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Empires & Kingdoms
Mansa Musa: Beyond the Gold
A ruler remembered for a famous pilgrimage, set back into the empire he governed: its trade, its scholars, its builders, and the records that let us see it.
Exhibition · 14 min read
Empires & Kingdoms
Sunjata and the Founding of Mali
How the Mande epic of Sunjata remembers the birth of an empire, and how historians work with a story passed down by generations of jeliw.
Article · 9 min read
Trade & Connections
Gold, Salt and the Sahara
The Sahara was a connector, not a barrier. Follow the goods, people and ideas that moved between the Sahel and the Mediterranean world.
Article · 10 min read