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Feininger, Andreas Bernhard Lyonel (American photographer)
American photographer and writer on photographic technique, noted for his photos of nature and cityscapes....
Feininger, Lyonel Charles Adrian (American artist)
American artist whose paintings and teaching activities at the Bauhaus brought a new compositional discipline and lyrical use of colour into the predominantly Expressionistic art of Germany....
Feinstein, Dianne Goldman (United States senator)
American politician, who was the first woman mayor of San Francisco (1978–88) and the first woman U.S. senator to represent California (from 1992)....
Feinstein, Elaine (British writer and translator)
British writer and translator who examined her own eastern European heritage in a number of novels and collections of poetry....
Feinstein, Isidor (American journalist)
spirited and unconventional American journalist whose newsletter, I.F. Stone’s Weekly (later I.F. Stone’s Bi-Weekly), captivated readers by the author’s unique blend of wit, erudition, humanitarianism, and pointed political commentary....
feiqian (Chinese history)
...briefly went into circulation. With increasing commerce, various paper credit instruments were also developed, the best-known being drafts for transmitting funds called feiqian (“flying money”). Somewhat later the private assay shops in Sichuan began to issue certificates of deposit to merchants who had left valuables at the shops for......
Feira de Sant’ Anna (Brazil)
city, northeastern Bahia estado (state), northeastern Brazil. It lies between the Jacuípe and Pojuca rivers, at 820 feet (250 metres) above sea level. Formerly spelled Feira de Sant’ Anna...
Feira de Santana (Brazil)
city, northeastern Bahia estado (state), northeastern Brazil. It lies between the Jacuípe and Pojuca rivers, at 820 feet (250 metres) above sea level. Formerly spelled Feira de Sant’ Anna...
Feisal ibn ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz ibn ʿAbd ar-Raḥmān as-Saʿūd (king of Saudi Arabia)
king of Saudi Arabia from 1964 to 1975, an influential figure of the Arab world who was a critic not only of Israel but of Soviet influence in the Middle East....
Feiṣal II (king of Iraq)
the last king of Iraq, who reigned from 1939 to 1958....
Feistel, Horst (German-American cryptographer)
...A second request was issued in 1974, and International Business Machines Corporation (IBM) submitted the patented Lucifer algorithm that had been devised by one of the company’s researchers, Horst Feistel, a few years earlier. The Lucifer algorithm was evaluated in secret consultations between the NBS and the U.S. National Security Agency (NSA). After some modifications to the internal.....
Feit, Walter (American mathematician)
In 1963 a landmark paper by the American mathematicians Walter Feit and John Thompson showed that if a finite simple group is not merely the group of rotations of a regular polygon, then it must have an even number of elements. This result was immensely important because it showed that such groups had to have some elements x such that x2 = 1. Using such......
Fejér (county, Hungary)
megye (county), central Hungary, occupying an area in the eastern portion of Transdanubia. It is bordered by the counties of Komárom-Esztergom to the north, Pest and Bács-Kiskun to the east, Tolna to the south, and Veszprém...
Fejér’s kernel
megye (county), central Hungary, occupying an area in the eastern portion of Transdanubia. It is bordered by the counties of Komárom-Esztergom to the north, Pest and Bács-Kiskun to the east, Tolna to the south, and Veszprém...
Feke, Robert (American painter)
British-American painter whose portraits depict the emerging colonial aristocracy....
fekete város, A (work by Mikszáth)
...against the oppressive forces of society. The second tells the story of a frivolous young noble who tries to make a fortune by seducing a rich middle-class girl. Mikszáth’s last work, A fekete város (1910; “The Black City”), is the finest of his historical novels....
Fela (Nigerian musician and activist)
Nigerian musician and activist (b. Oct. 15, 1938, Abeokuta, Nigeria--d. Aug. 2, 1997, Lagos, Nigeria), launched a modern African-based music called afro-beat, which fuses American blues, jazz, and funk with traditional Yoruba music. From the late 1960s he used his music as a vehicle to protest oppression by Nigeria’s ...
felafel (food)
Fūl, falafel, and hummus are the cornerstones of Kuwaiti cuisine, though Western fast-food restaurants abound in Kuwait city. Fūl is a paste based on fava beans, with garlic and lemon added. Formed from fried balls of chickpeas and spices, falafel is often served in unleavened bread (......
