Songhai+Movement

Communication:
-The Songhai Society was one in which the man controlled both the marriage and the market place. Women and children formed another group of community. -Leaders are responsible for the well-being of their villagers. -Leaders or chief **always** comes from same familly or nobels. -Nobels are chosen from Asika Mohammed troure, king of the Songhai Empires during its greatest period from 1493 to 1527. -A new person who came to the village needed to: 1.Look for the chief (leader of the village) 2.Get a permission to live there. -Most people were friendly and welcoming a new person, but it took couple of time to make friend.

**Traveling:**
-Songhai People had settled long along the middle region of the Niger River. They used the river to transporting, fishing, hunting, and agriculture. -They used ship to travel around the world. -Niger river was also used for traveling and they used a boat.

**Transferring goods:**
-Songhai controlled an important trade routes that made the empire the richest in the west Africa. -Fishing was very important for the: ・Nutrition ・Trading -In Niamey and other larger cities, there were formal process through the mayors office for purchasing and selling land. //The picture below is the city of Niamey today.//

Picture from: http://www.interet-general.info/IMG/niamey-2-2.jpg -People in Songhai traded: //-Fish// //-Gold// //-Slaves// //-Kola nuts// -//They traded// West African Products //for:// //-Salt// //-Clothes// //-Cowries// //-Horses//

**Visit these pages for more Songhai infomations!**
-Songhai Location -The Environment of Songhai -The Regions of Songhai -Songhai's People -The Physical of Songhai For the sources, visit this page: Citation's of the Songhai Kingdom