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Niger

Land

Climate

The land in Niger is dry and is about three times the size of California and is getting warmer due to the Sahara dessert growing every year but over in southern Niger has more vegetation were more farming is done

Niger is one of the warmest and hottest places in the world with daily temperatures of 90 degrees but in later months weather can go up all the way to 110 degrees but sometimes it can get cooler and have some rain

History

Niger Used to be a French Colony from 1922 to 1960 were political struggles ensued for independence in France which was granted in 1960

Famous People

Emaniel Djibril Dankawa is a soccer player and plays centre back and is on Olympic fc team on Niger he is a good defender for the team he has been playing since 2008 (there are no images of him)

Population

Language

in ethnics groups 53 percent of the population is Hausa and there are other groups like Djerma Tuareg Fulani Kanuri Toubou and Gourmantche and the capital Niamey has over a million people living there but the overall there are 25.80 million people in Niger

The official language of the country is French and to say hello is Salut and thank you is je vous remercie a small percent of people use Hausa as there primary language and hello is sannu and thank you is ga node

Religon

About 99 percent are Muslim and the rest are Christian they practice all Muslim traditions like reading the Quran and the five pillars of Islam and they call their God by Allah

Personal Appearances

In Niger most men where boubous which are long robes over pants or shirts and pants and also were embroidered hats and woman were pagne which is a colorful wraparound skirt and jewelry

Greetings

Gestures

in Niger It is rude to not greet someone even a stranger when talking the elders are always greeted first and the youngest begin greeting first

Nigerians eat or pass items with the right hand the left hands use is for personal hygiene and it's insulting to put up five instead they close there hand to indicate the number 5

Visiting

Eatings

Visiting shows respect and there are never any invites when someone comes buy they usually clap or say al saalem alykum which means peace upon you

They eat in a communal bowl with the right hand or spoon but don't drink during the meal but after meals are usually eaten at the afternoon or evening

Housing

Diet

There are four forms of houses in Niger such as huts tents clay houses and concrete houses but there mostly decided buy area lifestyle and ecosystem but most houses have wooden mats and a latrine

They eat millet rice beans and corn eaten with different sauces like okra but in the cooler season they eat meat and millets

Recreation

Arts

Many men enjoy wrestling for national titles and but also play soccer and woman mostly socialize when bounding millet and dancing and different clubs

They have a traditional dance called tam tam where drummers play and people put money on there favorite dancers forehead the money drops and the drummer picks it up

Koure giraffe reserve

You can go to the koure giraffe reserve where you can meet and giraffes and is the last surviving giraffe herd and is fun to see and take pictures of these large and tall giraffe herds with even more animals to see