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Mansa Musa's Lost Mosque: The Mystery of Gao's Abandoned Minaret
In this episode of Fexingo History, Lucas and Luna explore the forgotten legacy of Mansa Musa's building projects beyond Timbuktu. While the Djinguereber Mosque is famous, a lesser-known structure in Gao—a massive, unfinished minaret—hints at a different story. Was it abandoned due to the Songhai uprising after Mansa Musa's death? Or did the shifting power dynamics of the Sahel leave it incomplete? Lucas unpacks the archaeological evidence from the Tarikh al-Sudan, the writings of al-Umari, and the oral traditions of the jeliw to reveal how this silent stone tower tells a tale of…
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