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Fula Americans
	Omar ibn Said
Total population
	21,000[better source needed]
Languages
	English, French, Fula, Arabic
Religion
	Islam

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Fula Americans, Fulani Americans or Fulbe Americans are Americans of Fula (Fulani, Fulbe) descent.

The first Fulani people who were forcibly expatriated to United States from the slave trade came from several parts of West and Central Africa. Many Fulbe came of places as Guinea, Senegal, Guinea-Bissau, Sierra Leone, Nigeria and Cameroon. Recent Fulani arrivals immigrated to the United States during the 1990s and now make up a significant portion of the Muslim communities across America.^[2]

Notable people

Abdul Rahman Ibrahima Sori
Ayuba Suleiman Diallo
Hamidou Diallo
Ira Aldridge
Omar ibn Said
Yarrow Mamout
Bilali Mohammed – author of the Bilali Document

References

^ "Fulani, Pulaar in United States". Joshua Project.
^ Omar ibn Said (1831). "Autobiography of Omar ibn Said, Slave in North Carolina, 1831". University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

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[1] "Fulani, Pulaar in United States". Joshua Project.

[Omar_ibn_Said-2] Omar ibn Said (1831). "Autobiography of Omar ibn Said, Slave in North Carolina, 1831". University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

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+{{Short description|Americans of Fula descent}}
-{{Infobox Ethnic group
+{{Infobox ethnic group
-|group   = Fula Americans
+| group            = Fula Americans
-|image  = [[File:Omar Ibn Said.jpg|200px]]
+| population       = 21,000<ref>{{cite web |title=Fulani, Pulaar in United States |url=https://joshuaproject.net/people_groups/15622/US |website=Joshua Project |language=en}}</ref>{{better source|date=June 2024}}
-|caption = <small>[[Omar Ibn Said]]</small>
+| image            = Omar Ibn Said.jpg
-|poptime = '''1,143'''<ref name=ancestry2000>{{cite web |url=http://www.census.gov/population/socdemo/ancestry/ancestry_q_by_DAC_2000.xls |title     = Table 1. First, Second, and Total Responses to the Ancestry Question by Detailed Ancestry Code: 2000 |accessdate=2013-06-28 |publisher = U.S. Census Bureau}}</ref>
+| caption          = [[Omar ibn Said]]
-|popplace =
+| popplace         =
-|langs    = [[American English|English]], [[Fula language|Fula]]
+| langs            = [[American English|English]], [[French language|French]], [[Fula language|Fula]], [[Arabic language|Arabic]]
-|rels     = [[Christianity]], [[Islam]], [[Traditional African religion]]
+| rels             = [[Islam]]
 }}
-'''Fula Americans''' or '''Fulbe Americans''' are American citizens of [[Fula people|Fula]] descent.
+'''Fula Americans''', '''Fulani Americans''' or '''Fulbe Americans''' are [[Americans]] of [[Fula people|Fula]] (Fulani, Fulbe) descent.
-The first Fulbe people that emigrated to United States were slaves exported from several parts of [[West Africa|West]] and [[Central Africa]]. Many Fulbe came of places as [[Senegal]], [[Guinea-Bissau]], [[Nigeria]] and [[Cameroon]]. So, most of the slaves that came from Senegal belonged to ethnic groups [[Mandinka people|Mandinga]] and [[Fula people|Fula]].<ref name="Omar ibn Said">{{cite web |url=http://docsouth.unc.edu/nc/omarsaid/omarsaid.html |title=Autobiography of Omar ibn Said, Slave in North Carolina, 1831 |author=Omar ibn Said |year=1831 |publisher=[[University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill]]}}</ref>
+The first Fulani people who were forcibly expatriated to United States from the slave trade came from several parts of [[West Africa|West]] and [[Central Africa]]. Many Fulbe came of places as [[Guinea]], [[Senegal]], [[Guinea-Bissau]], [[Sierra Leone]], [[Nigeria]] and [[Cameroon]]. Recent Fulani arrivals immigrated to the United States during the 1990s and now make up a significant portion of the Muslim communities across America.<ref name="Omar ibn Said">{{cite web |url=http://docsouth.unc.edu/nc/omarsaid/omarsaid.html |title=Autobiography of Omar ibn Said, Slave in North Carolina, 1831 |author=Omar ibn Said |year=1831 |publisher=[[University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill]]}}</ref>
-==Notable Fula-Americans==
+==Notable people==
+*[[Abdul Rahman Ibrahima Sori]]
-*[[India.Arie]]
-*[[Ira Aldridge]]
-*[[Anthony Anderson]]
 *[[Ayuba Suleiman Diallo]]
-*[[Peter J. Gomes]]
+*[[Hamidou Diallo]]
+*[[Ira Aldridge]]
-*[[Abdulrahman Ibrahim Ibn Sori]]
-*[[Omar Ibn Said]]
+*[[Omar ibn Said]]
+*[[Yarrow Mamout]]
+*Bilali Mohammed – author of the [[Bilali Document]]
+== See also ==
+* [[Fula Christians]]
 == References ==
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 {{African immigration to the United States}}
-[[Category:African American]]
+[[Category:African diaspora in the United States]]
 [[Category:American people of Fulbe descent| ]]
+{{NorthAm-ethno-group-stub}}