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Niominka people information


Niominka
Total population
10,000
Regions with significant populations
Languages
Serer, French
Religion
Islam, Serer religion, animism

The Niominka people (also called Niuminka or Nyominka) are an ethnic group in Senegal living on the islands of the Saloum River delta. They are currently classified as a subgroup of the Serer.

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Niominka people

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The Niominka people (also called Niuminka or Nyominka) are an ethnic group in Senegal living on the islands of the Saloum River delta. They are currently...

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Wolof people

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The Wolof people (UK: /ˈwoʊlɒf/) are a West African ethnic group found in northwestern Senegal, the Gambia, and southwestern coastal Mauritania. In Senegal...

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Palor people

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with the Serer religion is prevalent. Niominka people Saafi people Serer people Serer-Laalaa Serer-Ndut people Serer-Noon Senegal portal Paul, Lewis M...

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Alvise Cadamosto

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between two groups, the Niumi-bato (probably ancestral to the modern Niominka people, up near the Diombos river in the Sine-Saloum delta, the likely slayers...

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Serer people

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"Serer-Dyegueme" or "Serer-Gyegem" or "Serer-N'Diéghem"), Serer-Safene, Serer-Niominka, Serer-Palor (also known as "Falor", "Palar", "Siili", "Siili-Mantine"...

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Toucouleur people

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The Toucouleur people or Tukulor people (Arabic: توكولور, French: Toucouleur), also called Haalpulaar (Ajami: هَالْݒُلَارْ‎, Adlam: 𞤖𞤢𞥄𞤤𞤨𞤵𞤤𞤢𞥄𞤪)...

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Jola people

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Casamance region in the 14th century, assimilating the previous Bainuk people and their rice tradition. In colonial times, the Jola began to cultivate...

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Diogo Gomes

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Vallarte in c.1448. The Nomi Bato are probably ancestral to the current Niominka people of the Saloum River delta, and although currently classified as a Serer...

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Gullah

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Geechee people. Over time, its speakers have used this term to formally refer to their creole language and distinctive ethnic identity as a people. The Georgia...

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Serer language

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and Niominka. They are mutually intelligible except for the Sereer spoken in some of the areas surrounding the city of Thiès. Not all Serer people speak...

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The People Could Fly

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The People Could Fly: American Black Folktales is a 1985 collection of twenty-four folktales retold by Virginia Hamilton and illustrated by Leo and Diane...

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Demographics of Senegal

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The average population density for the country is 68 people per square kilometer (180 people/sq mi). French is the official language but is used regularly...

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African Americans

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in the United States. Most African Americans are descendants of enslaved people within the boundaries of the present United States. While some Black immigrants...

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Goofer dust

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protective functions.[citation needed] In the 1954 Cold War classic Night People, Col. Steve Van Dyke (Gregory Peck) spiked a bottle of absinthe with a packet...

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Sabar

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that is also played in the Gambia. It is associated with Wolof and Serer people. The drum is generally played with one hand and one stick. Among its most...

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Maad

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Maad (in Serer, or Mad) is the title given to a male monarch by the Serer people of Senegal, Gambia and Mauritania. In Serer royal history, the Maad possessed...

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Hot foot powder

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powder is used in African American hoodoo folk magic to drive unwanted people away. It is a mixture of herbs and minerals, virtually always including...

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Ethnic groups in Senegal

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in the Battle of Logandème. The Serer people includes, but not limited to : the Saafi, Ndut, Laalaa, Niominka, Palor, etc. Many of these speak the Cangin...

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Saloum

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Like the Kingdom of Sine, the population is overrun and ruled by the Serer people. The two are generally referred to as the Serer Kingdoms. Many parts of...

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Gullah Jack

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influences, Gullah Jack was crucial in recruiting African-born enslaved people as soldiers and provided them with charms as protection against the "buckra"...

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Haint blue

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Roger (January 2003). Blue Roots: African-American Folk Magic of the Gullah People. Sandlapper Publishing. p. 72. ISBN 978-0-87844-168-6 – via Google Books...

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Saafi people

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The Saafi people, also called Serer-Safene, Safene, etc., are an ethnic group found in Senegal. Ethnically, they are part of the Serer people but do not...

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List of contemporary ethnic groups

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G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z by status: List of Indigenous peoples List of diasporas List of stateless nations regional lists: Ethnic groups...

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Roog

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v t e Serer topics Peoples Laalaa Ndut Niominka Noon Palor Saafi Seex Religion History Amar Godomat Cekeen Tumuli Khasso Kingdom of Baol Kingdom of Biffeche...

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