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The ones screaming “Fulanis aren’t Nigerians” expose more about their ignorance than anything else. The Fulani are not recent migrants, they’ve been part of West Africa’s fabric for centuries. Long before the word Nigeria ever existed, Fulani societies had already established major trade routes, cultural systems, and Islamic scholarship hubs across what is now called Northern Nigeria. The Sokoto Caliphate, founded in 1804 by Usman dan Fodio, was one of the most powerful empires in West Africa, controlling territory that now spans Northern Nigeria, Niger, and parts of Cameroon. Cities like Sokoto, Katsina, Kano, and Gombe weren’t invented by the British, they were Fulani( Hausa) political and spiritual centers before the colonizers even arrived. Many of the people being loud and tribalistic in the comments belong to ethnic groups that are also spread across several countries. So what now? Should they be called foreigners too? The truth is, every major West African ethnic group crosses modern borders. That’s because these countries were created by colonial powers with zero regard for the people living there. So if being present in more than one country disqualifies a group from belonging, then no one is Nigerian. Nigerian isn’t an ethnic identity, it’s a nationality forced together in 1914. The land didn’t belong to a country first, the country was drawn over the land. People were here first. Kingdoms, caliphates, nomadic routes, oral traditions, spiritual centers all of it existed before the idea of Nigeria. The Fulani didn’t enter Nigeria. Nigeria was formed over Fulani land. So the next time someone claims Fulanis aren’t Nigerian, ask them this: what does ‘Nigerian’ even mean to you? Because it’s definitely not about history, geography, or fact, it’s just tribalism hiding behind a flag.
2025-07-07 15:22:25