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🇧🇯 Benin · Ancient city

Birnin Lafiya

Medieval (12th–18th c) · Songhai / Hausa / Niger bend trade

65-ha double-rampart Niger entrepôt 12th–18th c linking Bura-Gao ceramic chain with Hausa–Songhay frontier.