Abstract
Although the ethnic groupings for Niger are widely inclusive, they correspond to functioning identity and language groups. These are also the categories recognized by the Niger government. Culturally, all of the groups are relatively similar, since they have all been Muslim for several centuries. There are important ecological differences, however, especially with regard to Fulani pastoralism and Tuareg nomadism. The Tuaregs are estimated at 3 percent of the total population. Another source gives a different ethnic distribution than the one reported here. (Hausa—45 percent; Djerma-Songhai—21 percent; Fulani—18 percent; Tuareg—14 percent): see “La Republique du Niger” Notes et studies documentation. (Paris) July 1973, 3, 494–5, p.8.
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Morrison, D.G., Mitchell, R.C., Paden, J.N. (1989). Niger. In: Black Africa. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-11023-0_40
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