The Tomb of Askia was built when Gao became the capital of the Empire and Islam was adopted as the official ... It was inscribed in 2003 on the National Heritage List of Mali and the buffer zone is ...

The dramatic 17-m pyramidal structure of the Tomb of Askia was built by Askia Mohamed, the Emperor of Songhai, in 1495 in his capital Gao. It bears testimony to the power and riches of the empire that ...