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Askia Mohammed is the most famous leader in the history of the SonghayEmpire, which reached its apogee during his reign in 1493-1528. Songhay, approximately halfway between the present-day cities of Timbuktu in Mali and Niameyin Niger, became a political force beginning in 1463, under the leadership of SonniAli Ber. By the time of his death in 1492, the foundation had been laid for thedevelopment under Askia Mohammed of a complex system of adm...

Thomas A. Hale is Liberal Arts Professor of African, French, and Comparative Literature at Pennsylvania State University. He is author of Griots and Griottes (IUP, 2007) and editor (with Aissata G. Sidikou) of Women's Voices from West Africa: An Anthology of Songs from the Sahel (IUP, 2012).Aissata G. Sidikou is Assistant Professor of French at the United States Naval Academy. She is author of Recreating Words, Reshaping Worlds: The Verbal Art...

Griots, a uniquely African profession, fulfill a variety of roles asgenealogists, historians, spokespersons, diplomats, musicians, teachers, praisesingers, and advisors. Telling the story of these remarkable wordsmiths andperformers, Thomas A. Hale addresses the nature of their verbal and musical art, therole of female griots, or griottes, how griots and griottes fit into theirsocieties, and what their future might be in Africa and the rest of...