This survey will take about 1 minute.
Your answers will help us to improve our website.
Civilization VII
Civ 7 Songhai Civilization Guide
★ Start Here: How to Play | Early Game
★ See the Best Leaders and Civs
★ Tech, Civics, Buildings, Units, & Wonders
★ Economic, Military, Science, Culture Victories
★Recommended Guides: Treasure Fleets
┗ Map Types | Trade Routes | Migrants
Songhai is a playable Civilization from the Exploration Age in Civilization VII (Civ 7). Read on to learn Songhai's unique ability, starting biases, civics, best leader to choose, how to unlock it, and strategies to play as the Songhai.
List of Contents
Songhai Overview
Attributes, Ability, and Starting Biases
| Songhai | Age |
|---|---|
 Songhai
|
Exploration |
| Attributes | |
|
Economic Militaristic |
|
| Age Unlock | Starting Biases |
| Buganda |
Navigable Rivers Desert Plains Coast |
| Unique Ability | |
| Tarikh al-Sudan: Increased Resource Capacity in Cities on Navigable Rivers. Your Trade Ships cannot be Plundered on Navigable Rivers. | |
Songhai Unique Civics
| Unique Civic | Effects |
|---|---|
| Ships of the Desert | Unlocks the Caravanserai Unique Improvement, the 'Timbuktu' Tradition, and the Tomb of Askia Wonder. Increased Gold on the Caravanserai Unique Improvement in Settlements with a Bazaar. Unlocks 'Mud Brick' Tradition. |
| Hi-Koi | Increased Combat Strength to all Military Units on Navigable Rivers. Rivers do not end Unit movement. Unlocks 'Isa' Tradition. |
| Kanta | Tajiro Unique Merchant Unit gains increased Gold. Increased Settlement Limit. Cities in Homelands on Navigable Rivers generate Treasure Fleets worth one Victory Point each. |
Songhai Unique Units and Infrastructure
| Unique Units |
・Tajiro (Civilian) ・Gold Bangles Infantry (Military) |
|---|---|
| Unique Infrastructure |
・Caravanserai |
Songhai's Wonders
| Wonder | Effect |
|---|---|
 Tomb of Askia
|
+2 Gold. +2 Resource Capacity in this Settlement. +2 Gold and +1 Production in this Settlement for every Resource assigned to it. Ageless. Must be placed on Desert. |
Leader Choices for Songhai
Recommended Leaders
| Leader Choices for Songhai |
|---|
|
・
 Amina (Geographic Choice) ・
 Harriet Tubman (Strategic Choice) ・
 Hatshepsut (Strategic Choice) ・
 Ibn Battuta (Geographic Choice) |
The table above shows the recommended Leaders to play as in terms of strategic pairing and geographic advantages when choosing Songhai as your civilization.
Civ 7 Leaders List and All Abilities
How to Unlock Songhai
Songhai Unlock Conditions
| Unlock Requirements | |
|---|---|
| ・Play as Aksum, Egypt, or Amina | |
Civilization VII (Civ 7) Related Guides
All Antiquity Age Civilizations
| Antiquity Age Civilizations |
 Aksum
|
 Egypt
|
 Greece
|
|---|---|---|
 Han China
|
 Khmer
|
 Maurya India
|
 Maya
|
 Mississippian
|
 Persia
|
 Rome
|
||
All Exploration Age Civilizations
| Exploration Age Civilizations |
 Abbasid
|
 Chola
|
 Hawai'i
|
|---|---|---|
 Inca
|
 Majapahit
|
 Ming China
|
 Mongolia
|
 Norman
|
 Shawnee
|
|
Songhai
|
 Spain
|
|
All Modern Age Civilizations
| Modern Age Civilizations |
 America
|
 Buganda
|
 French Empire
|
|---|---|---|
 Meiji Japan
|
 Mexico
|
 Mughal
|
 Prussia
|
 Qing China
|
 Russia
|
 Siam
|
||
Comment
Author
Civ 7 Songhai Civilization Guide
Please participate in our site
improvement survey
12/2025
improvement survey
12/2025
Would you assist in
improving Game8's site?
improving Game8's site?
×
We are listening to our users' valuable opinions and discussing how to act on them.
The information collected through this survey will be used for the purpose of improving our services. In addition, the information will only be disclosed a part of a statistic in a format that will not allow identification of personal information.
