The Lost Schools of Timbuktu: How the Sankore Curriculum Shaped West Africa

In this episode, Lucas and Luna explore the educational system of medieval Timbuktu, focusing on the Sankore Madrasa and its curriculum. They discuss how the curriculum integrated Maliki fiqh, Arabic grammar, logic, rhetoric, astronomy, and medicine, and how scholars like Ahmad Baba al-Timbukti and the Aqit family shaped it. The episode covers the role of private libraries, the oral transmission of knowledge, and the contrast with European universities of the time. Lucas explains the ijaza system of certification and how Timbuktu's scholars connected West Africa to the broader Islamic world through networks of learning stretching to Fez, Cairo, and even Granada. #Sankore #Timbuktu #AhmadBaba #Aqit #Maliki #WestAfrica #IslamicEducation #MedievalAfrica #Madrasa #Ijaza #Curriculum #ArabicGrammar #MalikiFiqh #Astronomy #Medicine #History #FexingoHistory #AfricanHistory Keep every episode free: buymeacoffee.com/fexingo