Felapton (syllogistic)
Third figure: Darapti, Disamis, Datisi, Felapton,...
Felasha (people)
an Ethiopian of Jewish faith. The Falasha call themselves House of Israel (Beta Israel) and claim descent from Menilek I, traditionally the son of the Queen of Sheba (Makeda) and King Solomon. Their ancestors, howe...
Feld, Eliot (American dancer)
American dancer, choreographer, and director....
Feld, Mount (mountain, Germany)
...part comprises forested sandstone; and it is bordered to the south by a narrow band of lower and more fertile limestone. Divided into two parts by the deep Kinzig Valley, its highest summits—Feldberg (4,897 ft [1,493 m]), Herzogenhorn, and Blössling—are to the south. Its northern half has an average height of 2,000 ft....
Feld, Steven (American anthropologist)
For the Kaluli, a group of rain-forest dwellers in the Southern Highlands province of Papua New Guinea, the American anthropologist Steven Feld has demonstrated the integration of diverse musical structures and natural sounds under one aesthetic ideology. The concept of “lift-up-over sounding,” which calls for a continuity of overlapping sound qualities and the avoidance of unison,.....
Feldberg (mountain, Germany)
...part comprises forested sandstone; and it is bordered to the south by a narrow band of lower and more fertile limestone. Divided into two parts by the deep Kinzig Valley, its highest summits—Feldberg (4,897 ft [1,493 m]), Herzogenhorn, and Blössling—are to the south. Its northern half has an average height of 2,000 ft....
Felder, Jerome (American songwriter)
American songwriter who teamed with Mort Shuman to write some of the most memorable rock and pop songs in the Brill Building style of the early 1960s....
Feldkirch (Austria)
town, western Austria. It lies along the Ill River, near the Liechtenstein border, about 48 miles (77 km) east-southeast of Zürich, Switzerland. First mentioned as Veldkirichae (Veldkirichum) in 830, the settlement belonged to the counts of Montfort from 1190 until it was sold to Austria in 1375. It was chartered in 1218. Schattenburg castle, the Montforts’ seat, houses a local museu...
Feldman, David Henry (American psychologist)
The American psychologists David Henry Feldman and Martha Morelock summarized late 20th-century research on prodigies to identify those inherent traits and environmental influences that contribute to the development of a prodigy. In general, they observed that most prodigies do not appear spontaneously; instead, they emerge when several important phenomena occur together (there are exceptions,......
Feldman, Lew (American boxer)
...24, 1933, when he was knocked out in the second round. Although Chocolate was recognized in New York as the “world” featherweight champion following his 12th-round knockout of American Lew Feldman on Oct. 13, 1932, it was a disputed title. Chocolate fought his last five bouts in Havana before retiring in 1938—having contested about 150 professional fights, with only 10......
Feldman, Morton (American composer)
American avant-garde composer associated with John Cage....
Feldman, Sylvia Field (American economist and journalist)
American economist and journalist whose financial advice—in newspaper columns, books, and magazines—garnered a wide audience in a field dominated by men....
Feldmuehle Nobel AG (German company)
former diversified industrial and manufacturing company founded in Germany in the early 1920s by Friedrich Flick, who rapidly gained control of a massive empire in both steel and coal. The end of World War II, however, found three-fourths of the Flick operations inside the Soviet zone of occupation and thu...
feldsher (medical title)
...have traditionally been common, and much of the physician’s time is spent in performing routine checkups for preventive purposes. Some patients in sparsely populated rural areas may be seen first by feldshers (auxiliary health workers), nurses, or midwives who work under the supervision of a polyclinic or hospital physician. The feldsher was once a lower-grade physician in the army or pe...
feldspar (mineral)
any of a group of aluminosilicate minerals that contain calcium, sodium, or potassium. Feldspars make up more than half the Earth’s crust, and professional literature about them constitutes a large percentage of the literature of mineralogy....
feldspathic glaze (pottery)
Basically, there are four principal kinds of glazes: feldspathic, lead, tin, and salt. (Modern technology has produced new glazes that fall into none of these categories while remaining a type of glass.) Feldspathic, lead, and salt glazes are transparent; tin glaze is an opaque white. Hard porcelain takes a feldspathic glaze, soft porcelain usually a kind of lead glaze and can be classified......
feldspathoid (mineral)
any of a group of alkali aluminosilicate minerals similar to the feldspars in chemical composition but either having a lower silica-alkali ratio or containing chloride, sulfide, sulfate, or carbonate. They are considered to be the specific minerals of igneous rocks usually termed alkalic, which is the designation applied to igneous rocks whose alkali content (i.e.,...
