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such as John Shoup list these strata in three categories: free (chiefs, farmers and herders), servile (artists, musicians and griots), and the slave class. The servile group were socially required to be endogamous, while the slaves could be emancipated over four generations. The traditionally free strata of the Zerma people have owned property and herds, and these have dominated the political system and governments during and after the French colonial rule. Within the stratified social system, the Islamic system of polygynous marriages is a part of the Zarma people tradition, with preferred partners being cross cousins, and a system of ritualistic acceptance between co-wives. This endogamy is similar to other ethnic groups in West Africa.
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The different strata of the Zarma-Songhai people have included the kings and warriors, the scribes, the artisans, the weavers, the hunters, the fishermen, the leather workers and hairdressers (Wanzam), and the domestic slaves (Horso, Bannye). Each caste reveres its own guardian spirit. Some scholars
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and have assimilated into the Zarma people, or else are people of Zarma origins who have differentiated themselves some time in the precolonial period (through dialect, political structure, or religion), but these are difficult to differentiate according to Fuglestad. Groups usually referred to as
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French colonial rulers established mines throughout West Africa staffed with African labor, many of whom were migrant Zarma people. Thousands of Zarma travelled to various mines, as well as to build roads and railroads. These laborers followed pre-colonial raiding pathways towards the Gold coast,
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or priests and Islamic clerics had to be initiated but did not automatically inherit that profession, making the cleric strata a pseudo-caste. According to Ralph Austen, a professor emeritus of African history, the caste system among the Zarma people was not as well developed as the caste system
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Niger has attempted to end the FGM practice. According to UNICEF, these efforts have successfully and noticeably reduced the practice to a prevalence rate in the single digits (9% in Zarma ethnic group in 2006), compared to east-North Africa (Egypt to Somalia) where the FGM rates are very high.
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Of the various ethnic groups in Niger, the early cooperation of the Zarma elite with the colonizers led to a legacy where Zarma interests have been promoted, and they have continued to compose an important part of the Nigerien political elite after independence in 1960.
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lives. Each compound has a head male and a compound may have several separate huts, each hut with the different wives of the head male. The huts are traditionally roundhouses, or circular shaped structures made of mud walls with a thatched straw conical roof.
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Slaves were an economic asset used for farming, herding and domestic work. A system of social stratification developed even among the slaves, and this status system survived even after slavery was officially abolished during French colonial rule.
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The estimates for the total population of Zarma people as of 2013 has been generally placed over three million, but it varies. They constitute several smaller ethnic sub-groups, who were either indigenous to the era prior to the
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attacks, as the French increased their presence. The French relied on the Dosso post and Niger river valley as supply hubs as they attempted to establish their colonial control all the way to
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The French came to regions inhabited by the Zarma people at the end of the 1890s, during a period of intra-ethnic conflict. The French established a partnership with the Zarmakoy Aouta of
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The slave trade and slave raiding were historically important parts of the society and economy of the Niger river valley, and there is textual evidence annual raids undertaken by
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for tending. The Zarma people have had a history of slave and caste systems, like many West African ethnic groups. Like them, they also have had a historical musical tradition.
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speaking the same language as the Zarma. Some study the group together as Zarma-Songhai people. However, both groups see themselves as two different people.
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was founded by itinerant Zarma preachers and horse traders in the 19th century military, eventually conquering much of the voltaic plateau (southern
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words in the Zarma language. Other scholars, however, believe them to have been part of the broader Songhai ethnic umbrella since the beginning.
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language family. Because of the common language and culture, they are sometimes referred to as "Zarma Songhay" (also spelled "Djerma-Songhai").
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valley which is a source of irrigation, forage for cattle herds, and drinking water. Relatively prosperous, they own cattle, sheep, goats and
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part of the Zarma or Songhay, but who have traceable historical distinctions include the Gabda, Tinga, Sorko, Kalles, Golles, Loqas and
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The Zarma people, like their neighboring ethnic groups in West Africa, have a rich tradition of music, group dance known as
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Sahelian societies, including the Zarma, have historically been based on slavery from far before colonialism. According to
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Tal Tamari (1998), Les castes de l'Afrique occidentale: Artisans et musiciens endogames, Nanterre: Société d'ethnologie,
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The women among Zarma people, like other ethnic groups of Sahel and West Africa, have traditionally practiced
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with colonial mines provided economic opportunities and a means to escape French economic exploitation.
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Lange, Dierk (1994), "From Mande to Songhay: Towards a political and ethnic history of medieval Gao",
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Legislation and other national provisions: Namibia, Netherlands, New Zealand, Niger, Nigeria, Norway
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Using this oral tradition as evidence, Lange has argued that the Zarma were the ruling class of the
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by the 17th century. Forming a number of small communities, each led by a chief or ruler called
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and the World Health Organization studies, in Zarma culture the female circumcision is called
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The Zarma villages traditionally consist of walled off compounds where a family group called
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The language, society and culture of the Zarma people is barely distinguishable from the
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The Zarma migrated south-eastward into their current geographic concentration during the
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In Search of Sunjata: The Mande Oral Epic as History, Literature and Performance
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and singing. The common musical instruments that accompany these arts include
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on a single Zarma village and its diverse livelihoods by S Batterbury, 2001.
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Les sociétés Songhay-Zarma (Niger-Mali): chefs, guerriers, esclaves, paysans
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feature the highest proportion of excised women: 30% and 9%, respectively."
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The traditional form of caste-based servitude was still practiced by the
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Cultures nigériennes et éducation : Domaine Zarma-Songhay et Hausa
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Sargane (Ouallam) : Sur La Tombe De Mali Béro, L'ancêtre Des Zarma
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historically found in the African ethnic groups further west to them.
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Committee on Foreign Relations, US House of Representatives (2010).
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The Cambridge World History of Slavery: Volume 3, AD 1420-AD 1804
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to capture slaves, for domestic use and export to North Africa.
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period, settling particularly in what is now southwest
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are an ethnic group predominantly found in westernmost
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The geographic distribution of Zarma people (approx.).
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The traditional round Zarma hut near Niamey, Niger.
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Index

Jerma people

Niger
Nigeria
Benin
Ghana
Burkina Faso
Zarma
French
English
Islam
Songhay
Zarma ciine
Niger
Nigeria
Benin
Burkina Faso
Ivory Coast
Ghana
Togo
Sudan
Songhaiborai
Muslims
Maliki
Sunni
Sahel
Niger River
dromedaries
Fulani people
Tuareg people

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