The Fulani people are the largest unreached people group in the world. They live in 19 countries across Africa, from the Gambia in the West to Sudan in the East. Over 99% have not had the chance to hear the Gospel for the first time.
The Fula people, or Fulani, or Fulɓe, are one of the largest ethnolinguistic groups in Africa, numbering approximately 40 million people in total. They are one of the most widely dispersed and culturally diverse of the peoples of Africa. The Fulani are bound together by the common language of Fulfulde, as well as by basic elements of Fulɓe culture, such as the Pulaaku, a code of conduct common to all Fulani groups.
A significant proportion of their number — an estimated 13 million — are nomadic, making them the largest pastoral nomadic group in the world. Spread over many countries, they are found mainly in West Africa and the northern parts of Central Africa, but also in Sudan and Egypt.
The Fulani are traditionally a nomadic, pastoralist trading people. They herd cattle, goats and sheep across the vast dry hinterlands of their domain, keeping somewhat separate from local agricultural populations. They inhabit territories over an area larger in size than the continental United States.