Tammari

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A Tammari house. The thatched structure in the middle of the chimney (left) covers sleeping quarters, while the right is a granary.

The Tammari people or Batammariba , also known as Somba , are an Oti-Volta -speaking ethnic group in the Atakora department in Benin and neighboring areas of Togo , where they are officially known as Taberma. The name for the members of the Tammari people is Otammari, the people are called Betammaribe and their language is called Ditammari .

They are world famous for their two-story fortified houses, also known as Tata Somba (Somba House), in which the ground floor is used as a stable for the animals, the interior on the ground floor as a kitchen and the upper floor with an inner courtyard for the drying of the grain, as Sleeping quarters as well as a granary is used. This has evolved through the addition of a roof to a collection of several huts with a connecting wall typical of the Gur-speaking areas of West Africa . The cylindrical structures in the walls are used to store and guard the livestock.

The Tammari are predominantly traditionally religious , but there have recently been efforts to proselytize from the Islamic north.

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  • The entrance of a Tammari house with twin altars

  • A Tammari house with granaries. The forked masts at the left granary are ladders with steps cut along their length

  • Adjacent Tammari houses with several altars

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