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The traditionally free strata of the Songhai people have owned property and herds, and these have dominated the political system and governments during and after the French colonial rule. [80] Within the stratified social system, the Islamic system of polygynous marriages is a norm, with preferred partners being cross cousins .
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]
6 Indian Tamils of Sri Lanka. 7 Colombo Chetties. 8 See also. Toggle the table of contents. List of Sri Lankans by ethnicity. Add languages. ... List of Sri Lankans ...
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 ...
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Maïga is a name or title that is extensively found among the Songhai nobility, denoting descent from Askia Muhammad I and Sonni Ali Ber. The name Maiga is a commonly used surname among the Songhai people in Mali, Niger, and other West African countries with a significant Songhai population. Additionally, the name is occasionally used as a ...
For 15 years, Rasalingam Thilakawathi has been trying to find out what happened to her daughter at the end of Sri Lanka’s bloody civil war. The last evidence she has is a photo from a newspaper ...
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.