A Super Quick History of Niger
Regarding the pronunciation of Niger, in my understanding the traditional English pronunciation was and is ˈnaɪdʒər (Nigh-Jer). That’s just how we say it. It is, however, increasingly being pronounced niːˈʒɛər (Ni-Zhair) which is the French pronunciation. Since the latter has increased in popularity, the former is sometimes regarded as ‘wrong’, when it is nothing of the sort. It is simply the English rendering of the word, just as we say ‘Rome’ not ‘Roma’ and ‘Spain’ not España and ‘Munich’ not ‘München’.
Pictures Requiring Attribution:
Hel-hama: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Map_of_River_Niger.svg
FundacionArellanoAlonso: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Bast%C3%B3n_de_mando_de_piedra._Cultura_Bura._N%C3%ADger._Cronolog%C3%ADa_sin_determinar.jpg
Wizkid49: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Hausa_Fulani_Ei_Mubarak_Ceremony.jpg
AbdurRahman AbdulMoneim: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Sokoto_Sultanate_(cropped).png
Carport: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Niger_location_map.svg
Ajocom: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Champ_d%27arachide_en_Casamance.JPG
Dutch National Archives, The Hague, Fotocollectie Algemeen Nederlands Persbureau (ANeFo), 1945-1989, bekijk toegang 2.24.01.05, Bestanddeelnummer 921-7430: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Hamani_Diori_1968b.jpg
Institute of Ethnology and Cultural Anthropology, Adam Mickiewicz University: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Scena_uliczna_-_Agades_-_001178s.jpg ; https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Scena_uliczna_-_Agades_-_001183s.jpg ;
NigerTZai: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Niger,_Niamey,_Palais_du_29_Juillet.jpg
Barke11: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Vue_de_la_grande_mosqu%C3%A9e_de_Niamey_03.jpg ; https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Coucher_du_Soleil_sur_le_fleuve_Niger_%C3%A0_Niamey_02.jpg
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