The Sacred Kora Guardian
The great Mali Empire stretched across West Africa like a golden tapestry, its wealth flowing from precious salt mines and abundant gold fields, its
The Three Sacred Trials
The crimson sun blazed over the towering cliffs of Bandiagara, painting the ancient rock faces in shades of gold and ochre. Along the cliff’s
The Blacksmith Secret
The ancient city of Djenné, with its magnificent towering mosque built of golden mudbrick and its maze of narrow, winding streets, had stood for
The Warrior Princess of Mali
The desert sang its eternal song at night not a melody that could be heard with mortal ears, but a haunting tune carried on
The Talking Hippos of Mopti
Long before electric lights illuminated the banks of the mighty Niger River, when wooden trade boats groaned under the weight of precious millet and
How a Herdsman’s Gratitude Led to Treasure in Fezzan
In the remote sands of Fezzan, where endless dunes shimmered under the blazing sun and the nights were filled with the whisper of wind
The Sandstorm and the Hunter
In the endless dunes of the Libyan desert, where the sun scorched the sands by day and the winds howled fiercely by night, there
The Trickster of Tripoli Market
In the heart of Tripoli, where the sun beat down upon the narrow streets and the scent of spices mingled with the salty air
The Tale of the Goat’s Enchantment
Long ago, among the sun-baked plains and rolling dunes of the Libyan desert, there lived a poor girl whose beauty and kindness had once
The Desert Fox and the Lion
In the vast, sun-scorched deserts of Libya, where golden dunes stretched endlessly and the wind carried the scent of distant oases, there lived a
