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Oral Epic

Explore Oral Epic works from across the pan-African world

The Epic of Askia Mohammed
1500
Songhay oral tradition

Griotic accounts of Askia Mohammed Ture, ruler of the Songhay Empire, remembered for imperial consolidation, Islamic learning, trade, pilgrimage, and statecraft.

West AfricaPre-colonial