Namaro

Namaro stands on the right bank of the Niger in the Songhai-speaking river country. Its villages lie along a fertile ribbon of water and floodplain bordered by the drier Sahel. Following the fall of the Songhai empire in 1591, refugees settled in nearby villages under a descendant of the Askia rulers. Farmers and fishers have made use of the river’s seasonal waters, while Fulbe pastoral communities occupy parts of the surrounding country.