Fula Americans

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

Fula Americans

Omar ibn Said
Total population
21,000[1][better source needed]
Languages
English, French, Fula, Arabic
Religion
Islam

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

See also

• Fula Christians