AFRICAN HISTORY · Ep. 1
The Richest Man in History
Who was so rich that one trip crashed the price of gold? Not Musk. Not Bezos.
The film asks: What else did they skip in school?
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- Who was so rich that one trip crashed the price of gold? Not Musk. Not Bezos.
- In 1324, Mansa Musa of Mali crossed the Sahara with sixty thousand people and eighty camels loaded with gold.
- He gave away so much in Cairo that gold fell, and stayed down for twelve years.
- One man. One trip. He broke an economy by being generous.
- What else did they skip in school?
MANSA MUSA — "The richest man in history" — a 23-second vertical short.
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