LeRoc"Law inta kont hina", a song about Ibn Battuta, the great muslim traveller who went from Morocco to China in the fourteenth century.
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Cassana 🍻@leroc I often describe him as “the greatest explorer you’ve probably never heard of”. He’s often someone I mention in relation to West Africa, as he was the first to write about the Mali empire, including jeli/jali traditions and instruments.
@leroc Yep, though he did complain a lot about food, gifts and customs in his account of the trip to Mali, even still it gives us a bunch of great insights: https://orias.berkeley.edu/resources-teachers/travels-ibn-battuta/journey/journey-mali-1350-1351
PS. That site also has pages on his other travels.
PS. That site also has pages on his other travels.
@cassana Hmm ... I'll take a look at those pages!