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The Epic of Askia Mohammed

Songhay oral tradition
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Region

West Africa

Mali

Era

Pre-colonial

Language

Songhay oral tradition

Genre

Oral Epic

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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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Griotic 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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