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'''Fula Americans''' or '''Fulbe Americans''' are [[Americans]] of [[Fula people|Fula]] (Fulbe) descent. |
'''Fula Americans''' or '''Fulbe Americans''' are [[Americans]] of [[Fula people|Fula]] (Fulbe) descent. |
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The first Fulbe people who emigrated to United States came from several parts of [[West Africa|West]] and [[Central Africa]]. Many Fulbe came of places as [[Senegal]], [[Guinea-Bissau]], [[Sierra Leone]], [[Nigeria]] and [[Cameroon]]. So, most of the people |
The first Fulbe people who emigrated to United States came from several parts of [[West Africa|West]] and [[Central Africa]]. Many Fulbe came of places as [[Senegal]], [[Guinea-Bissau]], [[Sierra Leone]], [[Nigeria]] and [[Cameroon]]. So, most of the people who 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> |
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==Notable Fula-Americans== |
==Notable Fula-Americans== |
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Fula Americans or Fulbe Americans are Americans of Fula (Fulbe) descent.
The first Fulbe people who emigrated to United States came from several parts of West and Central Africa. Many Fulbe came of places as Senegal, Guinea-Bissau, Sierra Leone, Nigeria and Cameroon. So, most of the people who came from Senegal belonged to ethnic groups Mandinga and Fula.[2]
Notable Fula-Americans
- India.Arie
- Ira Aldridge
- Anthony Anderson
- Ayuba Suleiman Diallo
- Peter J. Gomes
- Abdulrahman Ibrahim Ibn Sori
- Omar Ibn Said
References
- ^ "Table 1. First, Second, and Total Responses to the Ancestry Question by Detailed Ancestry Code: 2000". U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved 2013-06-28.
- ^ Omar ibn Said (1831). "Autobiography of Omar ibn Said, Slave in North Carolina, 1831". University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.