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315:), but found that after the military conquest of his enemies in 1898, the French forces were stationed in Dosso, where they would stay for the next 60 years. Attikou had delegated the negotiations to his prince Awta, and this future Zarmakoy hitched his star to French power. Despite tensions, the French found one of their few allies in the region, and this alliance of necessity came to benefit Dosso as much as it hurt them. With French aid, Zarmakoy Awta (r.1902-13) retained all of what is the modern 364:
leading role in Nigerien politics at the time of independence. Zarmakoy Seydou was a founder of the PPN, and later the UNIS parties, and was Vice-President and Minister of Justice from December 1958-October 1959. Today the Dosso aristocracy continue to hold influential positions throughout Nigerien government, with a majority of post independence leaders having been drawn from the Djerma.
335:) who were promoted by the French over traditional rulers, and thus were entirely dependent upon the French. At Dosso, the French allowed the Zarmakoy to not only retain but expand his territory and to choose his own successors, keeping continuity with the pre-colonial state, and standing above his own 363:
without a growing political class. The Zarmakoy of Dosso, as patron of the Djerma region, became a powerful political king maker for the coming order. Political parties vied for the support of the Zarmakoy and the powerful Hausa leaders in the east and the then Zarmakoy, Issoufou Seydou, played a
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Decalo (1979), p.95: "Most of the population of the town claims chiefly descent and hence is 'forbidden' to work or pay taxes, or to engage in commerce, living off the generosity of the Djermakoy who receives a variety of gifts from his commoner
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It was these Hausa states who largely resisted the Sokoto Caliphate in its conquest of more southern Hausa cities. For the period of colonial contact, see: Finn Fuglestad. A History of Niger: 1850-1960. Cambridge University Press (1983)
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from the southeast, as well as other ethnic groups in the area. While Djermakoy Aboubacar founded the Dosso state from his own Taguru clan around 1750, it remained a small collection of villages in the
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Paul E. Lovejoy and J. S. Hogendorn. Revolutionary Mahdism and Resistance to Colonial Rule in the Sokoto Caliphate, 1905-6. The Journal of African History, Vol. 31, No. 2 (1990), pp. 217-244.
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also retains an important place, with a large population of aristocratic class Djerma who rely on the patronage of the Zarmakoy, as the more traditional ruling class reject modern careers.
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at the local level. The French so depended upon the Zarmakoy of Dosso, that in 1923 they moved the capital of the then Military Territory of Niger from
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Kimba Idrissa, Les populations du "Niger" occidental au XIXe siecle et leurs reactions face a la colonisation (1896-1906). Paris (1981).
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French colonial forces first entered the area in the 1890s and found Dosso allied with local Fula communities and small states like
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in the Dosso region in 1906. The Zarmakoy of Dosso was integrated into the French Colonial system through a type of
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states to the east (in what is now southern Niger), and still struggling to retake the territory it held in 1865.
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Christopher Wise. Yambo Ouologuem: Postcolonial Writer, Islamic Militant. Lynne Rienner Publishers (1999)
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Zarmakoy Attikou (r.1897-1902) took the military help offered by the French forces based in
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Law, Power and Politics in Niger: Land Struggles and the Rural Code in Niger
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As independence approached in the 1950s, Niger was one of the few areas of
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valley, the Fakara plateau and Zigui in what is now Southwest Niger near
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Much of this article was translated from French language Knowledge's
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Dosso: Accueil populaire réservé au Sultan Maïdanda Saidou Djermakoye
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Adapted Farming in West Africa: Issues, Potentials and Perspectives
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people of Niger are believed to have migrated from what is now the
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valley until the 1820s, when it led much of the resistance to the
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which has survived in a ceremonial role to the modern day.
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1856–1865; Zarmakoy Kassam/Kossom Baboukabiya
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to a village in Dosso territory which was to become
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Index

Dosso kingdom
Dosso
Zarma
Islam
Late Modern Period
French Niger
Niger
Djerma
Fula
Lac Debo
Mali
Songhai Empire
Niger River
Niamey
Djermakoy
Tuareg
Fula
Dallol Bosso
Sokoto Caliphate
Gando
Islam
Tibbo
Beri
Gafiadey
Bankadey
Tombokware
Kebbi
Dendi
Gourounsi
Burkina Faso

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