Mansa Musa and the Empire of Mali [Book Notes] 🌏 📚 📝
These are some notes taken while reading James Oliver's book titled "Mansa Musa and the Empire of Mali". There is also the tentative map of the journey described in the book. For the map and other maps you can have a look at this blog post: https://meyavuz.wordpress.com/2015/01/28/mansa-m
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