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Mansa Musa's Lost Son: Maghan I and the Fall of Mali
In this episode, Lucas and Luna explore the brief and troubled reign of Mansa Musa's son, Maghan I, whose death in 1341 threw the Mali Empire into a succession crisis. Drawing on the Tarikh al-Sudan and Ibn Battuta's accounts, they trace Maghan's failed Mossi campaign, the rise of his brother Suleyman, and the brutal purge that followed. Along the way, they consider how Mali's gold wealth, farba administrators, and jeliw oral historians shaped the empire's destiny. This episode also reflects on the fragility of empires built on one man's genius, and how the…
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