Fulse people

Fulse people, or Foulse, are a cultural and ethnic group in West Africa, primarily living in western Burkina Faso. The Fulse people speak a Niger-Congo dialect within the Grusi linguistic and Gurunsi cultural groups. There are an estimated 100,000 people who identify themselves as Fulse.^[1]

References

↑ Appiah, Kwame Anthony; Henry Louis Gates, Jr. (2010). Encyclopedia of Africa: Two-Volume Set. Oxford University Press. p. 496. ISBN 9780195337709.

Ethnic groups in Burkina Faso

Bissa Bobo Bwa Dagaaba Djimini Dyula Fula Fulse Gouin Gurma Gurunsi Iwellemmedan Jakhanke Kassena Kusasi Lobi Mandinka Mossi Senufo Soninke Turka Yarse Zarma

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