Fulbe in Canada


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Introduction / History

The Fulbe people are from the West African nations of Mali, Guinea, Sierra Leone and Senegal. They are part of the much larger Fulani peoples who are among the largest and most powerful in West Africa. In Canada Africans like the Fulbes usually live in cities like Toronto and Calgary. One of the reasons they gravitate to Calgary is the job market.


What Are Their Lives Like?

In deciding which immigrants to admit from developing countries, Canada has favored those with a good education and professional skills. Many of the Fulbe people coming to Canada have advanced college degrees and they are fluent in English. Such people have often excelled economically. They start businesses, work in the IT sector, in law or medicine. Some have excelled as athletes, artists or musicians. Others who aren’t fluent in English face a language barriers, and some are under-employed.

Though they usually live a more prosperous life than they did in West Africa, Fulbe must adjust to many changes in Canada. Personal relationships are different. Many of them must adjust to having a spouse in a different continent and living with a different set of social expectations. Africans assume that the group rises or falls together, but in the West, they must adjust to an individualistic culture.


What Are Their Beliefs?

The Fulbe are almost completely Muslim, faithfully believing the teachings of Islam. They believe that Allah is the only god and that Mohammed is his prophet. Most likely they also believe in the spirit world and in ancestral spirits. Efforts to evangelize these people have resulted in only a very small number of Fulbe believers. They are apparently very devoted to their Islamic religion and see it as a fulfillment of their needs. Islam is also one of the cultural things they can take with them in a foreign environment.


What Are Their Needs?

The Fulbe fear being alone or disliked. They often talk with friends to overcome the feeling of solitude. However, this need for company is concealed in public, as the Fulbe tend to hide their feelings. They express such things as love and the need for others through music. Christ followers, especially those with a fondness for Africa-centric music, can reach them for the Christ who offers fellowship with God the Father.


Prayer Points

Ask God to raise up prayer teams who will begin breaking up the soil through worship and intercession.
Ask the Lord of the harvest to send full-time missionaries to share the gospel with Muslim African peoples in Canada.
Pray that God will give the small number of Fulbe believers boldness to share Christ with their own people.
Ask the Lord to bring forth a triumphant Fulbe church for the glory of his name.
Pray for the Holy Spirit to birth a cascading discipleship movement among the Fulbe people for God's glory.


Scripture Prayers for the Fulbe in Canada.


References

http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/africans/
http://www.statcan.gc.ca/pub/89-621-x/89-621-x2007010-eng.htm
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/african-calgary-immigrants-community-alberta-1.6654125
https://generation1.ca/2023/07/13/nigerians-in-canada-tracing-our-roots-together/


Profile Source:   Joshua Project  

People Name General Fulbe
People Name in Country Fulbe
Pronunciation FOOL-bay
Alternate Names Fulbe Futa Jalon; Futa Dyalon; Futa Fula; Futa Jallon; Futa Jalon Fulani; Fuuta Jalon; Kebu Fula; Peul
Population this Country 5,200
Population all Countries 5,505,000
Total Countries 9
Indigenous No
Progress Scale 1
Unreached Yes
Frontier People Group Yes
Pioneer Workers Needed 1
People ID 11769
ROP3 Code 103072
ROP25 Code 302450
ROP25 Name Fulani (Fula, Fulbe)
Country Canada
Region America, North and Caribbean
Continent North America
10/40 Window No
National Bible Society Website
Persecution Rank Not ranked
Country Canada
Region America, North and Caribbean
Continent North America
10/40 Window No
National Bible Society Website
Persecution Rank Not ranked

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Primary Religion: Islam
Major Religion Percent
Buddhism
0.00 %
Christianity  (Evangelical 0.00 %)
0.01 %
Ethnic Religions
0.00 %
Hinduism
0.00 %
Islam
99.99 %
Non-Religious
0.00 %
Other / Small
0.00 %
Unknown
0.00 %
Primary Language Pular (5,200 speakers)
Language Code fuf   Ethnologue Listing
Language Written Yes   ScriptSource Listing
Total Languages 1
Primary Language Pular (5,200 speakers)
Language Code fuf   Ethnologue Listing
Total Languages 1
People Groups Speaking Pular
Photo Source Ferdinand Reus - Wikimedia  Creative Commons 
Profile Source Joshua Project 
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