ABSTRACT
Fulani identities in Greater Accra are complex: diverse national origins, differences in age, class, residence, education, livelihood, legal status in Ghana. In Greater Accra, concern with pan-West-African Fulani identity is something that urban-based, born-in-Ghana Fulani, in particular, struggle to essentialize and symbolize. The situation of the Fulani in the south of the Republic of Benin is in some senses comparable to that of southern Ghana. In both West African coastal states, the Fulani are an "ethnic minority" and "forgotten from research". In Greater Accra, the Fulani as an ethnic group are surviving and have done so for several generations. Ghana is clearly "home" for many Fulani today, particularly for those born and raised here. Ironically, the state and people of Ghana do not embrace Fulani as Ghanaians. In Sierra Leone, for example, in the Kissi district, Fulani are also considered "strangers" by "locals" and "aliens" by the government.
