Hausa–Fulani: A Historical Alliance Tested
For generations, the expression “Hausa–Fulani” conveyed more than a political label. It described a broad social identity formed through centuries...
Fulani Rulers
From Takrur to Takarir: How One Kingdom Came to Represent All West African Muslims
History sometimes works in surprising ways. A kingdom may disappear, yet its name lives on for centuries. That is precisely...
Takrur: The Forgotten Kingdom That Introduced West Africa to the Muslim World
When people think of the great medieval kingdoms of West Africa, names like Ghana, Mali, and Songhay usually come to...
Abdoul Kader Kane: The Statesman Who Built the Almamyate
If Thierno Souleymane Baal was the visionary who ignited the moral and political transformation of Fouta-Toro, then Abdoul Kader Kane...
Thierno Souleymane Ball: Architect of a Moral Revolution
In the first installment of our series on the Fouta-Toro Revolution (1776–2026), we explored the historical significance of a movement...
Nigeria: Alliances between the powerful politicians and the Fulani traditional rulers
After a long preparation, pre-wedding ceremonies, and parties, the official wedding ceremony of Yusuf Buhari and Zahra Nasiru Ado Bayero...
Fulani Monarch Calls For Preservation Of Fulfulde Language From Going Into Extinction
Keeping the Pulaar/Fulfulde language alive is an ongoing effort by a grassroots movement that has begone in the late seventies...
Shehu Usman Dan Fodio: Is an Islamic preacher, reformer, scholar, and statesman.
Origins and Birth Usman dan Fodio was born on December 15, 1754, in the village of Maratta, in the Hausa city-state of...
Lamido Muhammad Sanusi II, a Profile of a Fulani Prince and Nigeria’s Top Banker.
Muhammadu Sanusi II, popularly known as Sanusi Lamido Sanusi was born on July 31, 1961, in Kano to a Fulbe ruling class family...
