How was West Africa affected by the plague?
What will be an ideal response?
A. Effects of the plague in West Africa
1. West Africa projected an image of abundance toward the devastated
Mediterranean world
2. plagues were less penetrative in hot, moist regions
a. did not seem to have gotten across the Sahara to tropical Africa,
though many potential disease carriers crossed that desert to trade
3. Kingdom of Mali
a. desert sealed it from the effects of plague
b. hero known as Sundiata founded the kingdom in the early
thirteenth century
c. kings of Mali known as mansas
a. made pilgrimages to the Muslim holy city of Mecca via
Cairo at intervals from the late thirteenth century
b. spread the fame of the kingdom
c. showed stability of kingdom to have leader absent
d. wealthy enough to cause drop in value of gold in Egypt
4. location of West Africa gold mines was a closely guarded commercial secret
a. search for African gold obsessed European adventurers
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