It captured the market town of Audaghost to seize control of the salt caravans from the Berber Sanhaja movement, but was weakened when the Sanhajas, determined to convert their neighbors, combined into the Almoravid confederation and declared a jihad.  
This state's matrilineal succession is believed to have begun with Kaya Maja in the 4th century AD. Our knowledge of its culture comes from the Book of Routes and Kingdoms compiled by the Cordoban noble Abu Ubayd al-Bakri. It captured the market town of Audaghost to seize control of the salt caravans from the Berber Sanhaja movement, but was weakened when the Sanhajas, determined to convert their neighbors, combined into the Almoravid confederation and declared a jihad.  The end came when the Soso kingdom of Kaniaga sacked its capital, Kumbi Saleh. While its common name refers to the title of its kings, they and their Soninke followers called it Wagadu. FTP, name this gold-trading kingdom of the western Sahel that gave its name to a modern nation formerly known as the Gold Coast.
This state's matrilineal succession is believed to have begun with Kaya Maja in the 4th century AD.
Ghana (Accept Wagadu before it's mentioned)