Kurtey people

De Kurtey people (var. Kourtey) be small ethnic group wey dem dey find along de Niger River valley for parts of de West African nations of Niger, Benin, Mali, den Nigeria. Dem sanso be found for considerable numbers for Ghana, Togo, Ivory Coast, den Burkina Faso insyd.
Assimilation for Songhai insyd
De Kurtey komot from de movement of Fula people wey dem dey de Niger River valley der for modern Tillaberi Region, Niger for de 18th century insyd, den dema intermarriage plus local Songhai, Zarma, Sorko den odas.Decalo, Samuel (1997). Historical Dictionary of the Niger (3rd ed.) Boston & Folkestone: Scarecrow Press. ISBN 0-8108-3136-8. pp. 191–192 While dem retain chaw aspects for Fula traditional culture, de Kurtey assimilate for Songhai-Zarma dema ways of life insyd den dem dey speak Southern Songhay dialect.Harrison, Byron, Annette Harrison, and Michael J. Rueck, with Mahaman Soumana as Interpreter. "Southern Songhay Speech Varieties in Niger: A Sociolinguistic Survey of the Zarma, Songhay, Kurtey, Wogo, and Dendi Peoples of Niger." (1997). Sum outside observers dey consider dem subsection of de Songhai people,Minority Rights Group International, World Directory of Minorities and Indigenous Peoples - Niger : Overview, July 2008. Online. UNHCR Refworld,   [accessed 8 April 2009] whiles odas dey describe dem as communities plus distinct histories, cultures, den ethnic self-identification for de larger Songhai speaking social space insyd, wey de Songhai people be one part per.Paul Stoller. pp.94-5 in Eye, Mind and Word in Anthropology.  L'Homme  (1984) Volume  24 Issue 3-4   pp.91-114.
Customs den demography
Dem today dey number less than 50,000, dem concentrate for islands top den along de Niger river banks wey dey near Sansani, Dessa den Ayorou; for Niamey insyd (especially for Koutoukalé quarter insyd); den for villages wey dey along de lower middle Niger from Gao go northern Nigeria. Sum Kurtey dey continue to mark dema body plus dema traditional facial scarification: small cross wey dey top of each cheekbone.Paul Stoller and Cheryl Olkes. In sorcery's shadow : a memoir of apprenticeship among the Songhay of Niger. Chicago : University of Chicago Press, (1987). ISBN|0-226-77542-9 p.56 De Kurtey san be one of de six Nigerian ethnic groups wey historically dem carry out female circumcision.Niger: Legal Ban On Female Circumcision Widely Ignored. UN Integrated Regional Information Networks, 6 February 2004. According to this UN report, these groups are the Fula people (Peul or Peulh; Fulɓe), Gourmantche, Zarma people-Songhai people, Kurtey, Wogo people den Diffa Arabs. Kurtey traditionally dey engage for sedentary cattle raising insyd— legacy of dema Fula ancestry—as well as fishing (lyk Sorko people), tobacco farming, den riverine flood irrigated millet den rice farming.
Relations plus odas
For de 19th century insyd, chaw Muslim Kurtey engage for slave raiding insyd amongst pagan Zarma along de Niger,Jean-Pierre Olivier de Sardan.  Remarques sur la notion de «captif» (à propos des Wogo et Kurtey du Niger). Journal de la Société des Africanistes. (1970) Volume 40, Issue 40-2, pp. 171-174 wey dem earn de Zarma nickname "Thieves of Men".Jean Pierre Olivier de Sardan. Les voleurs d’hommes (notes sur l’histoire des Kurtey). Etudes Nigériennes no. 25. IFAN-CNRSH: Paris-Niamey (1969) While historically bitter rivals of de Wogo people wey settle for de same area from de middle Niger beginning 1800, de two ethnic groups come turn closely related, dem settle for de same areas, dem dey speak similar dialects, wey dem dey share similar ways of life. Both be Muslims before dem migrate come de area, dem dey enjoy close relations plus de Fula Emirate of Say.
 References 

 You fi read further 

 Jean-Pierre, Olivier de Sardan (1984). Les Societes Songhay-Zarma, Niger-Mali: Chefs, Guerriers, Esclaves, Paysans--. Paris: Editions Karthala. ISBN 978-2-86537-106-8.

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