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Fulani Community - ‘Green Sahara’ period
February 18 , 2025
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- The Fulani, one of Africa’s largest pastoral populations, have a history going back to the ‘Green Sahara’ period (12,000–5,000 years before the present).
- The Fulani number 40 million people and are spread from the Atlantic coast of West Africa to Lake Chad in Central Africa.
- They are concentrated principally in Nigeria, Mali, Guinea, Senegal, and Niger but can also be found in several other countries.
- Fulani are divided into three groups: Makiyaya (herders), Fulanin Soro (those living in towns) and Bararo, which refer to Fulani living in forests.
- They mostly followed a nomadic lifestyle and use temporary camps or mobile tents, which do not leave traceable archaeological evidence.
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