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The Timbuktu Book Trade That Connected Africa to the World
Lucas and Luna explore the trans-Saharan book trade that made Timbuktu a center of knowledge. They discuss how manuscripts traveled from Morocco, Egypt, and the Middle East to West Africa, carried by merchants and scholars. The episode highlights the roles of the Kunta and Wangara trading networks, the paper and bookbinding industries in Timbuktu, and the prices of books relative to other goods. Specific titles like the 'Mukhtasar' of Khalil ibn Ishaq and the works of al-Ghazali are mentioned. The conversation touches on the impact of the Saadian invasion on the book trade and how…
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