Sarraounia
Sign in to saveSarraounia Mangou was a chief/priestess of the animist Azna subgroup of the Hausa, who fought French colonial troops of the Voulet–Chanoine Mission at the Battle of Lougou (in present-day Niger) in 1899.
Key facts
- Person.name
- Sarraounia Mangou
- Person.occupation
- Chief, Priestess
- Person.title
- Sarraounia (Queen) of Lougou
- Person.known_for
- Resistance against the Voulet–Chanoine Mission
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- noble title
- Subclass of
- traditional leader or chief
- Gender
- female
- Country
- Niger
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Sarraounia Mangou was a chief/priestess of the animist Azna subgroup of the Hausa, who fought French colonial troops of the Voulet–Chanoine Mission at the Battle of Lougou (in present-day Niger) in 1899.
== Biography == Sarraounia means queen or female chief in the Hausa language. To the predominantly animist Azna people of Lougou and surrounding Hausa towns and villages, the term refers to a lineage of female rulers who exercised both political and religious power.
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