Songhai
Saharan trade power
Songhai refers to a West African empire that dominated the Niger River region from the 15th to 16th centuries, or to the people and languages associated with it.
The Songhai Empire, centered at Timbuktu and Gao, was one of the largest states in African history before its collapse in 1591.
Today Songhai identifies an ethnic group in Niger, Mali, and neighboring countries, as well as their Nilo-Saharan languages.
Malian city, byword for remoteness
- trans-SaharanAcross northern Africa's expanse
- goldElement seventy-nine
- saltSodium chloride compound
- tradeExchange of commodities
Niger River · Mali · Ghana · Islam · manuscripts · scholarship · mosque · caravan
Saharan Berber ethnic group
- FulaniWest African ethnic group
- BerberNorth African ethnic group
- griotsHereditary oral historians
- chiefsTop-ranking leaders
elders · farmers · fishermen · traders · clans · lineage · kinship · diaspora
Relating to pitch
- dialectsRegional language variations
- speakersAudio output devices
- NigerWest African republic
- MaliWest African country
Benin · oral · grammar · vocabulary · phrases · greetings · proverbs · loanwords
Hereditary oral historians
- koraAfrican bridge-harp with twenty-one strings
- oral traditionCulture passed by speech
- proverbsTraditional wisdom capsules
- folktalesTraditional oral narratives
animism · spirits · sorcery · divination · ceremonies · dance · drumming · praise songs
Timbuktu
Malian city, byword for remoteness
- trans-SaharanAcross northern Africa's expanse
- goldElement seventy-nine
- saltSodium chloride compound
trade · Niger River · Mali · Ghana · Islam · manuscripts · scholarship · mosque · caravan · cavalry
Tuareg
Saharan Berber ethnic group
chiefs · elders · farmers · fishermen · traders · clans · lineage · kinship · diaspora · Niger
tonal
Relating to pitch
Mali · Benin · oral · grammar · vocabulary · phrases · greetings · proverbs · loanwords · endangered
griots
Hereditary oral historians
- koraAfrican bridge-harp with twenty-one strings
- oral traditionCulture passed by speech
- proverbsTraditional wisdom capsules
folktales · animism · spirits · sorcery · divination · ceremonies · dance · drumming · praise songs · henna
SonghaiSundiata Keita