Quote of the day
A monarchy is the most expensive of all forms of government, the regal state requiring a costly parade, and he who depends on his own power to rule, must strengthen that power by bribing the active and enterprising whom he cannot intimidate.
Ahmad Baba al Massufi

Born: October 26, 1556
Died: April 22, 1627 (aged 70)
Bio: Ahmad Baba al-Massufi al-Timbukti, full name Abu al-Abbas Ahmad ibn Ahmad al-Takruri Al-Massufi al-Timbukti, was a medieval Sanhaja Berber writer, scholar, and political provocateur in the area then known as the Western Sudan.






