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2 THE U X l'STK A T El) FEATURE NKt TION F*t»rii*r> 2 8 . I ‘»SI Sonni Ali, One o f the t bornio uerors o f A //li me trvnth century, and »peaks ill the urn» K aiU aii M u m hail a m v iv • pur- •onie proems, hr in iu v u l to « kw hiatla^t Irm i» of it. U a s * thru jhìm Fm a long tune In luul covri - minutée I hm |kM* «*du»k naim ally bunivlit uiuier the m lr of Kinprror M an ** r*t tlir empire of the Sough»)" a inch igwlosl hlm Ole op|»*4tloi) of lh« la> un lu* ea>tern boider* M u m In te rn a tio n a lly K n o w n C o rre sp o n d e n t and A uthor If At ii’ it men. tin* prtrsla uim I all who White Men t »nnot h ater Th< rr»n|rr»M* soii|lu«» Fr«>iti Contrary to popular boliof^oi •: » n tu n o p a i » 'i»r lmmi oi ttaf I l e Hoiiehay» vere * fó rn o peoplr made a Itvelth «*1 bv religion Nejrrt) A fric a has had K r e a t T ti* loumier of Uu& empire t v Hliuk»" U nu vlxtkm . Baron Mac- a lio h ul lled L m foie Ih- M<*luuitme«l the city of Naiiknie, iiuleti for IU Olììpires. T h e 14th. 15th. and Sonni Ali. one Of the mont renownrd Ouckln <ie Siane» lie .*»vs w e r a l ai» Invanitili of thè Sudan «t»tlvr* -*»y .UKÜvemHy. th«* »avant« l«um h~d th at are votth> of mention < ui sen Mgam . 1 him 16th Centuries saw the rise conqueror* of ali ume lis builder here lie teil» lu>v he wfta irealrd of Yemen», and «ntvlng at a ita c i and onram/er v a * Mrtiammed ben till» v)i»tempt in *o«ne of ih'- other of iteli land wtthtn tlir m rat tm> klr Sonni All derided to lea ch Ih in a The moRt fanum» nf 'h rm «a» th e Abou Hckr A-kl» the l i n a i another Negro kiiiKiloma bui ot hi» courteou» ,,f un Nl«irr tuul .seltlrd tlirrr. bui lei - b «Mui uih I mart hltvg against them Bonghav of Sonchol which up to 'N eg ro ( i r .l m .n l ¡u n .» « U h - M andili..«- i - Ol tz»K un empire wlth iv o spie mi Hi put to d rath every »c« nti*( und pi trat UH- nuiMle of I h , l« lh CeoWwy n . | Of H . . M r O rlalo ' ou4*" r" **d ritira. otte of a liteli v»a* ( I mo . ami all* wll-i had II »I fir il A» to tile MirvlV* Sonni Ali. aluwce originai nainc « v * rt'KretUni bltterly havuu: come ors I»« warvi(*«i them t«» coliflnr them * p *rh*p* the greatest on earth ln itf(„ iln to a country wluv** m tn hahltw h ab itaiiu - ' • ¿ar em * il w is greater than a n i EU- ' All Kolon, wa* of humble ori«tu. iiu a art.................. n ' " ............ ' ' 1 U‘ l" * p r" " d °* ‘ «•hr iti leligi it tlK ie a fte r un«l to ropean civiltxaUotl of th at tune | Made prisoner he v a s com pc lieti t o t f ? . j11* 10.**?- * n^ ..wtoo 90 mui 1 * h li*1 a e a ir wrttinv tI n * Stauthay* leave | k «UM c » alo lie h.ut luul Mime iv o liundfrd kit»*.* In serve in the am ile» of another great for whit« men FoiisttU cable ilelall on till* im ii of S t retch Uif from the A tlantic O cean lie toid «*f IMiK.v 11 »K aiioth» t ktntfdom Sonni All a Uh ha« been given by ► • - a c r o » the v a * width o T c T n ^ m - ' ! * * * " > « ¡ W - M,*n " * liorder* "n o while men are ,-a almoai In the Indiali Ocean il colli li,n* ° rulPr o t th<‘ MrlllsUnp Em pir«. »h w IVkiim wa* oDc of the gi u c o m Saadi mercial centres » f the M«w*lem w rid p r J Ìd a le m l o n a . £ £ as all K “,ik w ‘ MlLS* * ml >“* •m P‘ " ' P*»> ‘ aUo* rd 1 0 l , ' r> kl11 U" ‘" ' '* 11 k * U'atlirNl m e n however gol llirir «*! ich a large part in the deMmies fore tlwv can en ter Car a vatu came to it f «**«»* «11 i**»mt> i r venge in w riling h u i »ry und ao E u ro p i. of Sonni Ali that m ention i both H« tells alv i of Uv* great strength of the ct'i 11 i*44»s.s Ibi» Hat ut» wT»«> \U- Moiml All hu*. come down to u» u a Felix Duboi* a Fren ch writer, iu m usi be’ made here of the Mrllkstin» a rm s. and the • ‘i liuid-hearted in nMer and tytant Timbuctoo the Mysterious, says: • T h e Mellistine empire, which bor wealth c»f it* cities. A* to th r luat- cuttle, and sail in.uke . uml of l t j Hr » fi|mkrn nf as "th e Celebrated *T h ts accomplishment brings tlie tiered on the A tlin tic was foundni e*ty of the inhabitant.