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Savannah NomadsBook 1964 • Stenning, Derrick J.
Fulani • Africa > Western Africa
This is both a history and ethnographic study of Fulani culture before and after the establishment of the British Protectorate in Nigeria in 1901. After a general introduction, it recounts the migration of the Fulani into the region and their involve...Household viability among the pastoral Fulaniessay 1971 • Stenning, Derrick J.
Fulani • Africa > Western Africa
This document examines the family cycle among Fulani pastoralists and how it affects subsistence. The author shows how, at times, cooperation between domestic units, including co-residence, is necessary to maintain the viability of the domestic herd....The pastoral Fulani of northern Nigeriaessay 1965 • Stenning, Derrick J.
Fulani • Africa > Western Africa
This general overview of Fulani pastoralists and semi-sedentary communities covers language, territorial organization, and historical relationship to the state. Additionally, the author focusses on Wodaabe cultural ecology and pastoralism, calling it...