The Somono are an ethnic group in Mali. It is made up of a few tens of thousands of fishermen living around the Niger River. [1] They are related to the Bambara people and share most of their customs.
The Somono are an ethnic group in Mali. It is made up of a few tens of thousands of fishermen living around the Niger River. [1] They are related to the Bambara people and share most of their customs.
Biton Coulibaly entrusted them with a war fleet to expand his kingdom in the 18th century.
They were conquered by the Toucouleurs of Omar Saidou Tall in the 19th century.
In principle, they extended from Bamako to Dioro, but some settled in Conakry at the beginning of the 20th century.
Their language, of the same name, is a dialect of bambara.
The Somono share most of the customs of the Bambaras.
The Somono are highly skilled in pottery and canoe construction, and also traditionally master ironwork, which makes them indispensable to the Bozos.
The Somono contributed to the introduction of the drift net technique in Casamance.
The Somono adopted the Islamic traditions following their conquest by the Toucouleurs of Omar Saidou Tall.
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