The Nomadic Fulani Woman in Nigeria
This is an itinerant nomadic Fulani woman who is a native herbalist hawking on the streets of Lagos in Nigeria. I met with her in front of my office on Thursday April 28, 2011. She allowed me to photograph her and she is just one of the numerous nomadic Hausa Fulani women who have been hawking medicinal herbs for decades. About the Hausa Fulani people : rimary language: Fulfulde (90% speakers) Second language: Hausa Third language: Tamajaq Identity/Location People Name: Fulani Primary Language: Fulfulde Ethnologue Code: FUE Dialects: Kano-Katsina-Bororro (Cameroon, Niger, Nigeria), Bagirmi, Sokoto The Fulani people of West Africa are the largest nomadic group in the world. Total People: 15 million Fulani with 100,000 Wodaabe Urban Percent: 10% Fulani Countries: Niger 1 million; Mali 1 million; Cameroon 700,000; Burkina Faso 500,000; Benin 230,000; Sudan 100,000; Togo 50,000; Central African Republic 25,000; Ghana 5,000; Nigeria 11 million. (Wodaabe: more than 40,000 in Niger and about ...