
Sharing hope with the Fulani
Angรจle moved to Niger last year to live among the agricultural Fulani people. She tells us about the people and their beliefs.
The Fulani in Western Niger are sometimes called โGorgaabeโ, meaning โPeople of the Westโ. The majority of them have settled in and around towns and cities in the Departments of Niamey and Dosso, some have become farmers, although owning cattle is still a key part of their ethnic identity. Fulani culture places a high value on self-control and on a certain stoicism which does not allow any demonstration of weakness. When one Fulani wants to express friendship towards another, he will lend him a cow. The person receiving the cow takes care of it until it has a calf, and then he returns it to the owner.ย
Angรจle moved to Niger last year to live among the agricultural Fulani people. She tells us about the people and their beliefs.
Angรจle is part of the TIMO team working among the Fulani in Niger. This week
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As part of AIMโs call to reach the unreached across Africa, we are partnering with Serving in Mission (SIM) to send a joint team to the Fulani peoples of Niger.
The Fulani in Western Niger are sometimes called โGorgaabeโ, meaning โPeople of the Westโ.