Niani may refer to:
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Niani District
Niani District is one of the ten districts of the Central River Division of the Gambia
The Gambia, officially the Republic of The Gambia, is a country in West Africa. Geographically, The Gambia is the List of African countries by area, sma ...
, a district of the Central River Division of the Gambia
* The
Kingdom of Niani
Niani was a Mandinka kingdom located on the north bank of the Gambia River from approximately the 14th to the late 19th century in what is now The Gambia and Senegal.
History Founding
Oral histories relate that, during the 14th century, many me ...
, a pre-colonial kingdom which gave its name to the District
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Niani, Guinea
Niani is a village in Guinea. It is located in the Kankan Prefecture of the Kankan Region, in the east of the country. It lies on the left bank of the Sankarani River.
Geography
The village is situated in extreme eastern Guinea, on the west b ...
, a village in Guinea
* Niani, an alternative name of the
Mali Empire
The Mali Empire (Manding languages, Manding: ''Mandé''Ki-Zerbo, Joseph: ''UNESCO General History of Africa, Vol. IV, Abridged Edition: Africa from the Twelfth to the Sixteenth Century'', p. 57. University of California Press, 1997. or ''Manden ...
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