Label your journal entry “Niani, October, 1375, Evening.” It has been over 50 years since your journey as part of Mansa Musa’s historic hajj. As
you gather some special belongings to pass along to your grandchild, you discover the personal
journal that you kept during the journey. Reflecting on that time and the recently published and very
popular Catalan Atlas that described the hajj, you decide to write a final entry. Did the journey turn
out the way you hoped? Was it worth the time and money it cost? What was the lasting significance
of Mansa Musa’s journey? Record your thoughts in your journal.
