Mansa Musa: The Man Whose Wealth Broke an Entire Economy

He was wealthier than every billionaire alive today — combined. Not a tech founder. Not an oil tycoon. An African emperor named Mansa Musa, ruler of the Mali Empire, whose 1324 pilgrimage to Mecca was so lavish it crashed Egypt's gold market for over a decade. In this episode of The African Chronicle, we uncover the true story of Mansa Musa: how he came to power, how he built Timbuktu into one of the greatest centres of learning in the medieval world, and why history nearly erased him from the record entirely. In this video: 00:00 Introduction 00:45 Who was Mansa Musa? 03:00 The pilgrimage that shocked the world 06:00 Building an empire of knowledge 08:30 The legacy and the erasure 🌍 More from The African Chronicle: Watch: Mobutu Sese Seko —    • The Rise and Fall of Mobutu Sese Seko: Afr...   Watch: Idi Amin — Watch: Shaka Zulu — Subscribe: -    / @africanchroniclehub   The African Chronicle tells the stories of African history that mainstream education left out — empires, kings, revolutions, and the people who shaped a continent. #MansaMusa #AfricanHistory #MaliEmpire