The Songhai

Songhai
Songhaytarey (meaning, "Songhai Homeland")
Country Niger
RegionTillabery Region (Southwestern Niger)

The Songhai (also Songhay, Songhaytarey ([soŋhaj], [soŋhajtaraj])) is an area in the northwestern corner of Niger's Tillabéri Region populated mainly by the Songhaiborai. It is considered the heartland of the Songhai people and the sanctuary of their ancient pantheon and priestly class and the place in which the original lineage of the Sonni dynasty retreated after the coup d'etat of 1493 creating a secret society of magicians, the Sohance.

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