Everyday in an Early West African Empire
Author: Robin Walker | Siaf Miller | Saran Keita
Publisher: Jacinth Martin Siven Publishing
ISBN: 9780957626300
£20.00
Book Description
Five centuries ago, a great super-state flourished in West Africa. Known as the Songhai Empire, it was one of the largest imperial systems in the sixteenth century. It was nearly the same size as all the European states combined and had 50 million people – more than that of Black America today. There were 400 cities, and the Niger Delta region alone boasted 300 Mosques. Thus, a level of urbanism existed hardly seen anywhere else before the nineteenth century.
