The Nomadic "Killer Tribe" Of West Africa

In a contextual description, the word nomad originated in the Middle Ages, French nomade, from Latin Nomas (genitive Nomadis) ‘wandering group in Arabia” from Greek nomas (genitive nomados, plural nomads) ‘roaming, roving, wandering” (to find pastures for flocks or herds), related to nomos “pasture, pasturage, grazing,” literally “land allotted’ from PIE root *nem- ‘assign,allot; take.’

That of course translates to the modern usage of the term which describes the Fula people or otherwise known as the Fulani tribe of the Sahel Savanna of West Africa. Their tribal lineage span across the across the West African Axis down to the Futa Djellon and owing their roots to the Middle East, they are known specifically for livestock grazing and pastoral farming as a source of livelihood through ages, where some of them were captives of the slave trade era. The Fulas consider themselves as forerunners of agriculture in Africa, specifically West Africa, where some of the descendants have held strategic positions in modern times, an example of such include the current president of Nigeria, Muhammadu Buhari, the president of Senegal, Macky Sall and the vice president of Sierra Leon, Mohamed Juldeh Jalloh. The fula people have been an integration with the Niger area for some donkey years before the genesis of the sovereign state of Nigeria whom have co-existed peacefully with the Niger-Congo tribes overtime, but since the advent of the Nigerian Leader in the person of President Muhammadu Buhari in the democratic dispensation, activities of the fula people became vivid as an opportunity to reenact their traditional agendas of dominance.

In the past cattle grazers were mostly restricted to their immediate environment, as time went on they extended their tentacles to other neighbouring environments which caused severe chaotic strains and encroachment on private lands and properties. Of recent, the Fula tribe in Nigeria otherwise known as the Fulanis have become known for their notoriety of hijacking farmlands and disturbing the peace of various habitations in the Nigeria, there have been countless number of times of committing acts of brigandage and murder on innocent and defenseless people of their various communities across Nigeria. There have been numerous calls to checkmate their evil and nefarious trends going on but have all fallen on deaf ears of the government of President Muhammadu Buhar and co., one could envisage that  nepotism is a greater evil than corruption which can severely damage the coexistence and lead to the breakdown of any given society or group.

The Nomadic Killer Tribe of the Fula people are alien to the Niger-Congo Area of West Africa, they have been mollycoddled by the current Nigerian democratic regime and have enjoyed preferential treatment at the detriment of defenseless tribes been murdered and wiped out, which could be regarded as a crime of ethnic cleansing to their adopted land. It is said that “Justice delayed is Justice denied” if assiduity is not given to the current trend of vandalism and carnage being bestowed on innocent lives across the Nigerian state is not confronted, all hell should break lose because a goat pushed to the wall will retaliate accordingly.

The Sovereign state of Nigeria is owned by the predominate settlers with rich cultures and livelihood, not the vagabonds of the times. “Desperate times calls for desperate measures.