Geography
Which African city was the scholarly heart of the Songhai Empire?
- Timbuktu
- Gao
- Djenne
The answer is Timbuktu. Its manuscripts survive today.
Timbuktu is an ancient city in Mali, situated 20 kilometres north of the Niger River. It is the capital of the Tombouctou Region, one of the 19 administrative regions of Mali, having a population of around one million people in the 2022 census.
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