- The Great Inundation: Timbuktu's Flood of 1591 — Fexingo History — Timbuktu: Africa's Forgotten Center of Knowledge — Fexingo History
This episode examines the 1591 flood of the Niger River in Timbuktu, which occurred shortly after the Moroccan invasion of the Songhai Empire. Drawing on the accounts of al-Sa'di, the episode explores the impact on the city's infrastructur…