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Songhai's Sonni Ali: The Lion of the Sahel
In this episode of Fexingo History, Lucas and Luna explore the reign of Sonni Ali, the founder of the Songhai Empire. Known as 'Sonni Ali the Great' in some sources and a tyrant in others, he transformed a small kingdom along the Niger River into a vast empire in the late 15th century. We delve into his military campaigns against the Mossi and Fulani, his controversial religious policies, and his relationship with the scholarly elite of Timbuktu. We examine the accounts of the Tarikh al-Sudan and the Tarikh al-Fattash, which paint contrasting pictures of this enigmatic figure…
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