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Timbuktu's Great Flood of 1893
In 1893, the Niger River didn't just rise; it rewrote Timbuktu. This episode explores the catastrophic flood that submerged the city for months, destroying the physical infrastructure of the Sankore Madrasah and the Djinguereber Mosque while sparing the thousands of manuscripts hidden in family homes. We examine how this environmental disaster shifted the center of scholarly power from the public mosques to private libraries, accelerated the decline of the traditional qadi system, and forced families like the Kunta and the Kati to adapt their preservation methods. Lucas and Luna trace…
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