Tanda

Tanda lies in the Dendi country near the Niger, north of Gaya. Local accounts link its foundation to Songhai-speaking migrants who established a series of villages along the river. Their descendants became part of the diverse communities of Dendi, where older inhabitants and newcomers share histories of settlement and exchange. The Niger’s floodplain provides cultivated land and fishing waters, contrasting with the drier savanna farther from its banks.