Episode 026—Not All Who Wander, and Wander are Lost

It's not the destination, it's the journey. On today's episode our journey takes us all around Africa, Asia and the Middle East with world traveler, Ibn Battuta, and then back to China and Japan with Chinese revolutionary, Qiu Jin.

Ibn Battuta

Ibn Battuta's Route

Qiu Jin

Qiu Jin 2

Sources for Ibn Battuta story: Encyclopedia Britannica, Stamped from the Beginning, Extra Credits on YouTube, Khan Academy, Wiki, Berman, Nina. “Questions of Context: Ibn Battuta and E. W. Bovill on Africa.” Research in African Literatures, vol. 34, no. 2, 2003, pp. 199–205. JSTOR, www.jstor.org/stable/4618304. Accessed 15 June 2020.

Sources for Qiu Jin story: Wiki, NYT Overlooked

Original Theme: Garreth Spinn

Original Art: Sarah Cruz

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