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Mansa Musa's Lost Gold: The Wangara Trade Networks
In this episode, Lucas and Luna trace the hidden arteries of Mansa Musa's wealth: the Wangara trading networks that moved gold, salt, and kola across West Africa. They explore the role of the dyula merchant class, the farba royal agents, and the mute trade that kept gold's source secret. Hear how al-Umari and Ibn Battuta documented these systems, why the Wangara region was a carefully guarded mystery, and how the gold-salt exchange fueled empires from Mali to the Mediterranean. A fresh look at the economic engine behind the richest man in history, without repeating the Cairo…
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