7. The Songhai Empire - Africa's Age of Gold
Fall of Civilizations Podcast
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Suni Ali's Death Is a Divine Intervention
Suni ali died innovember 14 92. How exactly this happened is a mystery. In the timbukto chronicle, tarihil fatash, his death is a divine intervention. He gets struck down by god as a punishment for abusing a holy man. This explanation should immediately give us some cause for suspicion. And it's worth mentioning that if historians are correct, the village of kuna was found within the mountainous territory of songhai. Perhaps after himself being sentenced to death by suni Ali times, askia mohammed finally did what his opponent didn't have the courage to do and gave order to end his life.
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