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Mansa Musa's Lost Brother: The Mystery of Abu Bakr II
While Mansa Musa is remembered as the wealthiest man in history, his reign was preceded by a more enigmatic figure: Emperor Abu Bakr II. In this episode, Lucas and Luna explore the curious legend that Abu Bakr II abdicated the throne not due to death or defeat, but because he chose to sail west into the Atlantic Ocean with a massive fleet. We examine the accounts from al-Umari and Ibn Khaldun, which describe a second expedition led by Musa himself after Abu Bakr vanished. By contrasting these Arabic chronicles with oral traditions from the jeliw, we uncover why one brother became a global…
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