The Empire of Mali - The Twang of a Bow - Extra History - Part 1

📜 History of the Empire of Mali: While the old Ghana Empire waxed wealthy due to taxes on trade passing through its lands, the new Empire of Mali born in its stead had expanded borders that included vast lands of gold...

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[extrahistory]

In a tense battle over the fallen capital of the Ghana Empire, Sundiata's bow bends, the string twangs, and the arrow flies… or so the great epic of the Mandinka says. And from this battle, the Empire of Mali will be born.

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[ShnoogleMan]

We definitely needed some African history. It's almost always overlooked.

[annaleighbeach]

I'm literally doing an essay on Monday about Ghana, Mali, and Songhai... Talk about perfect timing.

[friendlybanana]

This is one of those series where I know literally nothing about the topic. Thank you Extra Credits and their Patreon supporters for letting me learn about something completely strange to me :)

[mehmeh]

Drowned or shot at a festival.
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Sources vary.
History is fun like that.

[gensaikuroki]

WOOHOO! West African Empires!!!

I hope this channel does more West African Empires such as Songhai, Mandinka, Kanem-Borno, Asante, Benin, Oyo and the various caliphates such as Sokoto and Segu.

I'm a descendant of the Oyo Empire myself

[TheRamBoiiii]

This episode had the most beautiful artwork to date in any of your videos! Huge props to the artists!

[rbwjakfjenwbw]

Why do I have the feeling Dan had a nightmare trying to pronounce Soumaoro Kante while recording this episode? XD

But seriously though, when I saw this in my recommendations I literally screamed for joy. The Mali Empire is my favorite historical empire, and I'm so glad that you're finally covering it. Fantastic work EC!

[DragoniteSpam]

7:20 "Two sons(ish) splitting the country in a civil war" is a pattern that seems to repeat a bit in history, doesn't it? :P

[JunkPhuJP]

Out of curiosity, has there been any expeditions to search for Mali's lost exploratory fleet, either back then or in modern times?

[manuhank]

Omg could you belive how diferent the world would be if the mali empire had managed to settle in south america before the europeans?

[davidmarsh]

Thank you all at the extra credits team.

These videos are amazing to use in the classroom for my world history class. My sophomores live them with their narratives and fun artwork. I like them for the diverse range of topics you cover.... many of which add to my curriculum.

Keep up the great work!

[flerkan]

How rich was Mali? So extremly rich that europeans drew Mansa Musa, the richest Mansa of Mali, on their maps. Mansa Musa also despbalised the economies of north Africa as he went to meck and back

[Achillez]

Total War: Thrones of Ghana
Game of Thrones: Song of Gold and Sand

[stefanozucchelli]

So the history of Africa is no different from that of Europe. War, rule, civil war, build an empire, war again.

[GoldenPenHD]

You know when you break down how all these great empires start, it’s with a weak or poor man/woman who was an outcast or have very low status in their respective societies, then became powerful during his early adulthood, and then Uniting with smaller tribes/clans and then toppling the bigger tribe/clan.

[erzan]

As a Black European (UK 🇬🇧) I have never heard of Black Africans being mentioned as explorers. In school it was slaves and colonisation. This is refreshing and the kind of Afro-centric African history that needs to be taught.

[hiddenhist]

Its great to see such a "Mainstream" channel covering Africa history! I've been looking forwards to this series for over a month now - since you announced it on patreon, and I KNOW that you won't disappoint!

[dr.zoidberg]

This is the first episode of Extra History I've watched in a while, & it was absolutely fantastic.

When I was going through university to get my bachelor's in history, my department didn't have a single professor who specialized in African history, so I had to learn everything I know from books & my own independent research. There's such a treasure trove of stories to be told in African & Middle Eastern history that most people in the West never get to hear. I'm so glad you all are working to change that.

[davidking]

I'm so glad you're doing a series in western Africa!