Fulse people, or Foulse, are a cultural and ethnic group in West Africa, primarily living in western
Burkina Faso
Burkina Faso is a landlocked country in West Africa, bordered by Mali to the northwest, Niger to the northeast, Benin to the southeast, Togo and Ghana to the south, and Ivory Coast to the southwest. It covers an area of 274,223 km2 (105,87 ...
. The Fulse people speak a Niger-Congo dialect within the
Grusi linguistic and
Gurunsi cultural groups. There are an estimated 100,000 people who identify themselves as Fulse.
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Ethnic groups in Burkina Faso
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