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Mansa Musa's Silent Barter: The Gold Trade System of Mali
This episode unpacks the silent barter system—the remarkable, wordless trade protocol that made the Mali Empire's gold economy possible. Lucas and Luna explore the origins of this practice among the Wangara gold miners of Bambuk and Bure, the role of dyula merchants in mediating exchange between goldfields and salt mines, and the strict protocols that kept the location of gold sources secret for centuries. Drawing on accounts from al-Umari, Ibn Battuta, and the Tarikh al-Sudan, they trace how Mansa Musa institutionalized and protected this system through imperial edicts and the…
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