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The Songhai and closely related Zarma peoples, centered on the Niger-Mali border area, are united by a shared Nilo-Saharan language spread by the Songhai Empire at its peak in the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries. They are largely village dwelling dryland farmers, with rice grown along rivers. Authority is vested in elected chiefs forming a village council, with an appointed village chief who, in larger villages, may be a paramount chief of noble decent; a rising class of wealthy merchants and government officials is challenging that traditional authority.

Le système familial songhay-zarma

Religion and state in the Songhay Empire, 1464-1591

Archers, musketeers, and mosquitoes

Les Songhay

La religion et la magie Songhay

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Social interaction and the management of Songhay socio-political change

Fusion of the worlds

The negotiation of Songhay space

The epistemology of sorkotarey

Embodying colonial memories

Beyond monument lies empire

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Author	Title	Publication Date
Bisilliat, Jeanne	Le système familial songhay-zarma	1992
Hunwick, John O.	Religion and state in the Songhay Empire, 1464-1591	1966
Kaba, Lansiné	Archers, musketeers, and mosquitoes	1981
Rouch, Jean	Les Songhay	1954
Rouch, Jean	La religion et la magie Songhay	1960
Stoller, Paul	Culture Summary	2016
Stoller, Paul	Social interaction and the management of Songhay socio-political change	1981
Stoller, Paul	Fusion of the worlds	1989
Stoller, Paul	The negotiation of Songhay space	1980
Stoller, Paul	The epistemology of sorkotarey	1980
Stoller, Paul	Embodying colonial memories	1994
Van Dyke, Kristina	Beyond monument lies empire	2005

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