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Songhai is featured in two books as an expert interview, Shut Up and Shoot Documentary Guide a Down and Dirty DV Production by Anthony Q. Artis and Reel Food from Reel Women by Nina Knapp. Songhai has been featured in Hype Hair magazine, and was the Jet Beauty of the Week in the December 22-29, 2008 of Jet magazine.
In Zarma-Songhai tradition, brides have traditionally been ritually draped in the Souban as they set forth on their journey to their husband's residence. Before the wedding day, the bride's mother establishes a bond with a proficient weaver, choosing them based on their artistic skill and ability to create the desired detailed patterns.
In Niger mythology, Hira is a mythical monster which occurs in epic and folklore tales of the Songhai people, particularly the Bozo people; [14] its greatest opponent is Moussa Gname. Zin are mythical water spirits that inhabit rivers and lakes in the mythology of the Songhai people , it is similar to the Zin Kibaru - a blind, river-dwelling ...
The Songhai people (autonym: Ayneha) are an ethnolinguistic group in West Africa who speak the various Songhai languages. Their history and lingua franca is linked to the Songhai Empire which dominated the western Sahel in the 15th and 16th century. Predominantly adherents of Islam, the Songhai are primarily located in Niger and Mali.
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 .
A dog who waited outside a convenience store for months after his owner died finally got his happy ending — and royal status!. The dog, named Moo Daeng, reportedly waited in his usual spot ...
The US military has significantly increased its surveillance of Mexican drug cartels over the past two weeks, with sophisticated spy planes flying at least 18 missions over the southwestern US and ...
Ted Bundy was born on Nov. 24, 1946, in Burlington, Vt., to single mother Eleanor Louise Cowell. She and her young son later moved to Tacoma, Wash., and she married John C. Bundy who adopted the ...