1583–1663
Biography · Leadership
Sunni Ali
d. 1492
Mali / Songhai (West Africa)
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Biography
Sunni Ali expanded Songhai through decades of military campaigns, capturing Timbuktu and Djenné and laying the foundation for one of West Africa's greatest empires.
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c. 1280–c. 1337
c. 1217–c. 1255