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O traveler to Gao, turn off to my city. Murmur my name there and greet all my dear ones, With scented salams from an exile who longs for his homeland and neighbors, companions and friends.

Ahmad Baba al Massufi

Adam was created from a handful taken from the whole earth. Thus, his sons carried exactly the nature of the colors of the earth. Some were red, others white and some were black. Some were good-natured, others ill-natured while some were vicious and some virtuous.

Ahmad Baba al Massufi

Ahmad Baba al Massufi

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.

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