7. The Songhai Empire - Africa's Age of Gold
Fall of Civilizations Podcast
00:00
The Old Man and the Prince Sat in Seclusion for a Long Time
"Imagine what it must have felt like to watch the trees begin to grow in the walls of the great mosques of gao and jenne, their mud walls crumbling. Imagine watching the population leave one by one and the houses empty," he writes. "I see seven men carrying a green throne, which they place between the two-year-old prince and an old man who leans upon a staff." He adds: 'The old man spoke a prophecy as a ruler. At the end of your life, you will go blind. You will have many sons, but when you are gone, they will no longer walk the t path'
Transcript
Play full episode
