West African Kingdoms By Thelma_and_Harriet Period: 700 to 1067 Ghana Empire Period: 1000 to 1500 Hausa City-States, Yourba Kingdoms, and Benin Period: 1235 to 1670 The Mali Empire Period: 1235 to 1255 The Reign of Sundiata Period: 1312 to 1332 Reign of Mansa Musa 1324 Mansa Musa makes the Hajj to Mecca Period: 1464 to 1492 The Songhai Empire Period: 1464 to 1492 The Reign of Sunni Ali Period: 1493 to 1528 The Reign of Askia the Great