Timbuktu's downfall came when one of its conquerors ... picnics on the sand dunes ringing the city and driving to the Niger River to watch the hippos gather in the shallows. Tears welled in ...
The 15th century also saw the rise of the Songhai Empire and their Warrior King, Sonni Ali, descended from the fishing tribes of the Niger River. He captured Timbuktu and the other cities along ...
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Great Explorers: Alexander Gordon LaingHe was the first European to track the Rokel River (Sierra Leone’s ... another mission to the source of the Niger. And if ...
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