Félibien, André (French critic)
...establish an artistic program on a rational basis and that also regards art as the exemplification and embodiment of ideas (and as such theoretical)—came into its own in the 17th century with André Félibien’s 10-volume Entretiens sur les vies et sur les ouvrages des plus excellens peintres anciens et modernes (1666–88; “Conversations on the...
Félibrige (Provençal literary society)
association organized in the 19th century for the maintenance of the Provençal customs and language that stimulated the renaissance of the literature, language, and customs of the whole of southern France. The Félibrige was founded in 1854 by seven poets—Joseph Roumanille, Frédéric Mistral, Théodore...
Feliciano de Castilho, António (Portuguese poet and translator)
poet and translator, a central figure in the Portuguese Romantic movement....
Feliciano, Felice (calligrapher)
Later in the 15th century the rage for epigraphic (inscriptional) lettering brought into the field such enthusiasts as Cyriacus of Ancona, Felice Feliciano and Giovanni Giocondo of Verona, and Giovanni Marcanova, Bartolomeo Sanvito, and Andrea Mantegna from Padua; Mantegna, an engraver and painter, became one of the first Renaissance artists to incorporate classical lettering into his artwork.......
Felicia’s Last Journey (film by Egoyan)
...divided by grief and greed following a tragic school-bus accident. It was the first of Egoyan’s films to be based on another’s work. He again adapted a book for the screen with Felicia’s Last Journey (1999), based on a novel by William Trevor....
Felicitas (Roman deity)
Roman goddess of good luck to whom a temple was first built in the mid-2nd century bc. She became the special protector of successful commanders. Caesar planned to erect another temple to her, and it was built by the triumvir M. Aemilius Lepidus. The emperors made her prominent as symbolizing the blessings of the imperial regime....
Felicitas Julia (Portugal)
city, port, and capital of Portugal, as well as the centre of the Lisbon metropolitan area. Located in western Portugal, it is the westernmost capital city in continental Europe and serves as the country’s chief port, largest city, and commercial, political, and tourist centre. The city’s nam...
Felicity (American television series)
In 1998 Abrams turned to television and cocreated the series Felicity (1998–2002), which followed the trials and tribulations of a college student in New York City. Even though it lasted only 4 seasons, Felicity was a hit, and Abrams’s newfound clout allowed him to get the go-ahead for another series creation: ......
Felidae (mammal family)
any of 37 cat species that among others include the cheetah, puma, jaguar, leopard, lion, lynx, tiger, and domestic cat. Cats are native to almost every region on Earth, with the exception of Australia and Antarctica. They are carnivorous ...
Felinae (cat subfamily)
...early in the evolution of mammals, for the early cats were already typical cats at a time when the ancestors of most other modern mammalian species were scarcely recognizable. Cats of the subfamily Felinae appeared about 10 million years ago and have continued almost unchanged into modern times....
feline (mammal family)
any of 37 cat species that among others include the cheetah, puma, jaguar, leopard, lion, lynx, tiger, and domestic cat. Cats are native to almost every region on Earth, with the exception of Australia and Antarctica. They are carnivorous ...
Feline calicivirus (biology)
...Norwalk virus, and Sapporo virus. Species of Norovirus frequently give rise to outbreaks of foodborne and waterborne gastroenteritis in humans. Feline calicivirus (FCV) is an agent that causes upper respiratory disease in cats....
feline distemper (disease)
viral disease of cats, kittens two to six months old being most susceptible. Highly contagious, it is caused by a parvovirus that is closely related to canine parvovirus type 2. About 3 to 10 days after exposure to the disease, infected kittens cough and sneeze, have running eyes and nose, are feverish, lose their appetites,...
feline leukemia (disease)
viral disease of cats, one of the most serious diseases affecting domestic cats and a few other Felidae. The disease occurs worldwide. Signs include enlargement of the lymph nodes, depression, emaciation, and, frequently, diarrhea; there is no known tr...
feline leukemia virus (infectious agent)
viral disease of cats, one of the most serious diseases affecting domestic cats and a few other Felidae. The disease occurs worldwide. Signs include enlargement of the lymph nodes, depression, emaciation, and, frequently, diarrhea; there is no known tr...
