Mansa Musa, the 14th-century ruler of the Mali Empire, amassed immense wealth through gold and strategic trade, becoming ...

Save guides, add subjects and pick up where you left off with your BBC account. In the 1230s, a man called Sundiata Keita incorporated a series of smaller kingdoms into the Mali Empire. The empire ...

Music Review - Music is Mali's most famous cultural asset and has shaped the country's history for centuries. A new book by Andy Morgan recounts how it has suffered under Islamist occupation.

The Empire of Mali, one of the wealthiest and most influential in African history, is best known for its famous ruler, Mansa Musa, often regarded as Tuesday, 02 January 2024 12:17 GMT عربي ...

Mansa Musa’s Rise to Power. In 1307, Mansa Musa, who was predicted to be the grandson or grandnephew of Sundiata, the empire’s founder, took the throne of the Mali Empire, which prospered ...

Africa’s £400bn ruler who had so much gold experts think he was the richest person ever Mansa Musa was the ninth Mansa of the Mali Empire. His reign in the 14th century is often regarded as the ...

Less than a week after the U.N.'s cultural agency Unesco added Timbuktu to a list of historically significant sites in danger, Islamist rebels, who have taken control of the fabled city in ...