The Sudanian savanna or Sudan region is a broad belt of tropical savanna that runs east and west across the African continent, from the Ethiopian Highlands in the east to the Atlantic Ocean in the west. It represents the central bioregion within the broader tropical savanna biome of the Afrotropical realm. The Sahel acacia savanna, a belt of drier grasslands, lies to the north, forming a transition zone between the Sudanian savanna and the Sahara Desert phytochorion. To the Sudan's south, the more humid forest-savanna mosaic forms a transition zone between the Sudanian savanna and the Guineo-Congolian forests that lie nearer the equator.
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Sudanian region in the context of History of Mali
The history of Mali can be divided into several major periods:
- Pre-Imperial Mali (before the 13th century)
- The Mali Empire (13th–17th centuries)
- The Songhai Empire (15th–16th centuries)
Mali's present-day borders largely follow those of French Sudan, established in 1891. These colonial boundaries brought together diverse Sudanian and Saharan regions into a single political unit. As a result, Mali developed into a multi-ethnic society, with the Mandé peoples forming a significant part of its cultural and historical identity.
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