Very simple answer: Benin Burkina Faso Guinea Guinea-Bissau Mali Mauritania Niger Nigeria Senegal The Gambia Here is a more detailed map of the Empire Extent around the 1500 AD, under the great Emperor Askia. read more
Considered one of the greatest African empires, from the early fifteenth to the late sixteenth century, Songhai was also one of the largest empires in Western Africa, stretching all the way to present-day Cameroon. read more