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Songhai
Book article from: World Encyclopedia
Songhai West African empire, founded c. ad 700. In 1468, Sonni...the market city of Timbuktu , and the Songhai Empire acquired control of most of...because of factional in-fighting. The Songhai peoples still control much of the trans...
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Timbuktu
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...cent., when it was part of the Mali empire (see History under Mali ), it had...famous for its gold trade. Under the Songhai empire (15th and 16th cent.) the city...many manuscripts from the Mali and Songhai empires.
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Malians
Encyclopedia entry from: Junior Worldmark Encyclopedia of World Cultures
...Senufo, Soninke (or Sarakolle), Songhai (or Sonrai), Tuareg (or Tamacheq...explorers arrived in 1795, the Malinke and Songhai empires developed and flourished in the region...another. As the founder of an ancient empire, Sunjata Keita (c.1200–...
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Niger
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...type). The Hausa, Kanuri, and Songhai are mainly sedentary farmers...and central Niger came under the Songhai empire (centered at Gao on the Niger...Mali), and after the fall of Songhai at the end of the 16th cent. E...
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Burkina Faso
Book article from: World Encyclopedia
...powerful Ouagadougou kingdom. These semi-autonomous states fiercely resisted domination by the larger Mali and Songhai Empires. In the 1890s, as part of the ‘scramble for Africa’, France gained control of the region...
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Mali
Book article from: World Encyclopedia
...Soninke 9%, Tuareg 7%, Songhai 7%, Malinke (Mandingo or...many of Africa's historic empires. From the 4th to the 11th...part of the ancient Ghana Empire. The medieval Empire of Mali was one of the world...trans-Saharan trade. The Songhai Empire dominated the region...
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Senegal
Book article from: World Encyclopedia
...century, Senegal formed part of the Empire of ancient Ghana. Between the...In the 14th century, the Mali Empire conquered Tekrur. In the early...the Wolof established the Jolof Empire. The Songhai Empire began to dominate the region...
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Guinea
Book article from: World Encyclopedia
...and Politics The ne Guinea plains formed part of the medieval Empire of Ghana. The Malinke formed the Mali Empire, which dominated the region in the 12th century. The Songhai Empire supplanted the Malinke in the 15th century. Portuguese explorers...
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Agadez
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...caravan routes linking Egypt and Libya with the Lake Chad area. Agadez was held by the Mali empire during part of the 14th cent., captured by the Songhai empire in 1515, and controlled by Bornu in the 17th cent. It remained a trade center until...
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Sierra Leonean Americans
Encyclopedia entry from: Gale Encyclopedia of Multicultural America
...the Limba and the Capez, or Sape. As the Mandingo Empire fell under the assault of the Berbers, refugees, including...They moved south from Guinea after the breakup of the Songhai empire. Led by Bai Farama, the Temnes attacked the Susus...
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