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The language, society and culture of the Songhai people is barely distinguishable from the Zarma people. [70] Some scholars consider the Zarma people to be a part of and the largest ethnic sub-group of the Songhai. [71] Some study the group together as Zarma-Songhai people. [72] [73] However, both groups see themselves as two different peoples ...
The language, society and culture of the Songhai people is barely distinguishable from the Zarma people. [14] Some scholars consider the Zarma people to be a part of and the largest ethnic sub-group of the Ayneha. [15] Some study the group together as Zarma-Songhai people. [16] [17] However, both groups see themselves as two different peoples. [14]
The Songhai Empire was a state located in the western part of the Sahel during the 15th and 16th centuries. At its peak, it was one of the largest African empires in history. The state is known by its historiographical name, derived from its largest ethnic group and ruling elite, the Songhai people .
The Songhai (also Songhay, Songhaytarey (, [soŋhajtaraj])) is an area in the northwestern corner of Niger's Tillabéri Region populated mainly by the Songhaiborai. [1] It is considered the heartland of the Songhai people and the sanctuary of their ancient pantheon and priestly class and the place in which the original lineage of the Sonni dynasty retreated after the coup d'etat of 1493 ...
Aside from the Songhai proper, some speakers in Mali have also adopted the name Songhay as an ethnic designation, [9] while other Songhay-speaking groups identify themselves with other ethnic terms, such as Zarma (Djerma) or Isawaghen (Sawaq). A few precolonial poems and letters composed in Songhay and written in the Arabic script exist in ...
Ethnic classifications vary from country to country and are therefore not comparable across countries. While some countries make classifications based on broad ancestry groups or characteristics such as skin color (e.g., the white ethnic category in the United States and some other countries), other countries use various ethnic, cultural ...
The language, society and culture of the Zarma people is barely distinguishable from the Songhai people. [4] Some scholars consider the Zarma people to be a part of and the largest ethnic sub-group of the Songhai – a group that includes nomads of Mali speaking the same language as the Zarma. [33] Some study the group together as Zarma-Songhai ...
Songhoyboro Ciine or Songhay Ciiné ([soŋojborotʃiːné] or [soŋajtʃiːné]) is an upriver dialect of the southern Songhay dialect of Niger. [3] It is spoken mostly in the northwestern corner of Niger's Tillaberi region, an area known as Songhay: [4] from Gorouol, a border town with Mali, down to the towns of Tera, Anzourou, Namari Goungou and Say.