Timbuktu: Africa's Forgotten Center of Knowledge — Fexingo History
The Timbuktu Fatwa That Freed Slaves — Fexingo History
Lucas and Luna discuss a 17th-century fatwa by Ahmad Baba al-Timbukti concerning the emancipation of enslaved Muslims in the Songhai Empire. They explore the legal reasoning of the fatwa and its historical impact on slavery debates in the Sahel.