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The Timbuktu Scholar Who Fought Slavery with Ink
In this episode of Timbuktu: Africa's Forgotten Center of Knowledge, Lucas and Luna explore the life and legacy of Ahmad Baba al-Timbukti, the 16th-century scholar who challenged the legality of enslaving free Muslims. After the Saadian invasion, Ahmad Baba was exiled to Marrakech, where he wrote his landmark legal treatise <i>Mi'raj al-Su'ud</i>, arguing that anyone who converted to Islam or came from a Muslim region could not be lawfully enslaved. This episode unpacks the historical context of trans-Saharan slavery, Ahmad Baba's use of Maliki jurisprudence, the…
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