7. The Songhai Empire - Africa's Age of Gold
Fall of Civilizations Podcast
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The Bandiagara Escarpment
By any standards, askia mohammed had no legitimate claim to the throne. He was a nobleman and a warlord who held a position in the songhai empire known as the tondi fari, the lord of the mountains. In fact, over the remaining 24 years of his reign, ali embark on no fewer than five purges of the city. People must have begun to cry out for some alternative to this tyrannical king. And if the chronicles are be believed, that alternative was already gathering power.
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