Yélou

Yélou lies in the savanna east of the Niger, in the country north of Gaya. The region belongs to the wider Dendi world, where Songhai-speaking communities settled alongside older inhabitants. Farming villages occupy the plains away from the river, while routes connect them with the markets and floodplain settlements of the Niger. Seasonal rains nourish crops and pasture in this transition between the dry Sahel and the more humid country farther south.