Begin Survey
Not Now
×
Please rate each item regarding Game8.co's Advertisements.
Amount of Ads
Very Dissatisfied
Somewhat Dissatisfied
Fine
Somewhat Satisfied
Highly Satisfied
Placement of Ads
Timing of Ad Display
Ad Loading Speed
Safeness of Ads
Content of Ads
×
Please rate each item regarding Game8.co's Quality of Articles.
Amount of information
Very Dissatisfied
Somewhat Dissatisfied
Fine
Somewhat Satisfied
Highly Satisfied
Frequency of updates
Speed of new information
Accuracy of articles
Understandibility of articles
Readability of sentences
×
Please rate each item regarding Game8.co's Usability of the Site.
Ease of finding information
Very Dissatisfied
Somewhat Dissatisfied
Fine
Somewhat Satisfied
Highly Satisfied
Loading Speed
Use of Color
Font Size
Visibility of Images
Easy to Understand Layout
×
Please rate each item regarding Game8.co's Message Boards, Comments.
Ease of Writing
Very Dissatisfied
Somewhat Dissatisfied
Fine
Somewhat Satisfied
Highly Satisfied
Readability
Ease in Finding Information
Comment Quality
Comment Quantity
Admin Response
×
Please rate each item regarding Game8.co's Site's new design.
Please rate our site's new design
Very Dissatisfied
Somewhat Dissatisfied
Fine
Somewhat Satisfied
Highly Satisfied
Do you think that the website's design change makes the site easier to use?
Has the new design made it easier for you to find information on the site?
Has the new design improved the overall visual appeal of the site?
How would you rate your overall satisfaction with the new design of the site?
×
How likely are you to recommend Game8 to someone you know?
Very Unlikely
0
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Very Likely
If you have other opinions regarding potential improvement to the website, please share them with us. We would appreciate your honest opinion.
Note: This is a free response section, so you can proceed without entering anything.
Note: Please be sure not to enter any kind of personal information into your response.
Note: Please be sure not to enter any kind of personal information into your response.
×
Thank You
×
Thank you for participating in our survey! Your answers will help us to improve the quality of our website and services.
We hope you continue to make use of Game8.
We hope you continue to make use of Game8.
Close
Rankings
- We could not find the message board you were looking for.
Gaming News
![Octopath Traveler 0 Review [In Progress] | Familiar, But Better](https://img.game8.co/4357336/fcaf07d58cc243e6b7319ca9b118ba16.png/thumb)
Popular Games
Genshin Impact Walkthrough & Guides Wiki
Umamusume: Pretty Derby Walkthrough & Guides Wiki
Where Winds Meet Walkthrough & Guides Wiki
Honkai: Star Rail Walkthrough & Guides Wiki
Digimon Story: Time Stranger Walkthrough & Guides Wiki
Wuthering Waves Walkthrough & Guides Wiki
Chaos Zero Nightmare Walkthrough & Guides Wiki
Pokemon TCG Pocket (PTCGP) Strategies & Guides Wiki
Pokemon Legends: Z-A Walkthrough & Guides Wiki
Elden Ring Nightreign Walkthrough & Guides Wiki
Recommended Games
Yu-Gi-Oh! Master Duel Walkthrough & Guides Wiki
Fire Emblem Heroes (FEH) Walkthrough & Guides Wiki
Diablo 4: Vessel of Hatred Walkthrough & Guides Wiki
Elden Ring Shadow of the Erdtree Walkthrough & Guides Wiki
Super Smash Bros. Ultimate Walkthrough & Guides Wiki
Monster Hunter World Walkthrough & Guides Wiki
Pokemon Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl (BDSP) Walkthrough & Guides Wiki
The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom Walkthrough & Guides Wiki
Persona 3 Reload Walkthrough & Guides Wiki
Cyberpunk 2077: Ultimate Edition Walkthrough & Guides Wiki
All rights reserved
©2024 Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc. Sid Meier’s Civilization, Civilization, Civ, 2K, Firaxis Games, Take-Two Interactive Software and their respective logos are all trademarks of Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc. All other marks and trademarks are the property of their respective owners. All rights reserved.
The copyrights of videos of games used in our content and other intellectual property rights belong to the provider of the game.
The contents we provide on this site were created personally by members of the Game8 editorial department.
We refuse the right to reuse or repost content taken without our permission such as data or images to other sites.