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Title: | Rulers, Scholars, and Invaders: A Select Bibliography of the Songhay Empire |
Author: | Singleton, Brent |
Year: | 2004 |
Periodical: | History in Africa |
Volume: | 31 |
Pages: | 357-368 |
Language: | English |
Geographic term: | Mali |
Subjects: | Songhai polity bibliographies (form) Peoples of Africa (Ethnic Groups) History and Exploration Bibliography/Research |
External link: | https://www.jstor.org/stable/4128532 |
Abstract: | The Songhay Empire arose out of the remains of the Mali Empire under the rule of Sonni Ali, c. 1464. Yet it was the empire's second ruler, Askiya Muhammad, who initiated the century-long golden age of peace and stability, bringing Songhay to its zenith. This era was particularly fruitful for the cities of Gao, Timbuktu and Jenne, the empire's administrative, scholarly and trade centres respectively. By the later part of the 16th century fractious disarray among the descendants of Askiya Muhammad weakened the State, ultimately leading to the Moroccan invasion of 1591. This select bibliography on the Songhay Empire includes books, book chapters, journal articles and conference proceedings as well as a small number of unpublished dissertations, in English, French, Arabic, Spanish, Italian, German and Polish. Also included are several published primary resources. The material included was published between 1855 and 2000 - the bulk dating from the 1970s-1990s -, and is presented in the following sections: Primary materials; General history; Environs (Timbuktu, Gao and Jenne); Rulers; Askiya Muhammad; Sonni Ali; Foreign relations; Moroccan dispute and invasion; Trade and economics; Oral and written histories; Tarikh As-Sudan; Tarikh Al-Fattash; Society and culture; Architecture; Islam; Slavery; Scholars; Muhammad Baghayogho; Ahmad Baba; and Manuscripts. [ASC Leiden abstract] |