West Africa
Mali
Pre-colonial
Songhay oral tradition
Oral Epic
Griotic accounts of Askia Mohammed Ture, ruler of the Songhay Empire, remembered for imperial consolidation, Islamic learning, trade, pilgrimage, and statecraft.
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Anchors Songhay political memory and West African traditions of kingship, scholarship, and empire.
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editorial-summarynot primary textGriotic accounts of Askia Mohammed Ture, ruler of the Songhay Empire, remembered for imperial consolidation, Islamic learning, trade, pilgrimage, and statecraft. Anchors Songhay political memory and West African traditions of kingship, scholarship, and empire.
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