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Ahmed Baba's Timbuktu Manuscripts and Scholarly Legacy
In this episode, we shift our gaze from the military campaigns of Judar Pasha to the intellectual heart of Songhai: the great scholars of Timbuktu. When the Saadian forces under Judar Pasha sacked Gao in 1591, they didn't just conquer a city; they targeted its mind. We explore the life of Ahmed Baba al-Massufi, one of Africa's most revered historians and jurists, who was exiled to Marrakesh alongside his colleagues. Rather than letting their knowledge die, these scholars preserved centuries of legal, scientific, and theological manuscripts in the Sahara. This conversation examines…
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