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Sonni Baru: The Forgotten King Who Lost Songhai to Morocco
When the Saadian army of Ahmad al-Mansur marched across the Sahara in 1591, they faced not the legendary Askia Muhammad but his grandson Sonni Baru, a ruler history has nearly erased. This episode follows Sonni Baru's brief, tragic reign — from his coronation amid internal Songhai divisions to the fateful Battle of Tondibi, where Moroccan arquebuses and cannon shattered the empire's cavalry and riverine defenses. We explore Sonni Baru's desperate last stand, his flight to the Dendi region, and the guerrilla resistance that outlasted the empire itself. Drawing on the Tarikh…
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