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People: Pedro Fernández de Castro
Location: Ewloe Flintshire United Kingdom

The Songhai had been the dominant force …

Years: 1590 - 1590
October

The Songhai had been the dominant force in West Africa for more than a century, controlling the Western Sudan from the headwaters of the Senegal River to what is now Niger and Nigeria.

A rivalry for succession after the 1583 death of Askia Daoud has left the Empire in a weakened state, however.