Mansa Musa and Islam in Africa: Intensive course in world history #16

In which John Green talks to you about sub-Saharan Africa! So, what exactly was going on there? Turns out there was a lot of trade, conversions to Islam, visits from Ibn Battuta, trade, beautiful women, commerce, impressive architecture, and several empires. John not only covers the West African Malian Empire, which is the one ruled by Mansa Musa, but he also discusses the Ghanaian Empire and even travels to East Africa to discuss city-states based on the trade of Mogadishu, Mombasa and Zanzibar. . On top of all this, John is considering emigrating to Canada.

Chapters:
Introduction: African History 00:00
King Mansa Musa of Mali 1:22
Mali, the Berbers and the Islamization of West Africa 3:23
An open letter to Ibn Battula 5:29
The end of the Malian empire 6:17
Swahili civilizations of East Africa 6:55
Credits 9:56

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