Present-day country
Niger
4 nations list Niger among their present-day countries.
Present-day countries are listed by ISO 3166 names. Many nations live across more than one.
4 nations
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Kel Tamasheq
Also known as Tuareg (exonym)
Lands the Sahara and Sahel: northern Mali and Niger, southern Algeria and Libya, and northern Burkina Faso
Imzad music, played by Kel Tamasheq (Tuareg) women on a one-string bowed instrument they craft from a gourd, has been on UNESCO's heritage list since 2013.
Source: UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage (opens in a new tab) Checked
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Mbororo
Also known as M'bororo
Lands Cameroon, Chad, Nigeria, the Central African Republic and Niger, often along borderland grazing routes
Hindou Oumarou Ibrahim, a Mbororo woman from Chad who founded the group AFPAT, chaired the UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues for its 2024 session.
Source: United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UNPFII) (opens in a new tab) Checked
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Toubou
Also known as Tebu
Lands the Tibesti plateau of northern Chad, southern Libya along the Chad border, and northern Niger
About 50,000 Toubou live in Libya along the border with Chad; the people's origins lie in the Tibesti plateau.
Source: IWGIA (International Work Group for Indigenous Affairs) (opens in a new tab) Checked
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Wodaabe
Also known as Woɗaaɓe
Lands the Sahel of Niger, with communities in Chad, northern Cameroon and north-east Nigeria
In 2008 thousands of Wodaabe herders attended the fourth General Assembly of the Woodaabe Pastoralists of Niger.
Source: Pastoralist Communication Initiative (opens in a new tab) Checked