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Title:Sub-National Fulbe Identity in Nigeria? Responses to Political Change in Post-Independence Times
Author:VerEecke, CatherineISNI
Year:1993
Periodical:Senri Ethnological Studies
Issue:35
Pages:139-161
Language:English
Geographic terms:Nigeria
Northern Nigeria
Subjects:Fulani
political attitudes
ethnicity
Peoples of Africa (Ethnic Groups)
Ethnic and Race Relations
Politics and Government
Abstract:In seeking to assess the current attitudes of Nigerian citizens toward their leaders and their policies, this paper focuses on the Fulbe, one of the country's largest ethnic groups. It describes how the Fulbe have recently responded to changes in their political and economic environment, and to the changing ideals of leadership among themselves and in Nigeria as a whole, by reflecting on and revitalizing certain elements of their 'traditional' culture. In particular, the Fulbe appear to have revitalized the symbol of 'pulaaku' (Fulbe-ness) and formed a kind of subnational Fulbe identity, as an adaptation to the harsh political and economic realities which they as Nigerian citizens now face. The paper is based on research carried out in Adamawa Emirate, primarily in the city of Yola and the towns of Fufore and Njoboli, between 1983 and 1986. Bibliogr., notes, ref., sum.
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