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The Year Songhai Vanished: 1591 and the Fall of an Empire
In 1591, the Songhai Empire, the largest in West African history, fell not to a rival African kingdom but to a small Moroccan invasion force armed with guns and ambition. This episode of Fexingo History tells the story of that cataclysmic year: the Battle of Tondibi, where Songhai's cavalry and infantry charged into gunfire for the first time; the ensuing scramble for power among Askia Ishaq II, his brother Muhammad Gao, and the Saadian governor Judar Pasha; and the final, tragic collapse at the Battle of Bamba. We explore how a single year erased centuries of empire, scattering its…
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