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Mansa Musa's Lost Engineers: The Architects of Mali's Golden Age
Before Mansa Musa's famous hajj, before the mosques of Timbuktu, there was a man named Abu Ishaq al-Sahili. In this episode, Lucas and Luna explore the life and work of the Andalusian poet-architect who became Mansa Musa's master builder. They discuss al-Sahili's journey from Granada to the Sahel, his design of the Djinguereber Mosque and the Madugu palace, and the controversy over how much credit he deserves versus local Mande builders. Along the way, they examine the role of the jeliw (griots) in preserving architectural knowledge, the use of banco (mud-brick) construction…
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