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Songhai Before the Askias: The Dia and Sunni Dynasties
In this episode, Lucas and Luna travel back to the origins of the Songhai people, long before the great Askia Muhammad. They explore the little-known Dia dynasty, which ruled from the ancient city of Kukiya along the Niger River, and its gradual conversion to Islam through trade with North Africa. Then they trace the rise of the Sunni dynasty, culminating in the powerful and controversial Sonni Ali—the warrior-king who expanded Songhai into a regional force, clashed with the Tuareg and the Moors, and laid the groundwork for the empire that the Askias would inherit. Drawing on the Tarikh…
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