Sudanic: [ soo-dan-ik ] - an interesting term we found on google that inspired the naming of this podcast.

The Sudanic empires of Western & Eastern Africa were a group of powerful states that developed south of the SAHARA DESERT between the A.D 700s and 1500s. The most prominent of these states were GHANA, MALI, and Songhai from the west. From the east, the most dominant states were Egypt, Sudan, South Sudan, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, Congo (DRC).