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Sunni Ali
Sunni Ali was ruler of Songhai from 1464 to 1492 and the founder of the Songhai Empire. He captured Timbuktu in 1468 and Djenné around 1473. Accounts of the Songhai Empire credit him with building the empire's military power, including its river fleet.
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