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  • Musa’s Development of Timbuktu and His Legacy as the Richest Man in the World
  • By: Jason Watson
  • Narrated by: Cassius Bunyan
  • Length: 1 hr and 35 mins
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Summary

Africa in the 13th century lay in ruins due to countless civil wars and the ensuing famine. Amid the hopelessness arose a man who began to rebuild the ravaged diaspora. He instituted a government that was so efficient at managing the country of Mali that soon it was the most progressive nation on the continent.

Not long after, one by one, the neighboring countries began to join the fold, until all of West Africa constituted a single empire. Emperor Mansa Musa had more wealth than every billionaire combined today. This is his story.

The genius of Musa’s administration lay in decentralization. He ordered the formation of distributed administration pockets that repatriated taxes back to the central empire that lay oversight on their activities. At its height, Mansa Musa owned more than half of the world’s gold reserves. 

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Short and Sweet. Interesting History.

Nice, short, Interesting and informative but unfortunately a lot of the history around Mansa Musa seems to be speculation and not backed up by historic manuscripts or records.

Still an amazing read and would be recommended.

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