where is songhai empire today
This was the greatest empire in Africa - outside Egypt (Kemet), Nubia (Sudan), Cush (Ethiopia), and arguably The Great Zimbabwe IMO. The Songhai Empire, also known as the Songhay Empire, was a state located in western Africa. From the early 15th to the late 16th century, Songhai was one of the largest Islamic empires in history.[3] This empire bore the same name as its leading ethnic group, the Songhai. Its capital was the city of Gao, where a Songhai state had existed since the 11th century.