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    The Wodaabe (Fula: Woɗaaɓe, وٛطَاٻ‎ٜ, 𞤏𞤮𞤯𞤢𞥄𞤩𞤫) is a name that is used to designate a subgroup of the Fula ethnic group who are traditionally nomadic...
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  • Guerewol, Gerewol) is an annual courtship ritual competition among the Wodaabe Fula people of Niger. Young men dressed in elaborate ornamentation and...
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  • Herdsmen of the Sun (‹See Tfd›German: Wodaabe – Die Hirten der Sonne) is a 1989 documentary film by Werner Herzog. The film explores the social rituals...
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    region. For decades there have been intermittent skirmishes between the Woɗaaɓe Bororo (graziers) and sedentary farmers such as the Jukun, Tiv, Chamba...
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    Muslim communities (in some Hausa areas as well as among some Toubou and Wodaabe pastoralists), as opposed to several small communities who maintain their...
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  • The Fula and Wodaabe, a nomadic desert subgroup of Fula, practise group singing accompanied by clapping, stamping and bells. The Wodaabe Gerewol festival...
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    Bayaka, Fula, Gbaya, Kara, Kresh, Mbaka, Mandja, Ngbandi, Sara, Vidiri, Wodaabe, Yakoma, Yulu, and Zande, with others including Europeans of mostly French...
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  • Mali, Mauritania, Nigeria, Cameroon, Niger, Burkina Faso, Benin, Chad) Wodaabe, Maasina Fulfulde Islam Fur Furan → Fur Sudan (Darfur) Islam → Sunni Islam...
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    comes from the Fulani people in West Africa. It is typically worn by the Wodaabe, a nomadic cattle-herder subgroup of the Fulani. This hat is often worn...
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    always—indicates (sexual) interest in the winker. For example, in the Wodaabe tribe in the Niger area, someone who wants to engage in sexual activities...
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  • the meaning of a word. Central-Eastern Niger Fulfulde is spoken by the Wodaabe people and is culturally distinct from other varieties of Fula, with many...
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    these communities, along with smaller ethnic groups like the pastoral Wodaabe Fula, brought their own cultural traditions to the new state of Niger.[citation...
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    retinue. Tuareg Berbers, and some northern Berbers, Sahrawi, Songhai, Wodaabe, Fulani, and Hausa peoples of North and West Africa wear varieties of turbans...
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  • or "Festival of the Nomads", is a yearly gathering of the Tuareg and Wodaabe peoples in the northern Niger town of In-Gall. The ceremony marks the end...
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    films have been shown at the San Francisco International Film Festival: Wodaabe – Herdsmen of the Sun in 1990, Bells from the Deep in 1993, Lessons of...
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    Archived from the original on 15 December 2022. Retrieved 15 December 2022. "Wodaabe: Herdsmen of the Sun". San Francisco Museum of Art. Archived from the original...
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    population that is predominantly Tuareg, with some Arabic-speaking and Wodaabe minorities and a recent influx of Hausa and Zarma. The Tuareg word azawaɣ...
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    Mali. The music of Etran Finatawa blends the traditional music of the Wodaabe and Tuareg people with western instruments such as the electric guitar...
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    women to flatten their breasts.[citation needed] In Africa, adolescent Wodaabe girls had their breasts tightly bound to induce sagging, minimize sexual...
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  • joins a tribe of Wodaabe nomads on their way to Ingal (in Niger) to participate in the Cure Salée festival. He talks to a young Wodaabe man named Doulla...
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    227–238  The Wodaabe Of Southeastern Niger. In Nikolaus Schareika. Ecological Knowledge And Herd Movement Strategies Among The Wodaabe Of Southeastern...
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  • Central African Republic. In 1967, Borogop contained 124 inhabitants, mainly Wodaabe In the 2005 census, 853 people were counted there. Troisième recensement...
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    Group Bombino. The Niger-based band Etran Finatawa combines Tuareg and Wodaabe members, playing a combination of traditional instruments and electric...
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  • Central African Republic. In 1967, Fada contained 1267 inhabitants, mostly Wodaabe and Fula people At the time of the 2005 census, there were 1048} people...
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    speak these indigenous languages are people from Bantu, Sudanic, Baka, Wodaabe (or Mbororo) and even primitive hunter-gatherer groups known as Pygmies...
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  • Cameroon. In 1967, Boybaya contained 216 inhabitants, mostly Gbaya people and Wodaabe In the 2005 census, 986 people were counted there. Troisième recensement...
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    While in Chad, she interacted extensively with the Wodaabe people. She enjoyed working with the Wodaabe as they were one of the few groups who were not involved...
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  • Catanzariti undertook in the 1970s, during which he spent time among the nomadic Wodaabe people, and depicted a mother and daughter struggling to survive after...
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    title of her dissertation is “The Bush is Sweet: Identity and Desire among WoDaaBe in Niger.” Kristín has been engaged in various international collaborations...
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    Kanuri people, as well as settled members of the traditionally pastoral Wodaabe-Fulani and Daza/Toubou ethnic groups. Population figures from citypopulation...
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