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Hansen’s disease, also called leprosy, is treatable today — and that’s partly thanks to a curious tree and the work of a pioneering young scientist in the 1920s. Centuries prior
Historians are working to shine a light on Alice Ball’s legacy and contributions to an early treatment of a dangerous and stigmatizing disease.
Combat Information Center analysis, facts and figures about military conflicts and leaders.
Combat Information Center analysis, facts and figures about military conflicts and leaders.
There have been Muslims in West Africa since the XIth century, if not earlier. The region that is now Mali was the center of several famous Islamic empires, notably the Ghana Empire (VIIIth-XIthcentury) (Dieterlen & Sylla, 1992) the Songhai Empire (1464-1591) (Cissoko, 1996), and states established by a succession of jihads led by various Muslim armies.