feline lymphosarcoma (disease)
viral disease of cats, one of the most serious diseases affecting domestic cats and a few other Felidae. The disease occurs worldwide. Signs include enlargement of the lymph nodes, depression, emaciation, and, frequently, diarrhea; there is no known tr...
feline respiratory disease
a complex of viral contagions of cats (including rhinotracheitis, pneumonitis, and influenza), marked by fever, sneezing, and running eyes and nose. Rhinotracheitis and pneumonitis are the most common and have identical symptoms. Mortality is low, but recovery from severe cases may be difficult and prolonged, with relapses. A vaccine is available against pneumonitis. Treatment ...
Felipe el Hermoso (king of Castile)
king of Castile for less than a month before his death and the founder of the Habsburg dynasty in Spain....
Felipe, León (Spanish poet)
Spanish poet known chiefly as a poet of the Spanish Civil War....
Felis (genus of mammals)
...Felinae29 species, found worldwide except Antarctica, but introduced to Australia.Genus Felis (small cats)6 Old World species, including the wildcat and domestic cat.Genus ......
Felis aurata (mammal)
either of two cats of the family Felidae: the African golden cat (Profelis aurata), or the Asian golden cat (Catopuma temminckii), also known as Temminck’s cat....
Felis bengalensis (mammal)
(Felis bengalensis), forest-dwelling cat, family Felidae, found in India and Southeast Asia and noted for its leopard-like colouring. The coat of the leopard cat is usually yellowish or reddish brown above, white below, and heavily marked with ...
Felis brachyura (mammal)
...underparts and yellowish to reddish brown above, liberally marked with black spots and stripes. These bold markings are replaced by smaller spots or specks on some individuals, which are known as servaline cats and were once considered a distinct species (Felis brachyura or servalina). All-black individuals are found in some populations, especially those from the high country of.....
Felis caracal (mammal)
(Felis caracal), short-tailed cat (family Felidae) found in hills, deserts, and plains of Africa, the Middle East, and central and southwestern Asia. The caracal is a sleek, short-haired cat with a reddish brown-coat and long tufts of black hair...
Felis catus (mammal)
domesticated member of the family Felidae, order Carnivora, and the smallest member of that family. Like all felids, domestic cats are characterized by supple, low-slung bodies, finely molded heads, long tails that aid in balance, and specialized teeth and claws that adapt them admirably to a life of active hunting. Domestic...
Felis colocolo (mammal)
(Felis colocolo), small cat, family Felidae, native to South America. It is about 60 cm (24 inches) long, including the 30-centimetre tail. The coat is long-haired and grayish with brown markings which in some individuals may be indistinct. Lit...
Felis concolor (cat)
large brownish New World cat comparable in size to the jaguar—the only other large cat of the Western Hemisphere. The puma, a member of the family Felidae, has the widest distribution of any New World mammal, with a range extending from southeastern Alaska to southern Argentina and Chile. Pumas live in a variety of habitats, including desert scrub, chaparral, swamps, and ...
Felis concolor coryi (cat)
This issue was at the heart of the management dilemma posed by the Florida panther (Puma concolor coryi), a distinct subspecies of puma (P. concolor) confined to a small, isolated, and inbred population in southern Florida. The specific question was whether to introduce pumas from Texas into the Florida population. Florida panthers once had been part of a......
Felis libyca (mammal)
small, tabbylike cat (family Felidae) found in open and forested regions of Africa, Asia, and southern Europe. Possibly the first cat to be domesticated, the Egyptian wildcat is somewhat larger and stockier than the modern house cat, with which it interbreeds readily. Its coat, paler in the female, is ligh...
Felis manul (mammal)
(Felis manul), small, long-haired cat (family Felidae) native to deserts and rocky, mountainous regions from Tibet to Siberia. It was named for the naturalist Peter Simon Pallas. The Pallas’s cat is a soft-furred animal about the size of...
Felis marmorata (mammal)
(species Felis marmorata), rare Southeast Asian cat, family Felidae, often referred to as a miniature version of the unrelated clouded leopard. The marbled cat is about the size of a domestic cat; it measures roughly 45–60 cm (18–...
Felis pardalis (mammal)
spotted cat of the New World, found in lowland areas from Texas southward to northern Argentina. The short, smooth fur is patterned with elongated, black-edged spots that are arranged in chainlike bands. The cat’s upper parts vary in colour from light or tawny yellow to gray. There are small black spots on the head, tw...
