Introduction

This web site is devoted to the Zarma people and the language they speak.

It has been more than twenty years ago that I first set foot on the African continent, 1983 to be precise.

I lived and worked in Niger for only three years and stayed a few weeks in Burkina Faso, Benin and Togo, as well. But as someone once said: "If you've been bitten by the African bug, you will never ever be able to get it out of your mind."

With this web site I hope to show you some of the richness of the culture of the people living in the Songhay region of west Africa.



Group of Zarma woman in traditional clothes
 



Last updated: 09 maart 2006