Mali Empire and Mansa Musa | Calm History for Sleep | 5 Hours
Explore the Mali Empire and Mansa Musa in this 5 hour, 47 minute calm history episode for sleep and relaxation. Discover the cities, trade routes, architecture and people of the Niger Bend. This episode covers Sundiata Keita, Mansa Musa's 1324 pilgrimage and Al-Umari's Cairo interviews, architect Abu Ishaq al-Sahili, the Djinguereber Mosque, and Ibn Battuta's 1352 visit to Mali. Across twelve full-length chapters covering Africa, we explore what happened, why it happened, what everyday life felt like.