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Mansa Musa's Succession Crisis and the Rise of Mari Djata II
After Mansa Musa's death in 1337, the Mali Empire faced a turbulent succession that nearly unraveled everything he built. This episode follows the brief reign of his son Maghan I, the coup by his uncle Sulayman, and the disastrous rule of Sulayman's son Mari Djata II, whose tyranny and debauchery plunged Mali into chaos. Drawing on the accounts of Ibn Battuta and the oral traditions of the jeliw, we explore how the farba system of provincial governance strained under weak leadership, how the gold-wealth from Bambuk and Bure fueled court intrigue, and how the Mande empire's…
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