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Hassan Ibn Muhammad Al Wazzan also knows Leo Africanus. He was born around the 1460s in Granada, but he was raised in Fez. He went to school and got educated in Islamic law. He was chosen for the post of the sultan of Fez. There were three important Africans Kingdom. The Kingdom of Mali, The kingdom of Goa and the kingdom of Borno. The kingdom of Mali has large villages and they contain six thousand families. These kingdoms are very important because Goa had meat, rice, wheat, lemons, and melons. Goa also had fresh water wells. The Kingdom of Borno had horses for trade. They exchange their houses for

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