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The Salt Routes of Songhai: Caravans, Tawdenni, and the Trade That Fed an Empire
Before oil, before gold, salt was the engine of West African power. In this episode, Lucas and Luna trace the salt routes that bound the Songhai Empire together — from the harsh salt mines of Tawdenni to the bustling markets of Gao and Timbuktu. Along the way they meet the Wangarawa merchants, the Tuareg guides, and the camel caravans that hauled white gold across the Sahara. They also unpack the staggering economics of salt, where a single slab could be worth its weight in gold, and how control of these routes shaped Songhai's relations with the Saadi Sultanate of Morocco. Drawing on…
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