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Mansa Musa and the Lost City of Walata
In this episode of Fexingo History, Lucas and Luna journey to the edge of the Mali Empire—the desert trading city of Walata. Founded in the twelfth century, Walata was a crucial hub where salt from the Sahara met gold from the south, and where Mansa Musa's influence reshaped the city's fortunes. We explore how Walata's merchants, scholars, and architects thrived under Mali's protection, and how the city's distinctive Sudano-Sahelian architecture—with its flat roofs and wooden beams—still stands today. We uncover the role of the farba, the empire's provincial…
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