The wealth and power of Songhay can be traced back to the Sorko fishermen who were skilled canoeists, living along the Niger, south east of Gao. By the 9th century they were part of a state known as ...

AD 500-1585 West African kingdoms -- AD 500-700 The Soninke -- AD 700 The salt-gold trade -- AD 700-1000 The land of gold -- AD 1050-1076 The Almoravids arrive in Ghana -- AD 1076-1203 The fall of ...

The Ghana Empire -- The Mali Empire -- The Songhay Empire -- The Soninke people of the Ghana Empire -- The Mande people of the Mali Empire -- The XXX people of the Songhay Empire siris_sil_791357 ...

Amadou Ba, historien et chargé de cours à l’Université de Nipissing.PHOTO: Amadou Ba À quoi ressemblait le continent africain à l’époque des grands empires, avant l’arrivée des Européens? L’historien ...

Il était le dernier dans la région songhay-zarma à avoir suivi l’enseignement des griots dans son ensemble, des généalogies aux épopées. Djibo Badjé dit « Djéliba » est mort mardi à l’âge de 80 ans. L ...

"Zankey ga gana albeeri fonda." "Children will follow the path of the elders." —Songhay saying Several years ago at an African Studies conference, a tall gentleman approached me at the end of my ...