| − | '''Songhai''' is the name for a people, language, kingdom, and empire in western [[Sudan]] in [[West Africa]]. At the height of the [[Muslim]] Empire's power in the sixteenth century, it stretched from the [[Atlantic Ocean]] to the land of the [[Hausa]] and was a major player in trans-Saharan trade. | + | '''Songhai''' is the name for a people, language, kingdom, and empire in western Soudan in [[West Africa]]. At the height of the [[Muslim]] Empire's power in the sixteenth century, it stretched from the [[Atlantic Ocean]] to the land of the [[Hausa]] and was a major player in trans-Saharan trade. |