The Man So Rich He Broke a City's Economy by Accident

In 1324 a West African emperor set out for Mecca with a caravan so vast, and so laden with gold, that he gave away enough along the way to crash the economy of an entire city for years. His name was Mansa Musa, ruler of the Mali Empire, and his fortune is often called the greatest any human being has ever possessed, so immense that historians say it simply can't be calculated. This is the story of his legendary pilgrimage, the golden empire behind it, and how one journey redrew the way the world saw West Africa. Footnotes & Phantoms digs up the forgotten, eerie, and true stories that history left in the margins. Subscribe for more forgotten history. #history #darkhistory #mansamusa #maliempire #timbuktu #africanhistory #forgottenhistory