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Ekmek
Jan 02, 2004, 11:37 PM
This has been recomended to be a Mansa Musa
but I dont know enough about him to make the claim or give city names

The Flcs are not full animations but change to different moods. I may add more animation stuff later (or sooner if Drift helps)

Enjoy!


http://www.civfanatics.net/uploads6/NewAfricanCiv.zip

Mobilize
Jan 03, 2004, 12:37 AM
Mali

Leader: King Mansa Musa

Military Leaders:
Sundiata
Askia Muhammad
Uli
Sakura
Mar i-Djata
Wali

City List:
Mali
Timbuktu
Niani
Walata
Jenne
Gao
Kirina
Jeriba
Diara
Arawan
Koukiya
Ghana
Bure
Do
Malel
Tadmekka
Takrur
Dia
Bamako
Segou
Sikasso
Mopti
Koutiala
Kayes
Nioro
Kati
Markala
Kolokani
Bougauni
San
Koulikoro
Banamba
Nara
Kidal
Taoudenni

Mobilize
Jan 03, 2004, 12:38 AM
Or.... Swahili

Leader: Sultan Bharghash

Military Leaders:
Julius Nyerere
Mafoud Ali Mafoud
Juma Said
Ali Barak

City List:
Zanzibar
Mombassa
Malindi
Pemba
Kilwa
Mafia
Gedi
Lamu
Nungwi
Makunduchi
Kizimkazi
Brava
Sofala
Dar Es Salaam
Bumbwini
Mahonda

Mobilize
Jan 03, 2004, 12:43 AM
or... Songhai

Leader:
Askia Muhammed Toure

Military Leaders:
Sunni Silman Dandi
Sunni 'Ali
Ishaq
Dawud
Mohammed Gao
Askia Daud

City List:
Gao
Jenne
Timbuktu
Diffa
Nguigmi
Zinder
Tessaoua
Maraoi
Tahoua
Dosso
Dogondoutchi
Kano
Kumo
Zaria
Sokoto
Onitsha
Lagos
Maiduguri
Oshogbo
Djado
Dapaong
Bassar
Badou
Sotouboua
Bafilo
Tchamba
Niamtougou


Civilopedia (by Kal-el, included in PTW)

#RACE_SONGHAI
^ The Songhai are $LINK<expansionist and religious=GCON_Strengths>. They start the game with the discoveries
$LINK<Warrior Code=TECH_Warrior_Code> and $LINK<Ceremonial Burial=TECH_Ceremonial_Burial>. They can build the $LINK<Impi Warrior=PRTO_Impi>.
^
^ A Songhai kingdom had existed in the Gao region since the eleventh century AD, but it had fallen under the control of Mali in 1325. As Mali power
slowly declined the Kingdom of Gao started to reassert itself. Under the reign of the Sunni king, Sonni Ali (1464-1492) it finally broke free from
Mali, and the once small kingdom began to grow into an empire, the Songhai Empire.
^
^ Sonni Ali based his military on a cavalry and a highly mobile fleet of ships. With this military, he conquered the cities of Timbuktu and Jenné, the
major cities of the Sahel. The Berbers, who had always played such a crucial role in the downfall of Sahelian kingdoms of the past, were pushed far north.
^
^ Sonni Ali was succeeded by Askia Muhammad Touré (1493-1528). Muhammad Touré continued Sonni Ali's imperial expansion by seizing the important
Saharan oases and conquering Mali itself. From there he conquered Hausaland. In addition, Muhammad Touré further centralized the government by creating
a large and elaborate bureaucracy to oversee his extensive empire. He was also the first to standardize weights, measures, and currency, so culture
throughout the Songhai began to homogenize. Muhammad Touré was also a fervent Muslim, and he replaced native Songhai administrators with Arab Muslims
in order to Islamicize Songhai society. He also appointed Muslim judges, called qadis, to run the legal system under Islamic legal principles. These
programs of conquest, centralization, and standardization were the most ambitious and far-reaching in sub-Saharan history until the colonization of
the continent by Europeans.
^
^ The Songhai Empire reached its greatest territorial expansion under Askia Daud (1549-1582). It controlled almost all of West Africa, making it the
largest African Empire in history.

#DESC_RACE_SONGHAI
^ The Songhai Empire however had gotten too large. It encompassed too much territory to control. After the reign of Askia Duad, subject peoples began to revolt.
The first major region to go was Hausaland, then Maghreb (Morocco) rebelled and gained control over crucial gold mines. The Moroccans defeated Songhai
in 1591 and 1612, the cities of Songhai fell into complete anarchy. The Empire soon afterwards collapsed, bringing and abrupt end
to a once mighty Empire.

spincrus
Jan 03, 2004, 08:09 AM
Good job!

Ankka
Jan 03, 2004, 09:02 AM
Yup. looks nice... a bit like Shaka, in fact... Maybe a lost twin bro?

Ekmek
Jan 03, 2004, 09:38 AM
THanks for the African Civ stuff, if there is a demand for a mod or a certain Civ I'll put them together. Thanks again!

As for the Shaka resembance, yeah I used Shaka but I dont think its that noticeable.

bombshoo
Jan 03, 2004, 01:43 PM
Great! I am using it for the Swahili since I think Mansa Musa may have had a beard.


I never realised it, but it would make another interesting leader to put a white guy in Shaka's middle ages, industrial, and modern clothes..

SuperBeaverInc.
Jan 03, 2004, 02:10 PM
Very nice Ekmek :goodjob:

AK47
Jan 04, 2004, 03:41 AM
Looking good... although I'm sure that fully animated they would even be better ! Let me know should you ever do them.
AK.:goodjob:

Supa
Jan 04, 2004, 04:49 AM
Very nice !

Unexisted
Jan 04, 2004, 09:06 PM
If like Shaka, use it as his grandson 'Dingane'. :)

swan
Jan 05, 2004, 02:13 AM
Dear Unexisted
If I do not mistaken, that Dingaan there was son or grandson of Chaka
But exactly not native brother
Nice leaderhead:goodjob:

If it there was with good animation, there was still better

R8XFT
Jan 06, 2004, 02:28 PM
I think the graphics look excellent, but I hope Drift steps in soon to help with the animation. :)

Thanks a million :goodjob:

BTW, I'll use it as Menelik II for the Ethiopians.

alireza1354
Feb 24, 2004, 07:12 AM
Cool man. Looks like Nigerian? Hence the oil raffinery in the background in the modern era?

Spiffor
Mar 18, 2004, 08:22 AM
Excellent leaderhead! :goodjob:

Consider it downloaded once more :)

I tried to make a Mansa Musa in poser, but it was a miserable failure. One of the main problem was the color of the skin: too dark a skin hurts the eyes like hell in-game.

Did you use copypaste from other leaderheads?

Ekmek
Mar 18, 2004, 08:46 AM
I increased the width of Shaka's head and edited the nose. The rest is a cut 'n paste. I wish I could make it animated. I was attempting to do the enlarging for every frame of the flic but because it move it gets too distorted.

If I get more time I intend to do more smoothing on it.

But thanks for the compliments.

civilleader
Mar 18, 2004, 05:54 PM
We could just make it a modern Nigeria civ?

Corey
Mar 21, 2004, 08:27 AM
Ver nice.In modern time he has ugly hair style.