Askia Mohammed is the most famous leader in the history of the
Songhay Empire, which reached its apogee during his reign in
1493-1528. Songhay, approximately halfway between the present-day
cities of Timbuktu in Mali and Niamey in Niger, became a political
force beginning in 1463, under the leadership of Sonni Ali Ber. By
the time of his death in 1492, the foundation had been laid for the
development under Askia Mohammed of a complex system of
administration, a well-equipped army and navy, and a network of
large government-owned farms. The present rendition of the epic was
narrated by the griot (or jesere) Nouhou Malio over two evenings in
Saga, a small town on the Niger River, two miles downstream from
Niamey. The text is a word-for-word translation from Nouhou Malio s
oral performance."
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