Songhai people

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West African people ethnic group

The Songhai people are a major West African ethnic group historically centered along the Niger River, renowned for founding the powerful Songhai Empire with its capitals at Gao and Timbuktu.

Aliases (3)

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	West African people → ethnic group →
continent	Africa →
country	Benin NERFINISHED → Burkina Faso NERFINISHED → Niger → Nigeria →
culturalPractice	Islamic scholarship → griot storytelling → oral tradition → praise poetry →
ethnonymVariant	Songhay people →
exportedGoods	gold → kolanuts → salt → slaves →
founded	Songhai Empire →
historicalCapital	Gao → Timbuktu →
historicalCenter	Niger River →
historicalEra	medieval period →
historicalReligion	Islam → indigenous beliefs →
importedGoods	books → horses → textiles →
language	Songhai languages →
languageFamily	Nilo-Saharan languages →
musicTradition	use of drums → use of stringed instruments →
neighboringPeople	Fulani people → Hausa people → Tuareg people → Zarma people →
notableState	Songhai Empire →
politicalSystem	centralized monarchy →
primaryCountry	Mali →
region	West Africa →
religion	Sunni Islam → traditional African religions →
socialStructure	hierarchical →
tradeNetwork	trans-Saharan trade →
traditionalOccupation	agriculture → fishing → long-distance commerce → riverine trade →
urbanCenter	Gao → Niamey region → Timbuktu →

Referenced by (8)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Gao Region ("Songhai") → Mali ("Songhai") → Songhay languages →	ethnicGroup
Songhai Empire →	ethnicBase
Timbuktu Region ("Songhai") →	ethnicGroups
Songhai people ("Songhay people") →	ethnonymVariant
West Africa →	hasEthnicGroup
Songhai people ("Zarma people") →	neighboringPeople