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The music used in this recording is the intellectual copyright of Michael Levy, a prolific composer for the recreated lyres of antiquity, and used with the creator's permission. Michael Levy's music is available to stream at all the major digital music platforms. Find out more on:
- [Ancient Lyre Website](https://www.ancientlyre.com)
- [Michael Levy's Youtube Channel](https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCJ1X6F7lGMEadnNETSzTv8A)
- [Michael Levy's Spotify](https://open.spotify.com/artist/7Dx2vFEg8DmOJ5YCRm4A5v?si=emacIH9CRieFNGXRUyJ9)
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IMAGES:
Map of successor states to the Ghana Empire
By T L Miles at English Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=34701194
The oldest known illuminated Qur'an from this region
By Qur'an manuscript by unknown copyist. - Uppsala University Library: https://www.alvin-portal.org/alvin/view.jsf?pid=alvin-record:152749, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=102270633
By Qur'an manuscript by unknown copyist. - Uppsala University Library: https://www.alvin-portal.org/alvin/view.jsf?pid=alvin-record:152749, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=102270636
The Almoravid empire at its greatest extent, c. 1120 CE
By Flaspec - This file was derived from: Empire almoravide-es.svg: RowanwindwhistlerModifiée selon les entrées Almoravides sur Larousse.fr et Qantara-Med.org, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=96586958
The Spread of Islam in Africa
Cartwright, M. (2019, May 09). The Spread of Islam in Africa. World History Encyclopedia. Retrieved from https://www.worldhistory.org/image/10601/the-spread-of-islam-in-africa/
Chiefs and Kings Wear Northern Ghana
By Ibn Shiraz - Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=99554048
Jewelry, 1800s, Guinea Coast, Ghana
By Daderot - Own work, CC0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=23406992
A traditional banco (pounded earth) house, Oualata (Walata), Mauritania
c.hug, . (2019, March 01). Traditional House, Oualata. World History Encyclopedia. Retrieved from https://www.worldhistory.org/image/10155/traditional-house-oualata/
Western necropolis of Koumbi Saleh showing the density of funerary structures
By Chloé Capel - https://journals.openedition.org/remmm/16109, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=139108542
The Ghana Empire
Luxo, . (2013, March 11). The Ghana Empire. World History Encyclopedia. Retrieved from https://www.worldhistory.org/image/1104/the-ghana-empire/
25th parallel north, denoting part of the border between Mauritania and Mali
By Bazonka - Based on Image:Blank Map-Africa.svg, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=21657091
Pottery head, Ghana, 19th century.
By Vassil - Own work, CC0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=77360936
Individual burial from the Column Tomb in Koumbi Saleh
By Chloé Capel - https://journals.openedition.org/remmm/16109, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=139108540
Niger river map
Von author of Niger_river_map.PNGderivative work: Wizardist (talk) - Niger_river_map.PNG, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=9035707
Forest and woodland landscape in uplands of Ashanti region, Ghana.
By Joachim Huber - Flickr: DSC_0002, CC BY-SA 2.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=27481430
Diobé, ruler of Soninke colonial era town of Bakel, with his advisors (1887-1888)
By A.A. Famin, photographe - Bibliothèque nationale de France, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=3141839
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