* he relates th - enormous wealth Infidel.' th r Unit tide Tyrmnl. tlie greatest honor to the Negro race. And by white jieople in the 8even th Cen- storv of Ad IXikali. * a white man " I t l* very prosperous,1 he say« (U r a l OppreaMir m erits from tiiis point of view ail our turv. according to certain w riter*, who served a* a judge (lini ha* acc'rded all Mi* favors to K»*Haadl. hlm srlf g «avant, «ay» \\ MM i*. ..|»n t ii"|H Songhay Und awoke. A marvellous dingoes making war on them, finally ’Hie emperor. M m aa Musa, hud this city a.* a thing nauti al and In« ' H iu m « *trr-iy i »nt th u celebratrd nate Everyone finds great profits ■scoiindrt 1 s«>nru Alt. whose nam r is In going to 1 Meni» and in th r acquM •pelt with «it V a lle r Ute *s and an T * It ton of forlunrs of whirl» O jd u' ng after th«* two ’l i s ’ was endowed with can tell 11>*• M i n i great m ilitai \ »k.!l and ittrkliaust- Must ( oit«|Uer* Song Ita« I iitpire iblr elirrgy Wirken. Iltw-rllllr un i T lie city was surrounded b\ great just. oppresaivr m an of bln d. h4 rarnfiarts with *1 veil uste» Tc» this perMcut il the learned und plou« j»rr- K ankiin Mu^a now laid siege and * nugr «ml pul • o in ni) of them to rupturing it aftei great 'laughter, finally made him self ma ( iiiilina« d on pagr « whole Songhay Empire Among the th usands Songhavs draftrd into K aiik an Mu •as army were Sonni Ait ami hi* brother. Salm an Nar Hut Sonni All made up hU mind fo escape Hu mint; witli f u n r he | made a \ w deep within hi*, ambi* j tious «olii not only to free Ills people from the Mandtngo yoke, but to make htni-srlf m aster t»f Kunk m Mu a .* . em pire. Accordinglv. whenever he w**nt out | <»n expedlti ns he would carefully j ch art all tlie road.* that led to DJenny. 1 At Mich times he would also take food, i water, and arm s and hide them In | secret p l a r s .so that when he imule a dash for frrf*d<)m he wmild l>- well ■supplied One d %v hr and hi* I brotlier rode awuv und though do j covered ami pursued. Micreeded In I arriving safely among tlielr own | people. Nonni All ( apturra Djrtiny Rally mg hU {vople. Sonni All at* | tacked I)jenny and captured it on Jan u a ry 30. 1463. a fter a long »lege A fter this victory l*e continued until , the Mandiiigom had been entirely : driven out i>f Songhay territo ry . | T in * accompli*tied lie txg an a tta ck - ling the vuami I a of the Maiutlngo rm - 1 peror. Songhay history now takes a Eieecdittglv i f B f f o v he wa* s u b i t i io i r r a t outbursU «f temper \t nu ll moment* th r sentem r nf death v as great spurt, with Sonni All bending every effort to win One a fter tlie ready on hi* lips. oilier Uie vo.*«als fail under his vtc- tortou« lance- the Huniburi. the growth of civilization mounted tliere overcame them , and established their given Ad Dokali a large sum of money m «* m , tlw Prska tlu G h a n a the in the heart of the B lack Continent own rule, extending the empire great- hold in trust T his money, the B ara. And this civlliiwtion »a» not im - ly and bm ldln* ih« city o f O hano * , , * r r«Por<«« as stolen | Invadln« Henhadia Nounon. lie cap- MiuaM M um . in K««at wra Itreat w rath, ordered tured the N«-*ro queen, Itikouni Kabt p ts « i by clrcu m itances, nor by an th fir cap ital. ¡ a rlK*d search, b e ca tw up to tlw n t h e Housas. the HetUuMl.ta. JJ>r —So aay the words of a popu invader as is often the case even in ibn B atu ta. iierhaps the most fam • there had not been a single th ief In F uibr*. U.e Dtas. Uw Peuhls also fall. I lar new song. And now your our day It a a s desired called forth, ous of all M ohim m edan travelers the kingdom. | M an him; to la k e Itebo. lie de- ' hair can be smartly dressed in I t was discovered finally. throuKh ..(roved the »trotudy fortified city of the newest and most becoming in-roduced and propaaafed by a man a white m an —visited 1) in the four i file jiKlire s own daughter, that It was Ohlddo styles— for science has found a the cidre hinraeU « t o had hid the| Van.|Ul-.he» M e . • Empire way to mak« it soft, straight money, whereupon the emperor ban Greedy for conquest and most of and easy to comb. isiwil him to I fie land of th r ca n n i all for plunder. .Sonni All continued bal.