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Leo Africanus
Leo Africanus was a Moroccan-born traveller and writer who visited West Africa in the early sixteenth century. His description of Africa, later published in Europe, was for centuries a key European source on the region. He described Timbuktu in the Songhai Empire around 1510 as a wealthy city where books were among the most profitable goods traded.
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- The Epoch Institute. (2026). Leo Africanus. In The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/leo-africanus
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