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The Songhai (Sonrhai) are a Negroid people of Mali and the Niger basin in the southern Sahara region of Africa. They are a tall, slender race, deep brown in colouration with thin lips, a straight nose and black ringlet hair. As a race they have over the years intermixed with Libyan and Arab peoples.
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Sajara is the Rainbow-god of the Songhai people of eastern Mali. He is represented by a forked tree where a white ram is sacrificed to him.
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Dendi is a Songhai language spoken in Benin and Nigeria.
Dendi is an Ubangi language spoken in the Central African Republic.
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Korandje is a Songhai language spoken by the Belbali people of the Tabelbala Oasis, Algeria.
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Songhay is a Songhai language spoken in Mali and Burkina Faso
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Tadaksahak is a Songhai language spoken in Mali.
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Tasawaq is a Songhai language spoken by the Ingalkoyyu people of Niger.
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Zarma is a Songhai language spoken in Niger, Benin, Burkina Faso, Mali (where it is called Zarmarci) and Nigeria.
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Zarmaci is a Songhai language spoken in Niger, Burkina Faso, Mali and Nigeria.
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