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'''Fula Americans''' or '''Fulbe Americans''' are American citizens of [[Fula people|Fula]] descent.
'''Fula Americans''' or '''Fulbe Americans''' are American citizens of [[Fula people|Fula]] descent.


The first Fulbe people that emigrated to United States were slaves hailed from several parts of West and Central Africa. Many Fulbe came of places as [[Senegal]], [[Guinea-Bissau]], [[Nigeria]] and [[Cameroon]]. So, most of the slaves that came of 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 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 of 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>


==Notable Fula-Americans==
==Notable Fula-Americans==

Revision as of 15:39, 30 June 2013

Fula Americans
Languages
English, Fula
Religion
Christianity, Islam, Traditional African religion

Fula Americans or Fulbe Americans are American citizens of Fula descent.

The first Fulbe people that emigrated to United States were slaves exported from several parts of West and Central Africa. Many Fulbe came of places as Senegal, Guinea-Bissau, Nigeria and Cameroon. So, most of the slaves that came of Senegal belonged to ethnic groups Mandinga and Fula.[2]

Notable Fula-Americans

References

  1. ^ "Table 1. First, Second, and Total Responses to the Ancestry Question by Detailed Ancestry Code: 2000". U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved 2013-06-28.
  2. ^ Omar ibn Said (1831). "Autobiography of Omar ibn Said, Slave in North Carolina, 1831". University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.