Who was Mansa Musa and how did he become the world’s richest man… ever? What did he do with his wealth? And why did everyone around him keep dying? Greg Jenner is joined by comedian Athena Kugblenu and historian and director of the Smithsonian National Museum of African Art, Dr Augustus Caseley-Hayford OBE. It’s history for people who don’t like history! This episode was produced by Dan Morelle and scripted and researched by Emma Nagouse, assisted by Josh Daniels.
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To force Patrick Bamford to come on a podcast with me, and he's gonna.
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Do you go to the supermarket?
No.
You know when all the shirts started.
Getting tight on the players and they started selling them like that to the general public?
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Yeah.
And everyone looked like sausages.
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Hello and welcome to you're dead to me, a history podcast for people who don't like history, or at least people who forgot to learn any at school.
My name is Greg Jenner.
I'm a public historian.
I'm an author, and I'm also the chief nerd on the BBC comedy show Horrible Histories.
Now, on this podcast, you don't really get a GCSE out of it, but we are hoping you're going to get some laughs at and a tidbit of information that you can impress your mates down the pub with.