Zongo settlements
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zongo-settlements-315-15584608
title:
Zongo settlements
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Zongo settlements are areas in West African towns populated mostly by migrants from the northern savannah regions and the West African Sahel, especially from Niger and northern Nigeria. Common features of the zongo communities are their use of Hausa language as lingua franca and their shared religion: Islam. The designation of these wards of migrants as zongos derives from the Hausa word zango which literally means "a camping place for trading caravans". As the name reveals, zongos were original
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Areas in West African towns
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zongo_settlements
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2024-04-26T15:49:28Z
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