BY ALEX BLAKE AND ABBI GERMAINE

IN NORTH-WEST NIGERIA BUT MOVED UP TO WEST SUDAN

1375-1591 A.D.

THE SORKO, DJERMA AND MANDE'

THE LARGEST EMPIRE FOR AFRICA EVER, AT LARGEST TIME HAD AN ARMY OF 35,000

MORGAN FREEMAN IS A DESCENDENT OF THE SONGHAI, RAISED HORSES AND WRESTLED

IN FAMILIES BROTHERS LIVE WITH THEIR FATHER, MOTHERS, WIVES AND CHILDREN

BEGAN WHEN THE KING TOOK OVER THE MALI EMPIRE AND LIVED ON THE NIGER RIVER

GOLD AND SALT MINES ATTRACTED INVADERS AND WAS DESTROYED