{"id":4539,"date":"2020-08-20T15:04:14","date_gmt":"2020-08-20T14:04:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mythslegendes.com\/?page_id=4539"},"modified":"2023-03-04T22:44:54","modified_gmt":"2023-03-04T22:44:54","slug":"mythologie-haoussa-fulani","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/mythslegendes.com\/en\/hausa-fulani-mythology\/","title":{"rendered":"Hausa-Fulani mythology"},"content":{"rendered":"<a href=\"https:\/\/mythslegendes.com\/en\/mythes-et-legendes-niger-congo-1949\/\" role=\"button\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tBack to the Cultural Group\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/mythslegendes.com\/en\/book-libraries\/\" role=\"button\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tDedicated Shop\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Peuls\" role=\"button\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tWiki\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-grey ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Contents<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><a href=\"#\" class=\"ez-toc-pull-right ez-toc-btn ez-toc-btn-xs ez-toc-btn-default ez-toc-toggle\" aria-label=\"Toggle Table of Content\"><span class=\"ez-toc-js-icon-con\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewbox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewbox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseprofile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/mythslegendes.com\/en\/hausa-fulani-mythology\/#Mythologie-Haoussa-Fulani\" >Hausa-Fulani mythology<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/mythslegendes.com\/en\/hausa-fulani-mythology\/#Livres-sur-la-mythologie-Niger-congo\" >Books on Niger-Congo mythology<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Mythologie-Haoussa-Fulani\"><\/span>Hausa-Fulani mythology<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\t\t\n\t\t\n<p>The\u00a0<strong>Hausa kingdoms<\/strong> are kingdoms in the northwest of present-day Nigeria and south of present-day <a href=\"https:\/\/mythslegendes.com\/en\/mythes-et-legendes-niger-congo-1949\/\">Niger<\/a>. The <a href=\"https:\/\/mythslegendes.com\/en\/\">Mythology<\/a> Hausa-Fulani groups together the following Central African peoples: <strong>Kebbi, <\/strong><strong>Zamfara, <\/strong><strong>Gwari, <\/strong><strong>Yauri, <\/strong><strong>Borgu, <\/strong><strong>Gurma, <\/strong><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/mythslegendes.com\/en\/oyo-yoruba-mythology\/\">Yoruba<\/a>, <\/strong><strong>Fulanis, <\/strong><strong>Foulani, <\/strong><strong>Fulbhes, <\/strong><strong>Fulfulde, <\/strong><strong>Pular, <\/strong><strong>Fellata<\/strong><\/p>\n\n<p>The Hausa-speaking peoples have occupied this land since before our era. They are grouped together in the seven Hausa states (<em>Hasa bakwai<\/em>) comprising the city-states of Biram, Daoura, Katsina, Zaria, Kano, Rano, and Gobir, more or less linked by alliances. The known history of the Hausa states dates back to the xi<sup>e<\/sup>\u00a0century. There <a href=\"https:\/\/mythslegendes.com\/en\/\">legend<\/a> recounts the foundation of the seven Hausa states by the seven sons of Bayajidda opposed to the seven sons that their father had by the slave Bagwariya and who in turn founded the seven states in the southwest\u00a0<em>Banza<\/em>\u00a0(bastards): Kebbi, Zamfara, Gwari, Yauri, Borgu, Gurma and Yoruba.<\/p>\n\n<p>The\u00a0<strong>Fulanis<\/strong>, also called\u00a0<strong>Foulani<\/strong>,\u00a0<strong>Fulbhes<\/strong>,\u00a0<strong>Fulfulde<\/strong>,\u00a0<strong>Pular<\/strong>\u00a0or\u00a0<strong>Fellata<\/strong> depending on the country, are a traditionally pastoral people established throughout West Africa and beyond the Sahelo-Saharan strip.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/mythslegendes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/AlphaOmega-e1602613368367.png\" alt=\"Hausa-Fulani mythology\" width=\"25\" height=\"26\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/ethiopiques.refer.sn\/spip.php?page=imprimer-article&amp;id_article=971\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Fulani Culture and Myths by I.SOW<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dw.com\/fr\/bayajida-la-l%C3%A9gende-du-royaume-haoussa\/a-42010955\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Hausa Culture and Myths<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Livres-sur-la-mythologie-Niger-congo\"><\/span>Books on Niger-Congo mythology<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\t\t\n\t\t<p>Comics \/ Illustrated:<\/p>\n<p>In French :<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.fr\/dp\/201340414X?&amp;linkCode=ll1&amp;tag=mythscience-21&amp;linkId=d5b8887cf18a7cfa02ad93af916ac815&amp;language=fr_FR&amp;ref_=as_li_ss_tl\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The ancient kingdom of Dahomey, mores, religion, history<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.fr\/dp\/2845866232?