Tag: Doufelgou
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Sintu-Janjaagu: The Harvest Festival That Unites Niamtougou
Every year, as the first Saturday of April comes around, the market town of Niamtougou in northern Togo fills with drumming, dancing and the smell of bean fritters and freshly brewed millet beer. This is Sintu-Janjaagu, the great harvest festival of the Nawdba (also written Nawdéba) and their neighbors the Lamba, two peoples who share…
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Who Are the Nawdba?
The Nawdba are the people of northern Togo who speak Nawdm, one of the oldest living Gur languages in West Africa. This is their story: where they come from, how they live, and why their language matters.
