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Mansa Musa's Lost Canal The Niger Irrigation Project of 1326
In 1326, Mansa Musa launched an ambitious irrigation project on the Niger River near Koulikoro, aiming to transform the Sahel's agriculture. This episode explores the engineering, the labor of thousands of farba conscripts, the political motivations behind the project, and why it ultimately failed. Drawing on al-Umari's Masalik al-Absar and the Tarikh al-Sudan, we uncover a forgotten chapter of Mali's imperial ambition.
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