Fulah vs African

Fulah and African both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
Fulah	Yes	No	No	No
African	Yes	Yes	No	No

As nouns, African is a hypernym of Fulah; that is, African is a word with a broader meaning than Fulah:

Fulah: a member of a pastoral and nomadic people of western Africa; they are traditionally cattle herders of Muslim faith
African: a native or inhabitant of Africa

Fulah (noun)	African (noun)
a member of a pastoral and nomadic people of western Africa; they are traditionally cattle herders of Muslim faith	a native or inhabitant of Africa

Fulah (adjective)	African (adjective)
	of or relating to the nations of Africa or their peoples