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Aisha asked in Arts & HumanitiesGenealogy · 10 years ago

Are the songhai of mali mixed with arab ancestry?

The songhai are a genetic makeup of which people? Pure african, or african and arab?

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  • 10 years ago
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    Songhai and empires like it mingled with the Arabs. This was also a Islamic empire so they had that Arab influence. It was also the biggest empire in Africa to date and the empire in square miles was bigger than Europe.

    Source(s): national geographic and Britannica encyclopedia
  • 10 years ago

    Yeah I believe so

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