&amp;linkCode=sl1&amp;tag=mythscience-21&amp;linkId=11762ff4f8c1306d435a19d0df251bfd&amp;language=fr_FR&amp;ref_=as_li_ss_tl\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Tales and legends of Benin<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.fr\/dp\/2372490621?&amp;linkCode=sl1&amp;tag=mythscience-21&amp;linkId=a0f6a7429baecbcbdfeb5c9d9c80a6fb&amp;language=fr_FR&amp;ref_=as_li_ss_tl\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">water god<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.fr\/dp\/2266230735?&amp;linkCode=ll1&amp;tag=mythscience-21&amp;linkId=af3ec2f9438cc350c2a09e75790c9d5e&amp;language=fr_FR&amp;ref_=as_li_ss_tl\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">There is no small quarrel<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.fr\/dp\/2266095501?&amp;linkCode=ll1&amp;tag=mythscience-21&amp;linkId=a9394ef1d01b802735a2e08f3d380214&amp;language=fr_FR&amp;ref_=as_li_ss_tl\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Fulani initiation tales<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.fr\/dp\/274819828X?&amp;linkCode=sl1&amp;tag=mythscience-21&amp;linkId=0db1afe8ca5a75b3a97ae302f3e9daef&amp;language=fr_FR&amp;ref_=as_li_ss_tl\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Tales and legends in Serer country<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Only in English:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.fr\/dp\/0805003118?&amp;linkCode=ll1&amp;tag=mythscience-21&amp;linkId=8467497c53cdcb2f19c500bbaf3cde05&amp;language=fr_FR&amp;ref_=as_li_ss_tl\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Anansi the Spider: A Tale from the Ashanti<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.fr\/dp\/1952228018?&amp;linkCode=sl1&amp;tag=mythscience-21&amp;linkId=73064ee14327ce575d29f192e75998a3&amp;language=fr_FR&amp;ref_=as_li_ss_tl\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Akan, Other Africans and The Sirius Star System<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.fr\/dp\/199933633X?&amp;linkCode=sl1&amp;tag=mythscience-21&amp;linkId=dd29acafa74501c491cdb150f22d14e6&amp;language=fr_FR&amp;ref_=as_li_ss_tl\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Children of the Benin Kingdom<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.fr\/dp\/1594771340?&amp;linkCode=sl1&amp;tag=mythscience-21&amp;linkId=ca1c6d940008fc55622dea1ac73d6a54&amp;language=fr_FR&amp;ref_=as_li_ss_tl\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Sacred Symbols of the Dogon<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.fr\/dp\/1981166270?&amp;linkCode=sl1&amp;tag=mythscience-21&amp;linkId=43d1586e3a9618fcab1a777d95f45e53&amp;language=fr_FR&amp;ref_=as_li_ss_tl\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Efik Moonlight Tales, Calabar Nigeria<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.fr\/dp\/1592218091?&amp;linkCode=ll1&amp;tag=mythscience-21&amp;linkId=7c9dcc959eef4cb06cb8f091a6d44f88&amp;language=fr_FR&amp;ref_=as_li_ss_tl\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Timbuktu Chronicles, 1493-1599<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.fr\/dp\/1432913409?&amp;linkCode=ll1&amp;tag=mythscience-21&amp;linkId=d6f7852a5d4e338b7e3d1922a7515f16&amp;language=fr_FR&amp;ref_=as_li_ss_tl\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ancient West African Kingdoms<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.fr\/Legend-Walking-Dead-Igbo-Mythologies\/dp\/1631359347?&amp;linkCode=sl1&amp;tag=mythscience-21&amp;linkId=ca926601d80f9a051a3cae47d325f6a7&amp;language=fr_FR&amp;ref_=as_li_ss_tl\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Legend of the Walking Dead: Igbo Mythologies<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.fr\/dp\/0803218435?&amp;linkCode=ll1&amp;tag=mythscience-21&amp;linkId=4345366d88ae3f754876465e88b069ab&amp;language=fr_FR&amp;ref_=as_li_ss_tl\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Yoruba Proverbs<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.fr\/dp\/0872866300?&amp;linkCode=sl1&amp;tag=mythscience-21&amp;linkId=dc7396111d0ebbb36ac05bd62fdab37e&amp;language=fr_FR&amp;ref_=as_li_ss_tl\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Forest of A Thousand Daemons<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.fr\/dp\/1605060178?&amp;linkCode=sl1&amp;tag=mythscience-21&amp;linkId=68aa8bd1ad2804b60acae2259fcd0254&amp;language=fr_FR&amp;ref_=as_li_ss_tl\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Yoruba Legends (Forgotten Books)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.fr\/dp\/159143145X?&amp;linkCode=sl1&amp;tag=mythscience-21&amp;linkId=b6aa27aebd2668685c4e32cbc13ad718&amp;language=fr_FR&amp;ref_=as_li_ss_tl\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Lost History of the Little People<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Retour au Groupe Culturel Boutique D\u00e9di\u00e9e Wiki Mythologie Haoussa-Fulani Les\u00a0royaumes haoussa sont des royaumes du nord-ouest de l\u2019actuel Nigeria et 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