The Sokoto Fulani (pronounced SOH-koh-toh fu-LAH-nee) are a subgroup of the much larger Fulani people, a tribe that is spread across much of West Africa. They are located in southeastern Niger and northern Nigeria. Hundreds of years ago, they were responsible for the spreading of Islam throughout West Africa. Ninety-nine percent of this people group, numbering almost 2.5 million, follows a mixture of Islamic and traditional African beliefs. They are a semi-nomadic people, spending the rainy season growing subsistence crops and the dry season herding cattle across the Sahel region south of the Sahara Desert, looking for grazing lands. Wealth among the Sokoto Fulani is measured by one’s herds. This is the inheritance that Fulani leave to their sons. Because few Fulani read, stories are passed down orally, usually under a tree by day or around the fire by night. There is no Bible in their dialect; they have never heard the gospel. There has been virtually no Christian witness among them for centuries.















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