Felis pardalis albescens (mammal)
...because they have long been hunted for their skins, they can be rare in many areas. In fact, the ocelot population is declining throughout most of its range, and one scrubland subspecies, the Texas ocelot (F. p. albescens), is endangered. The hunting of ocelots and the trading of their pelts are prohibited in the United States and most other countries in the......
Felis rufa (mammal)
bobtailed North American cat (family Felidae), found from southern Canada to southern Mexico. The bobcat is a close relative of the somewhat larger Canada lynx (Lynx canadensis)....
Felis serval (mammal)
(Felis serval), long-limbed cat, family Felidae, found in Africa south of the Sahara, especially in grass- and bush-covered country near water. A swift, agile cat, the serval climbs and leaps very well. It is a nocturnal hunter preying on birds and small mammals such as rodents and hares....
Felis servalina (mammal)
...underparts and yellowish to reddish brown above, liberally marked with black spots and stripes. These bold markings are replaced by smaller spots or specks on some individuals, which are known as servaline cats and were once considered a distinct species (Felis brachyura or servalina). All-black individuals are found in some populations, especially those from the high country of.....
Felis silvestris (mammal, Felis silvestris)
(species Felis silvestris), a small wild member of the cat family (Felidae) native to Eurasia. The name wildcat is also used as a general term for feral domestic cats and for any of the smaller wild species of the cat family....
Felis temmincki (mammal)
either of two cats of the family Felidae: the African golden cat (Profelis aurata), or the Asian golden cat (Catopuma temminckii), also known as Temminck’s cat....
Felis viverrina (mammal)
(species Felis viverrina), tropical cat of the family Felidae, found in India and Southeast Asia. The coat of the fishing cat is pale gray to deep brownish gray and marked with dark spots and streaks. The adult animal stands about 40 cm (16 inc...
Felix (Spanish bishop)
bishop of Urgel, Spain, one of the chief proponents of Adoptionism....
Félix, Élisa (French actress)
French classical tragedienne who dominated the Comédie-Française for 17 years....
Félix Guereña, María de los Ángeles (Mexican actress)
Mexican actress (b. May 4, 1914, Álamos, Sonora, Mex.—d. April 8, 2002, Mexico City, Mex.), used her extraordinary looks and fiery personality to propel herself from unknown to overnight star to icon of beauty in Spanish-speaking countries. Her succession of husbands, one of them the composer Agustín Lar...
Felix Holt (novel by Eliot)
novel by George Eliot, published in three volumes in 1866....
“Felix Holt, the Radical” (novel by Eliot)
novel by George Eliot, published in three volumes in 1866....
Felix I, Saint (pope)
pope from 269 to 274. Elected to succeed St. Dionysius, Felix was the author of an important dogmatic letter on the unity of Christ’s Person. He received the emperor Aurelian’s aid in settling a theological dispute between the anti-Trinitarian Paul of Samosata, the deposed bishop of Antioch, and the orthodox Do...
Felix II (antipope)
antipope from 355 to 365. Originally an archdeacon, Felix was irregularly installed as pope in 355 after the emperor Constantius banished the reigning pope, Liberius. In May 357 the Roman laity, which had remained faithful to Liberius, demanded that Constantius recall the true pope. The Emperor planned to have Felix and Liberius rule jointly, but Felix was for...
Felix II, Saint (pope)
pope from 483 to 492. He succeeded St. Simplicius on March 13. Felix excommunicated Acacius, patriarch of Constantinople, in 484 for publishing with the emperor Zeno a document called the Henotikon, which appeared to favour Monophysitism, a doctrine that had been denounced at the Council of Chalcedon...
Felix III, Saint (pope)
pope from 483 to 492. He succeeded St. Simplicius on March 13. Felix excommunicated Acacius, patriarch of Constantinople, in 484 for publishing with the emperor Zeno a document called the Henotikon, which appeared to favour Monophysitism, a doctrine that had been denounced at the Council of Chalcedon...
Felix in Exile (film by Kentridge)
Many of these films—including Johannesburg, 2nd Greatest City After Paris (1989) and Felix in Exile (1994)—follow the fortunes of the greedy capitalist Soho Eckstein and his alter ego, the sensitive and artistic Felix Teitelbaum. They present modern South Africa as reflective of the spiritual, ecological, and emotional crises of late....
