Sarraounia

For the film, see Sarraounia (film).
Sarraounia Mangou
OccupationsChief, Priestess
Known forResistance against the Voulet–Chanoine Mission
TitleSarraounia (Queen) of Lougou

Sarraounia Mangou was a chief/priestess of the animist Azna subgroup of the Hausa, who fought French colonial troops of the Voulet–Chanoine Mission at the Battle of Lougou (in present-day Niger) in 1899.

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