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The Last Songhai Kings: Exile in Dendi
After the Battle of Tondibi in 1591, the Songhai Empire didn't end—it moved. This episode follows Askia Ishaq II's flight east to the Dendi region, where his successors, including Askia Nuh, kept resistance alive against the Saadian occupation for decades. We explore the guerilla warfare they waged from the Niger River's eastern banks, the collapse of Timbuktu's scholarly world, and the slow transformation of Songhai identity under Moroccan rule. Drawing on the Tarikh al-Sudan, we piece together how a fragmented empire held onto its past while facing an enemy with…
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