Hierarchy classification:

1. top of the aat hierarchies
2. Styles and Periods Facet
3. Styles and Periods (hierarchy name)
4. [styles, periods, and cultures by region]
5. African (general, continental cultures)
6. Ancient African
7. Ancient West African

Narrower term/s

• Gaô

Anotations

Scope note:

Style and culture of the great Songhai trading state of West Africa (flourished 15th-16th century), located on the Niger River in what is now central Mali, and eventually extending west to the Atlantic coast and east into Niger and Nigeria.