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Songhai's Lost Canals: The Fari-Mondio and the Green Sahel
When you think of the Songhai Empire, you probably imagine the great cities of Gao and Timbuktu, the salt caravans to Taghaza, or the scholars of Sankore. But beneath the sands of the Sahel lies a forgotten feat of engineering: a network of canals and irrigation works that once turned the semi-arid floodplains of the Niger River into a breadbasket. In this episode, Lucas and Luna uncover the story of the fari-mondio, the imperial officials who managed water and agriculture, and their ambitious projects to extend farmland, control floods, and feed a growing empire. From the Sorko fishermen who…
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