Felix IV, Saint (pope)
pope from 526 to 530. He was elected on July 12 as the choice of Theodoric the Great, king of the Ostrogoths, who had imprisoned Felix’ predecessor, St. John I, and who died shortly after Felix’ consecration. The new pope ended the controversy over grace at the second Council of Orange (529) by condemning Semi-Pelagianism, whic...
Felix, Marcus Minucius (Christian apologist)
one of the earliest Christian Apologists to write in Latin....
Félix, María (Mexican actress)
Mexican actress (b. May 4, 1914, Álamos, Sonora, Mex.—d. April 8, 2002, Mexico City, Mex.), used her extraordinary looks and fiery personality to propel herself from unknown to overnight star to icon of beauty in Spanish-speaking countries. Her succession of husbands, one of them the composer Agustín Lar...
Felix of Nola, Saint (Italian bishop)
...verse, to which Paulinus replied in poetical epistles. Paulinus’ style generally echoes that of such classical authors as Virgil, Horace, and Ovid. His poems (395–407) on the feast day of St. Felix of Nola are particularly charming and are regarded as the chief source of Felix’ life. Paulinus also promoted the saint’s cult and built a basilica at Nola dedicated to hi...
Felix of Urgel (Spanish bishop)
bishop of Urgel, Spain, one of the chief proponents of Adoptionism....
Felix of Valois, Saint (Roman Catholic hermit)
legendary religious hermit who, with St. John of Matha, has traditionally been considered a cofounder of the Trinitarians, a Roman Catholic religious order. Felix’ existence is known only from a spurious history of the order compiled in the 15th century....
Felix the Cat (cartoon)
American animator who created the character Felix the Cat, the world’s most popular cartoon star before Mickey Mouse....
Felix V (antipope and duke of Savoy)
count (1391–1416) and duke (1416–40) of Savoy, first member of the house of Savoy to assume the title of duke. His 42-year reign saw the extension of his authority from Lake Neuchâtel on the north to the Ligurian coast, and under the title of Felix V he was an antipope for 10 years (1439–49)....
Felixstowe (England, United Kingdom)
town (parish) and seaport, Suffolk Coastal district, administrative and historic county of Suffolk, England. Although situated on the east coast, the town in fact faces south and has a frontage to the estuary of the River Orwell opposite Harwich. Felixstowe is a busy, modern container port. It is the nearest British port to ...
Felker, Clay Schuette (American magazine editor)
Oct. 2, 1925St. Louis, Mo.July 1, 2008New York, N.Y.American magazine editor who was credited with the creation of a widely imitated magazine formula during his tenure as editor of New York magazine, which combined glossy pages and unique typography with thoughtful literary articles ...
Fell in Love with a Girl (song by White Stripes)
In 2001 the White Stripes released their breakthrough album, White Blood Cells. Michel Gondry’s eye-catching video for the single Fell in Love with a Girl received regular airplay on MTV, and the group became media darlings. The duo followed with Elephant (2003), a percussion-driven collection of songs that...
Fell, John (English educator, priest, and author)
English Anglican priest, author, editor, and typographer who as dean and bishop at Oxford was a benefactor to the University of Oxford and its press....
Fell, Norman (American actor)
American character actor in motion pictures and on television who was known especially for his role as the nosy and cranky landlord Stanley Roper on the TV sitcom "Three’s Company" (1977-79) and its spin-off, "The Ropers" (1979-80); The Graduate (1967), Bullitt (1968), and Catch-22 (1970) were among his more than 30 films (b. March 24, 1924, Philadelphia, Pa.--d. Dec. 1...
fellah (Arab society)
...density in the cultivated parts of the floodplain south of the delta is more than 3,320 per square mile (1,280 per square kilometre). This great population, composed mostly of peasant farmers (fellahin), can survive only by making the most careful use of the available land and water....
fellahin (Arab society)
...density in the cultivated parts of the floodplain south of the delta is more than 3,320 per square mile (1,280 per square kilometre). This great population, composed mostly of peasant farmers (fellahin), can survive only by making the most careful use of the available land and water....
Fellata (people)
a primarily Muslim people scattered throughout many parts of West Africa, from Lake Chad, in the east, to the Atlantic coast. They are concentrated principally in Nigeria, Mali, Guinea, Cameroon, Senegal, and Niger. The ...