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migration of 39 Touré, Samouri (founder of Maninka W
religion and beliefs 89 Empire) 126–127 Wagadu kingdom 23, 24, 25–29, 77, 81
trade and commerce 29–30 Touré, Sekou (president of Guinea) wago 27
sorcerers 42–43, 68, 89, 115, 116, 129–130, 131 Walata 39, 51, 63–64, 65, 82
140g tourism 48, 50, 134–137 Wali 44
Sorko peoples 59, 62, 112, 114–115 trade and commerce 29–32, 33, 48, warfare 17, 44, 64–65, 73. See also
Spain 14–15, 35, 74, 77, 78 112, 138c, 139g. See also under weaponry
spirits. See genies and spirits specific country, region, peoples colonization and 125
Stone Age 130 or commodity tactics and strategies 64, 74, 140g
sub-Saharan 9, 140g control for early routes of 15–16, 19, 51 Warraq, Muhammad ibn Yusuf, al- 77
Sudan 10, 15, 29, 63, 69, 72 warfare and 64 water supply 30, 47, 73, 136
Suez 47 transportation 20, 65, 114–115 waterways 64, 65, 114–115
Sulayman (mansa) 52–53, 54, 55, 93, 94, animals and 10, 30, 31, 138c Wati 44
99–100, 138c military campaigns and 62, 65, 117 weaponry 10, 86, 89
Sulayman Dama (sii) 57, 61, 62, 138c Niger River and 12, 13 clothing 70
sultans 47, 122 Traoré, Moussa (president of Mali) early 23
Sumanguru Kanté. See Kanté, 131–132 firearms 73, 74, 126, 127
Sumanguru Traoré, Rokia (musician) 102 hunting 78
sumbala 134 Traoré family 104, 105 West Africa 23, 129. See also specific
Sundiata. See Keita, Sunjata treaties 125, 132 country or empire
Sunjata. See Keita, Sunjata trees 114 Western Sahara 19, 35
Sunjata Epic 17, 42–44, 94 acacia 80–81, 82 Western Sudan 10, 12, 39, 77, 78–80
Sunni Ali. See Ali Beeri, Sii baobab 78–80, 106, 133 French conquest of 125–127
Susu kingdom 41–42, 44 caïlcédrat 59 housing 49
Susu peoples 17, 138c genies and 106 peoples of 59–60
Syria 73 kola nuts 29, 91, 108, 115 Sulayman and 52–53, 54
sacred groves 87–88 trade and commerce 112
T tribes, usage of the word 19. See also women 48, 77, 100, 134
Tadmakka 72 ethnic groups; peoples as chieftains 28
Taghaza 61, 69, 71, 120–123 tribute 51, 66, 73, 140g as concubines 66, 113, 139g
Takadda 55 Tripoli 31 as jelimusos 100
takura 134 “truth-telling ritual” 86 music 102
Taoudenni 7, 61 trypanosomiasis. See sleeping sickness as potters 95
tariffs 84–85 tsetse flies 10, 54 slavery and 104
Tarikh al-fattash (Ibn al-Mukhtar) 72 Tuareg peoples 63, 66. See also Sanhaja as spiritual leaders 108
Tarikh al-Sudan (al-Sadi) 69, 72, 118 peoples working in goldfields 43, 127
taxation 71, 84–85, 121, 122 culture 19, 60, 112 World Health Organization (WHO) 54
technology. See science and technology revolt of 132 World Heritage List of Endangered
Tegdasoust 82. See also Awdaghust warfare 55, 69, 73, 74, 128 Places 48
textiles 84, 140g Tukalor Empire 126, 127 World War II 122
Timbuktu 7, 12, 90, 116 Tunisia 7 writing. See language and writing
business and industry 61, 68 tunka 77 Wuld Kirinfil 71
French conquest of 127, 138c Tunka Manin (king) 77–78, 84, 85
French exploration of 48, 62–63 tunkara 117 Y
looting of 126 tyrants 55, 140g Yahya ibn Ibrahim (Sanhaja chief) 35–36,
Mali Empire and 43, 47, 49, 57 138c
military 116–119 U Yaqubi, Ahmad al- (historian) 15, 30,
Moroccan conquest of 71–74 Umar (Lamtuna chief) 38 85
religion and beliefs 115 Umari, al- 32, 44, 45 Yaqut al-Hamawi (geographer) 31
Songhay Empire and 60–61, 63–64, Umar Komadiakha 67, 118 Yasin, Abdallah ibn. See Abdallah ibn
69–71 Umar Tal (scholar) 126 Yasin
tourism 48, 136 UNESCO 48, 59 Yatenga 65
Tindirma 118 United States 132, 136
tombstones 13–14, 59–60, 82, 88 African music 102, 122 Z
Tony Lama (store) 50 Berlin Conference 125, 138c za beri wandu 116. See also Ali Beeri
Touré, Ali Farka (musician) 122 cowries found 34 Zanata peoples 19, 33, 35, 38
Touré, Almami Samori (resistance leader) ivory and 50 Zebu 10
129 kola nuts 29 Zimbabwe 50
Touré, Amadou Toumani (president of modern views of Africa 134–135 zoologists 28
Mali) 132, 133 universities 131, 132 zuwa 60
Touré, Muhammad (askia) 65–69, 83, Upper Niger River 125–127 Zuwa Alayman 60
111, 113, 117, 120, 138c urban design 80–82, 83, 112 Zuwa dynasty 60

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