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Morocco to Timbuktu: An Arabian Adventure

Episode Four

Duration: 30 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC WORLD NEWS EuropeLatest broadcast: on BBC WORLD NEWS North America

This week Alice Morrison flies the last leg of her journey into Timbuktu. When she finally reaches the City of Gold, Alice relives its glorious past with a visit to its world-famous mosques, the last surviving treasures of a bygone era. In the oldest of them, the Djinguereber mosque, she hears the tale of Mansa Musa, Mali's greatest king and the richest man in history. Show less

Contributors

Presenter:
Alice Morrison
Director:
Alice Arce
Editor:
Bill Gill
Executive Producer:
Harry Bell

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