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Category: Mali

Streets of Djenne, Mali

1.10 – Not With a Bang…

(Source: Wikimedia Comons. Photo of the streets of Djenne. The failed 1599 siege of the city was the catalyst for …

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Elmina Castle

1.9 – Trade Wars

(Image credit: Wikimedia Commons. Photo of Elmina Castle today. While Elmina would later become an infamous slave trading fortress, it …

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Salt trade caravan in 1985

Episode 1.8 – Merchants and Marabouts

(Image credit: Wikimedia Commons. Image depicts a Saharan salt caravan in December 1985) Trade, commerce and religion were the defining …

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Malinke Woman

Episode 1.7 – Social History Part One: The Court and Commons

(Photo Source: Wikimedia Commons. 19th Century French depiction of a Malinke woman. I would prefer not to use a later …

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Episode 1.6 – The Traveler at the Mansa’s Court

(Featured Image: Modern Walata, gateway to Medieval Mali for travelers coming from the North) In 1352, the Moroccan traveler Ibn …

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Mansa Musa on the Catalan Atlas

Episode 1.5 – Caravans of Gold

Mali’s Mansa Musa ruled from 1312 to 1337. His reign – and those of his son and brother – represents …

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Map of the Mali Empire at its Height

Episode 1.4 – Peering Through the Fog

Genealogy of the Keita Dynasty What did Mali look like after Sunjata’s defeat of Soso? The newly founded empire was …

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Episode 1.3 – The Lion of Manden

The story of Sunjata, founder of Mali. From the search for a special wife to the defeat of the Soso …

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Jeliw of Sambala

Episode 1.2: The Fractured Land

Ghana is no more. West Africa in the 13th century was a divided land of conflict and petty kingdoms. Among …

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Illustration of Man Pointing at Mud Brick Mosque

Episode 1.1: In Search of Ghana

The history of human civilization in the Sahara and Sahel, culminating with the Empire of Ghana. We introduce what made …

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