* 'u n til he was complete m u te r of K au- — In Genuine Hl.uk.mil W h ite ' H ut'' reports Ibn B a tu ta . ’’the kan M u sas empire. Pluko Hair Dressing there is «aiinibals would not eat him because W ith boundless wealth a t his com an especially treated ingredi lie was white. T h e flesh of the whites mand .Sonni All now turned hi* nt- ent—a secret of science that they hold Is unhealthy because It lias ten't'lon to th e affairs within" hta'vlist quickly, easily and completely iiot leached IU full m aturity; as to One thin« had galled his 'lie Mesh of the blacks, they regard proud conqueror’s s ,ul Immensely, ends a l l c u r l e y , t w i s t y and it or. ripe anfj tiiis was th at he had to pay horn- ! harshness of stubborn hair. But nothing, perhaps, Indicates b et- age to the supreme head of the Mil — W i t h G e n u i n e B l a c k and ler the great w ealth o f the M ellistine j hainmedan church. W h ite Pluko H a i r D r e s s i n g ' empire than the pilgrimage of K a n - ! He also resented the p o a er thu’ you can dress your hair in the i kan Musa to M ecca It Is reported tlie learned men and the pries' smartest new s t y l e s —exactly th a t his cortege » a s o f the greatest« wielded In tils em pire. All h ie ar.d rrMvnlfleence. He was escorted by j knowledge revolved around the Koran the way you know it should be 600(g) horsem en. Prreeding him w ere, or Mohammedan Hlble T h e priest- d r e s s e d to e m p h a s i z e your SOO laves, each of whom held In his and learned men m iarabouU . as lhe\ beauty. I t m a k e s y o u r h a i r hand a wand o f pure gold, weighing are railed) used llielr religion* poaci g l e a m l i ke new s i l k ; f r e s h , seven pounds, to Influence politics. He tliereupiti same, pleasant-tasling and milky- E v e r y man, woman and child white P h illii*' Milk of Magnesia. Made G reat G ifts of Gold decided that there was another for smart and exquisitely beauti « ill occasionally over-indul((e Hut ful. don’t suffer (or your indiseretion*. IP idas. In his translation of t he ! k . , . , , . ... You'll be through with crude Genuine B l a c k and W h i t e H a i r It'» folly to do so when vou ran »o T an k es-Budan says- ' ,,p b* * ‘*l> bV Indulging In rrliglous j methods once you learn the |>erfrrt easily »weeten and se ttle a »our. | “In their ann als the people of the • * - ’>c nothing shewt of j Dressing is the world a best. No way. Nothing else has I he same up»et stom ach with a little l*hilh[>* East have udd of the pilgrimage of In observing the hours of | other kind makes the hair ao soft, quirk, gentle effect. Iloclors pre Milk of M agnesia. , this Afrlcsn m on arch; they wondered ,,r* Jrrr* “ “ « "‘em _ prays five times straight, silk and easy to comb in scribe it for sour stomach, indiges at the power of his empire but did not * ,ll*y ^ would |K>sti>oiH s c r e e n ata r s t y l e s . Two kinds: tion, heartburn, gas, nausea, head H earty eaters have long since speak of him as being good-hearted : 4 ^ lal1 un“ ^ evening At th a t, Amber 30c, White 50c. ache. It has been standard with learned the quirk com fort this per- lo r generous In spite of tile vaMneda 4^ “ * * wo,,1w 4bpn ,nHkr ,,vr f.e t anti-arid brings Smokers know them for over 50 years. of Ills empire In- gave to the htov • « '» e ^ h o « f : how it neutralises nicotine; bungs Insist on genuine I’hilhps’ Milk Cities, Mecca and Merllna, but 2tinool I? 1“ ^ 4hr lro rn l,,g Pr» y c ; »hi* hack a sw eet, taste; guards the Is the midday prayer; ami SO on. of Magnesia: a less |«erfert product breath. W omen know what it does pieces of gold whip Askla El - Had JI may not act Ihe same I he genuine Mohammed*""another N *ïr" r m ^ 7 /,r conrb.dlng with: Now you may all go for nauaea - o r sick headache. And is always a liquid never in tablet when children have over-eaten - of whom we strali iwar later) ron.se- {" * * * M' “ * k," 'w Prayers form—and the name RfuMips is ere bilious, constipated o f otherwise crated llgl.tian pieces of gold U) the heart always on bottle and wrapper. . p»et— give them a little of the same purpose. *' A Katlrtæd kdl|«>w. KHwai In leaving for M ecca atti» this large W hat war formerly a long and tlrr- B y J. A . R O G E R S «mi fall «f sevpral. When You OVER INDULGE I J fn u im i BLACKEWHITE PLUKO DRESSING