Timbuktu: Africa's Forgotten Center of Knowledge — Fexingo History
The Fatwa That Ended Timbuktu's Slave Trade — Fexingo History
This episode examines the 1615 fatwa issued by scholar Ahmad Baba al-Timbukti, which challenged the trans-Saharan slave trade. It discusses his legal treatise, 'Mi'raj al-Su'ud,' and its arguments against the enslavement of freeborn West African Muslims.