The Hausa-Fulani are the largest ethnic group in Nigeria at roughly 32% of the population. They are predominantly Muslim and live mostly in the north. They have been well known throughout history as a trading people, even creating cities at the crossroads of trading routes.

The Hausa and the Fulani are not related. They are two very distinct peoples. ------------------------ The Hausa-Fulani is a term sometimes used for the people of the Hausa kingdoms of the seventeenth and eighteenth century and the Fulani Empire of the nineteenth of Northern Nigeria, Mali, and Niger. While the leadership of each state was held by one of the two groups, the populations were mixed between the two. The Fulani are a nomadic people that live in the same region where the Hausa live, but are not related to them. Whereas the Hausa have very dark skin and round faces, the Fulani have a reddish skin and longer and thinner faces. The Fulani are cattle herders, and move around searching from grasslands where their cattle can graze. Also, they were located north of present-day Nigeria and what is now the country of Niger. It was mostly savanna and grasslands, and warm throughout the year. The rainy season was during the summer. Wealthy state officials and merchants lived in large palaces and grand estates. The two main dishes were tuwo and miya (local stew usually with baoboca.) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hausa-Fulani The Hausa are neighbours to the Fulani people. The following link gives much information on their origins, economy, political system, religions, population, location, language and art of these peoples. http://www.uiowa.edu/~africart/toc/people/Hausa.html