The Mali Empire was the intellectual and literal gold mine of the world until in fighting occurred.
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Timbuktu was the Center of Learning in the medieval world (c. 14th century)
Under Mansa Musa’s rule, Timbuktu became a major center for trade, commerce, and Islamic scholarship. The city attracted scholars, traders, and intellectuals from various parts of the Muslim world.
However, decline and fragmentation occurred in the 15th-16th centuries after Mansa Musa’s reign.
The Mali Empire faced internal struggles, external pressures, and the rise of competing states. The Songhai Empire emerged as a formidable power in the region, ultimately leading to the decline of Mali.
Author Robin Walker argues that this would not be possible without the dissolving of unified leadership.
Later, the Sultan of Morocco and Queen Elizabeth 1st flattened Songhai and the Portuguese established trade along the West African coast, diverting commerce away from traditional trans-Saharan routes.
Interestingly, despite in fighting and tribal conflicting dividing the West African diaspora, a unified view of “blackness” developed in the West Indies and America in the 18th century onwards.
Tayki’s (almost successful) uprising of 1000 Akan people in Jamaica 1760-1761, evolved into a 60,000 “black” revolt during the baptist war in 1831-1832.
This revolt is arguably the most likely cause for the emancipation of slaves and enabled liberation to spread throughout the western world. Letters between slavers of the west indies clearly express a fear of black unity and the leader dubbed “the black messiah”.
Pressures to divide should always be held in suspicion. Calls to unite and for peace should always be welclomed.
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Recommended reading: Robin Walker, When We Ruled
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