Historical Figure

Ahmad Baba

Berber writer (1556–1627)

About Ahmad Baba

Aḥmad Bābā al-Timbuktī, was a Sanhaja Berber writer, scholar, and political provocateur in the area then known as the Western Sudan. He was a prolific author and wrote more than 40 books.Wikipedia ↗

Associated Events

Kingdom1464 CE – 1591 CE

Kingdom of Songhai

The Songhai Empire succeeded Mali as the largest empire in West African history, controlling trans-Saharan trade routes and making Timbuktu's Sankore University a renowned center of Islamic scholarship.