Factors that Led to the Fall of the Ancient Songhai Empire: Internal Factors

Week 9

TOPIC: Factors that Led to the Fall of the Ancient Songhai Empire: Internal Factors

The ancient Songhai Empire grew to become a powerful and influential kingdom which attracted other empires of the world, such as Morocco and the British Empire. Both the British and Moroccans planned to seize Songhai, and they succeeded. The empire fell beyond recovery in the 16th century due to the Moroccans' attack and a lot of other factors, such as:

(i) Bad leadership: Many of the rulers who later controlled the empire failed to meet the expectations of the people. Some rulers were war and blood thirsty, such as Askiya Musa, Askiya Bonkana, Askiya Muhammad Bani, etc. They took extreme measures to protect their…