Sabon Kafi

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Location of Sabon Kafi in Niger

Sabon Kafi (also Sabankafi , Sabonkafi , Sabonkaffi , Sabon Kaffi ) is a village in the rural community of Olléléwa in Niger .

The village, led by a traditional local chief ( chef traditionnel ), is located in the Damergou countryside , about 20 kilometers northeast of the village of Olléléwa, the capital of the rural community of the same name, which belongs to the Tanout department in the Zinder region. It is located on National Road 11 , which takes you to the city of Tanout after around 42 kilometers to the north and the village of Bakin Birgi after around 43 kilometers to the south . A country road branches off in Sabon Kafi and leads to the village of Gangara , about 27 kilometers away by road. Other important villages and hamlets in the vicinity of Sabon Kafi are Koulan Karki, about 9 kilometers away in the east, about 11 kilometers away from Dan Kamsa in the northeast, about 12 kilometers away from Farara in the southwest and about 14 kilometers away from Guidjigaoua in the northwest.

Map of the route of the Foureau-Lamy mission through the Damergou

The place name Sabon Kafi comes from the Hausa language and means "new place". To the northwest of the village rises an island mountain , on which the ruins of Baban Birni are located. These are protective walls that date back to the end of the first millennium when the Proto- Hausa moved south from the Aïr . The French Foureau-Lamy mission reached Sabon Kafi on October 30, 1899 after crossing the Sahara . It was supposed to define the claims of France on this not yet colonized part of Africa. The expedition leader Fernand Foureau described the village as a spacious settlement, which was surrounded by a protective wall and several rich wells with excellent water quality. In a German travelogue from 1960, Sabon Kafi is described as "a scattered settlement of straw-yellow negro huts that glow golden from the grass of the steppe, clustered around a large, thatched granary."

At the 2012 census, Sabon Kafi had 5,389 inhabitants who lived in 823 households. At the 2001 census, the population was 4,785 in 833 households, and at the 1988 census, the population was 3,780 in 820 households.

A health center including a maternity ward is located in Sabon Kafi. A market is held in the village every Friday.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b National Repertoire des Localités (ReNaLoc). (RAR) Institut National de la Statistique de la République du Niger, July 2014, p. 692 , accessed on August 7, 2015 (French).
  2. ^ Issa Mahaman Malam: Aux sources de l'histoire Africaine. Témoignage de la toponymie, de l'onomastique et de l'ethnonymie . In: Godo Godo. Revue semestrielle de l'institut d'histoire d'art et d'archéologie africaine . No. 23 , 2013, ISSN  1817-5597 , p. 70 ( revues-ufhb-ci.org [PDF; accessed January 28, 2019]).
  3. ↑ Mahaman Malam Issa: Mise en valeur des terres au Sahel nigérien. Cas du Damargou au XIXe siècle . In: Amadou Boureima, Dambo Lawali (ed.): Sahel entre crises et espoirs . L'Harmattan, Paris 2014, ISBN 978-2-343-00410-5 , pp. 30 .
  4. ↑ Yehoshua Rash: Des colonisateurs sans enthousiasme: les premières années françaises au Damergou . In: Outre-Mers. Revue d'histoire . No. 214 , 1972, pp. 45-46 ( persee.fr [accessed May 5, 2018]).
  5. ↑ Hans Frei, Franz Moser: Africa is full of miracles . Schlichtenmayer, Tübingen 1960, p. 222 .
  6. ^ Répertoire National des Communes (RENACOM). (RAR file) Institut National de la Statistique, accessed November 8, 2010 (French).
  7. ↑ Recensement Général de la Population 1988: Répertoire National des Villages du Niger . Bureau Central de Recensement, Ministère du Plan, République du Niger, Niamey March 1991, p. 428 ( ceped.org [PDF; accessed January 31, 2018]). www.ceped.org ( Memento of the original dated January 31, 2018 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.ceped.org
  8. ↑ Mahamane Tahirou Ali Bako: La crise alimentaire à Olléléwa, 2004–2005 (=  Etudes et Travaux du LASDEL . No. 67 ). LASDEL, Niamey / Parakou December 2006, p. 6 and 33 ( lasdel.net [PDF; accessed on May 5, 2018]).

Coordinates: 14 ° 38 '  N , 8 ° 45'  E