Songhai: people of Mali, Benin and Niger
5.7 million Songhai (Niger River). Sunni Muslims. Doctorate in Business in
Africa
Songhai (Ethnic group) lives in the Niger River
Valley (Mali,
Benin and
Niger -
West Africa)
- Soninke, Malinke (Mandinka), Fula,
Tuareg and Gourmantché (Gurma)
form the Songhai group
- Songhai groups:
- Arma (Moroccan origin)
- Zarma (Niger)
- Kourtey (miscegenation between Fula and Songhai, in Mali and Niger)
- The culture of the Songhai is very similar to Zarma, Dendi, Mandinka
and Tuareg people
- Three million people speak Songhai language (Nile-Saharan
origin) in Mali, Niger, Benin, Burkina Faso, Nigeria
and Algeria
- Songhai are mostly Sunni Muslims
- 1009: Dynasty Dia
- End of the 15th century - 16th century: Songhai Empire.
- Expansion of the Songhai Empire: Niger,
Mali, Guinea and Senegal
- Soni Ali King (1464 - 1492)
- Askia Mohamed (1493 - 1528)
- 1591: conquest by the Moroccans. Collapse of the Songhai Empire
The Nigerien Historian (Songhai) HE Boubou Hama
EENI Principle of Racial Harmony
Songhai
Songhaï
Songhai
- Masters: International Business, Business in Africa, Foreign Trade, Transport in Africa
- Doctorates: African Business, World Trade
(c) EENI Global Business School
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