Zarma (native language), French, English (colonial languages)
Religion
Islam
Related ethnic groups
Songhay
Person
Zarmaboro / زَرمَبࣷرࣷ
People
Zarmaborai / زَرمَبࣷرَيْ
Language
Zarma ciine / زَرْمَ ݘِينٜ
The Zarma people are an ethnic group predominantly found in westernmost Niger. They are also found in significant numbers in the adjacent areas of Nigeria and Benin, along with smaller numbers in Burkina Faso, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, and Sudan.[2][3] In Niger, the Zarma are often considered by outsiders to be of the same ethnicity as the neighboring Songhaiborai, although the two groups claim differences, having different histories and speaking different dialects. They are sometimes lumped together as the Zarma-Songhay or Songhay-Zarma.[4]
The Zarma people are predominantly Muslims of the Maliki-Sunni school,[5][6] and they live in the arid Sahel lands, along the Niger River valley which is a source of irrigation, forage for cattle herds, and drinking water.[2] Relatively prosperous, they own cattle, sheep, goats and dromedaries, renting them out to the Fulani people or Tuareg people for tending.[7] The Zarma people have had a history of slave and caste systems, like many West African ethnic groups.[8][9][10] Like them, they also have had a historical musical tradition.[11]
The Zarma people are alternatively referred to as Zerma, Zaberma, ZabarmaZabermawa, Djerma, Dyerma,[3]Jerma, or other terms.[12]Zarma is the term used by the Zarma people themselves.
^"Africa: Niger - The World Factbook - Central Intelligence Agency". www.cia.gov. 27 April 2021. Retrieved 1 May 2021.
^ abZarma people, Encyclopædia Britannica
^ abAnthony Appiah; Henry Louis Gates (2010). "Zerma". Encyclopedia of Africa: Kimbangu, Simon – Zulu. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-533770-9.
^Idrissa & Decalo 2012, p. 474.
^James Stuart Olson (1996). The Peoples of Africa: An Ethnohistorical Dictionary. Greenwood Publishing Group. p. 612. ISBN 978-0-313-27918-8.
^Toyin Falola; Daniel Jean-Jacques (2015). Africa: An Encyclopedia of Culture and Society. ABC-CLIO. p. 916. ISBN 978-1-59884-666-9.
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drinking water. The Zarmapeople have had a history of slave and caste system, like many West African ethnic groups. The Zarmapeople have traditionally...
sometimes confused with) the 3.6 million Zarmapeople of western Niger, who predate the Moroccan invasion and speak the Zarma language, also a member of the Songhay...
In Niger and Burkina Faso, differentiating the Songhaiborai from the Zarmapeople poses a challenge, as both are subgroups within the same language family...
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Dambu or dambou is a dish native to the Zarma and Songhai of Southwestern Niger made from cereals and Moringa. It is consumed at any time but mainly during...
Kénédougou dynastic rulers attacked their neighbors as well, such as the Zarmapeople and they in turn counterattacked many times between 1883 and 1898. The...
government and politics was inordinately dominated by Niamey and the Zarmapeople of the surrounding region. At the same time the plurality of the population...
developed from the musical traditions of a mix of ethnic groups; Hausa, the Zarma-Songhai, Tuareg, Fula, Kanuri, Toubou, Diffa Arabs and Gurma and the Boudouma...
River in what is today modern Mali. The Songhai people are descended from this kingdom and the Zarmapeople of Niger derive their name, which means "the...
to 1993 succeeding the deceased Seyni Kountché. A member of the Djerma people, he was born in Dingajibanda, a village in the Ouallam arrondissement. Although...
and Zarmapeoples living throughout the state, while the Achipa (Achipawa), Boko-Bala, Dendi, Dukawa, Kambari, Kamuku, Lela, Puku, and Shanga peoples live...
Great or Eldest) or Zarmakoy Sombo is a mythical legendary leader of the Zarmapeople of western Niger who led them in their migration from an unknown region...
Souban, or Tera Tera, is a handwoven cloth originating from the Zarmapeople of Niger. Alternative names include “Soubane taafa” meaning “Souban cloth”...
rural commune in Niger close to the River Niger.[citation needed] He is of Zarma ancestry. Djibo is married to Fati Alzouma Djobo Salou and has five children...
Aso oke fabric – woven by Yoruba people Adire – tie-dye produced by Yoruba people Souban cloth – woven by Zarmapeople Ankara or African Wax Prints Bazin...
military officer. Djibrilla Hima Hamidou was born in Niamey and belongs to the Zarma ethnic group. In 2013, Hamidou was re-elected President of the Federeation...
99% Zarmapeople (also called Djerma). Most of them own cattle, sheep, goats and dromedaries, renting them out to the Fulani people or Tuareg people for...
Bitti Harey is a traditional dance of the Zarmapeople especially that of Zarmaganda in Niger. It is part of the traditional dance to celebrate the end...
historically closest to other Sahelian ethnic groups, primarily the Fula; the Zarma and Songhai (in Tillabery, Tahoua and Dosso in Niger); the Kanuri and Shuwa...
in 2000 "Mali Bero" where he paid homage to the great warrior of the Zarmapeople, Mali Bero. In 2002, he released his second album Walambandi, in which...
ruling class of the kingdom. The region was traditionally populated by Zarmapeople who are believed to have migrated from the Lake Débo area of what is...
who also constitute the major ethnic group in northern Nigeria, and the Zarma-Songhai (also spelled Djerma-Songhai), who also are found in parts of Mali...
and Burkina Faso. The leaders of the Zabarma Emirate, who belonged to the Zarma ethnicity from which the Emirate is named, originated in an area now in...
Fula people into the Niger River valley of modern Tillaberi Region, Niger in the 18th century, and their intermarriage with local Songhai, Zarma, Sorko...
Songhai architecture or Zarma architecture refers to the traditional Sahelian architectural style of the Songhai people in West Africa. The architecture...
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