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Songhai

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Song·hai also Song·hay  (sôngh, sng-g)
An ancient empire of western Africa in present-day Mali. It was founded c. 700 by Berbers and reached the height of its power around 1500.
Songhai [sɒŋˈgaɪ]
n
1. (Social Science / Peoples) pl -ghai, -ghais a member of a Nilotic people of W Africa, living chiefly in Mali and Niger in the central Niger valley
2. (Linguistics / Languages) the language or group of dialects spoken by this people, now generally regarded as forming a branch of the Nilo-Saharan family
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Noun1.Songhai - a Nilo-Saharan language spoken by the Songhai in Mali and Niger
Nilo-Saharan, Nilo-Saharan language - a family of East African languages spoken by Nilotic peoples from the Sahara south to Kenya and Tanzania
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In addition, there are two excellent documentaries on ancient African civilisations (Egypt, Nubia, Kush, Axum, Songhai, Mali, Ghana, Zimbabwe etc.
Culture and social environment in the pre-colonial era by Mzamane, Mbulelo Vizikhungo / Tydskrif vir Letterkunde
The meeting brought together representatives from the Tuareg, Arab and Songhai communities of the northwest African country's three regoins.
North Mali rivals meet to back anti-Qaeda fight by AFP / AFP Global Edition
Rice became a dietary staple of the great empires of Ghana, Mall, and Songhai during the eleventh to sixteenth centuries AD.
Grass Roots: African Origins of an American Art by Schildkrout, Enid; Rosengarten, Dale; Rosengarten, Theodore / African Arts
 
 
 
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