Books by Elias Saad
“Timbuktu enjoys this reputation as having been a center of learning, particularly a center of Islamic learning in this early period. Saad goes behind that veneer and he looks at the constituent elements that contributed to Timbuktu being this iconic formation. He talks about specific families, particularly the Muhammad Aqit family, and how you see these lines of transmission of authority, erudition and status through these families. He unfolds before us a more intimate story of the lives of the scholars and clerics in Timbuktu.” Read more...
Michael Gomez, Historian
Interviews where books by Elias Saad were recommended
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Golden Trade of the Moors: West African Kingdoms in the Fourteenth Century
by E.W. Bovill -
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Ancient Ghana and Mali
by Nehemiah Levtzion -
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Social History of Timbuktu: The Role of Muslim Scholars and Notables 1400-1900
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Sunjata: A West African Epic of the Mande Peoples
by David C. Conrad -
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Timbuktu and the Songhay Empire: Al-Sa'di's Ta'rikh Al-Sudan down to 1613 and Other Contemporary Documents
by John Hunwick
The best books on The Ghana, Mali and Songhai African Empires, recommended by Michael Gomez
The best books on The Ghana, Mali and Songhai African Empires, recommended by Michael Gomez
Long before the Europeans arrived in the 16th and 17th centuries, sub-Saharan West Africa saw the emergence of a series of African empires that lasted for centuries and stretched over vast swathes of the continent. They were known as the Ghana, Mali and Songhai Empires. Here, historian Michael Gomez discusses what led to their greatness, what sustained them and why they fell.
