Where is Mansa Musa's gold today?

Mansa Musa was a wise and wealthy man. He knew that not only did you have to create the wealth you had to spread it to make the money move and work effectively. read more

Spent. It came mostly from gold mines nearer the coastal regions (the biggest one in what is now northern Ghana), and was accumulated both through direct ownership and through taxation on the salt/gold trade routes. read more

The numbers vary, but Mansa Musa's reportedly 60,000-strong caravan was said to include 1,000 attendants, 100 camels loaded with gold, plenty of the emperor's own personal musicians, and 500 slaves bearing gold staffs. read more