Imibuso ephansi koMbuso waseMali ibilinde nje ithuba lokuziphindiselela. Lokhu kwenziwa ngumbuso omncane waseGao, owazala umbuso omkhulu kunayo yonke lesi sifunda esasiyazi kwaze kwaba sezingeni lokuvusa umona wenkosi ekude yaseMorocco.
Sonni Ali
Ku-1464, uSonni Ali wenyuka esihlalweni sobukhosi obumbalwa waseGao, phakathi kwe-Songhai, esungulwe eNiger ngaphansi kweTimbuktu.
Lo mbusi wakha abagibeli bamahhashi nemikhumbi eminingi yezikebhe ezingama-400, wabe eseqala ukuhlasela iTimbuktu, eyahlulwa ngo-1468.
Eminyakeni emihlanu kamuva, izimoto zikaJenenné zaqinisekisa ukuphathwa kukaSon Ali kuyo yonke delta yangaphakathi yomfula.
Eqanjwe ngegama elithi "Ali the Great", wakhuthaza ukuhweba, wakha ukuphathwa okuphakathi futhi waba nomkhuba wokubhala izenzo ezisemthethweni.