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A history of Songo The history of Songo is the history of the families inhabiting it, rather than the history of a place. Oral traditions report the successive arrivals of the five families living in Songo today: the Yanogué, Karembé, Guindo, Dégoga and Seyba. The order of their arrival is said to form the basis of the social organisation of the present village. The following account presents aspects of family histories as narrated by four elders of the Yanogué, Dégoga, Karembé and Guindo families, respectively: In some respects the accounts of these four individuals are similar, but in others they differ from each other, or even give contradictory information. While individually they elaborate on different aspects of the family histories, taken together, they form a history of the village and its people. | |
