontiers.org /1990/11/n903.htm (516 words)

	People
		The Fulbe of Guinea are a large people group located in the Western African nation of Guinea and in surrounding countries.
		The majority of Fulbe today live in towns and cities, with the traditional mud walled hut replaced by brick and cement houses with corrugated metal roofs.
		Houses are often located in walled compounds where a man and one or more wives live with their children and other members of an extended family.
	www.fulbefouta.com /people.htm (480 words)

	Mauritania - Fulbe
		The Fulbe of Mauritania are part of the larger Fulbe population that inhabits scattered areas across the African savanna from Senegal to Sudan.
		They are thought to have originated in Senegal and to have slowly migrated eastward to their present locations over the last 800 years.
		Pastoral Fulbe are famed for their herds of cattle and dairy produce.
	countrystudies.us /mauritania/33.htm (180 words)

	::Fulbe Jeeri : Home
		The ideal of a Pullo ("Pullo" is the singular form of "Fulbe") is to allow the cattle herds to reproduce and herd size grow, therefore his wealth will increase.
		For the Fulbe Jeeri the growing number of sedentary farmers and the decrease in grazing area limits the movement of herds.
		Their increasing numbers and the growing number of animals combined with an increasingly fragile environment is a great threat to their traditional way of life.
	www.townbeacon.com /fulbe/economics.html (429 words)

	Africa: Guinea - Christian Reformed Church
		In 1991, World Missions’ missionaries were instrumental in organizing and sponsoring two conferences for Fulbe converts from the entire country of Guinea.
		Historically nomadic cattle herders, many Fulbe in Guinea are settled in villages and towns where they engage in commerce.
		To learn more about the Fulbe people of Guinea, and read a fascinating story by CRWM missionary, John Span, go to www.fulbefouta.com.
	www.crcna.org /pages/crwm_glance_guinea.cfm (715 words)

	Met Thematic Page \| The Fulani/Fulbe People and Their Art (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The Fulani people, also called Fulbe (pl. Pullo) or Peul, are well known for the delicate decoration of utilitarian objects such as milk bowls that reflect their nomadic and pastoral lifestyle.
		Increasingly, the memory of their previous pastoral religion was lost, except in some sub-groups such as the Bororo or Wodaabe (i.e., "Isolated"), who remained animists and nomads.
		Between the eleventh and the seventeenth century, the Fulbe gradually extended their grazing territory from over much of the West African savanna up to Borno.
	www.metmuseum.org /toah/hd/fula/hd_fula_2.htm (483 words)

	NSM KnowledgeBase - #14415 - The Fulbe/fulani: Who They Are
		The Fulbe were converted to Islam early in the 14th century and are proud to have spread Islam in northern Nigeria and other parts of West Africa by the jihad movement in the 19th century.
		The J'Afaraabe, Jullube, Yallalbe, and Uro-Ngia are clans of Fulbe in the Massina (Macina) region of southern Mali, estimated variously at between 600,000 and 1,000,000.
		Although the Fulbe claim that milk is their mainstay diet, in practice they eat a porridge of millet, and trade milk and butter to their farming neighbors.
	www.strategicnetwork.org /index.php?loc=kb&view=v&id=14415&fto=2821&fte=3&fty=6& (1341 words)

	Tourisme et voyages
		Le but est faire paraître les troupeaux non loin des chefs Fulbé, en saison sèche, sur les grands espaces du delta du fleuve riche en eau et herbes nourrissantes pour les animaux.
		L'événement est marqué de chants, de récits, de mythes, de contes et proverbes liés à la vie des Fulbé et des animaux.
		Mobilisant toute la société fulbé, cette manifestation est également une occasion pour les femmes de porter leurs plus beaux vêtements et parures.
	www.le-mali.com /omatho/cultrad11.htm (664 words)

	NSM KnowledgeBase - #14420 - Strategy for Mission among the Fulbe (Part Two)
		The Fulbe would have to be able to peer into the hearts and souls of real live Christians to see what they were made of, to see that they trusted God, to see and experience Christian compassion.
		Third, to become intimately involved in the lives of the Fulbe, it was deemed necessary to live as much like the Fulbe as possible.
		Fourth, it was hoped that in so doing the gospel would in time come to the Fulbe, not so much as something lobbed in from the outside, like a rock thrown over a wall, but rather would well up from deep inside of their communities and culture.
	www.strategicnetwork.org /index.php?loc=kb&view=v&id=14420&fto=2805&fte=3&fty=11& (1225 words)

	۞ Fulbe - Infos und Erklärungen auf www.geoToday.de (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Zu den Fulbe gehören eine Vielzahl von Clans wie Umm Bororo, Uda, Djafun, Dooga, Dindima, Adamawa, Danedji, Sisilbi, Fuuta, Boodi.
		Die Fulbe sind, vom ethnologischen Standpunkt aus betrachtet, ein sehr interessantes Volk, da ihre Herkunft bis heute nicht eindeutig geklärt ist.
		Monika Midel Fulbe und Deutsche in Adamaua (Nord-Kamerun) 1809-1916.
	www.geotoday.de /Fulbe (408 words)

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