Mansa Musa, emperor of the Mali Empire, is widely regarded as the richest man in history. He was exceptionally wealthy to an extent that historians have struggled to quantify it accurately. Though the ...

In the aftermath of Mansa Muhammad’s disappearance, Musa was crowned the 9th Mansa of the Mali Empire in approximately 1312 CE. Upon his ascension to the throne, Mansa Musa quickly expanded his ...

Mali became a strong and powerful empire. Under the leadership of Mansa Musa, 1312 - 1337, Mali became famous for its trade in gold and the kingdom became incredibly prosperous. Some historians ...

Mansa Musa was the ninth Mansa of the Mali Empire. His reign in the 14th century is often regarded as the height of Mali's power and prestige. The ruler was incredibly wealthy, being described as ...

The National Theatre came alive on Saturday night as Chief Moomen’s latest stage production, ‘Mansa Musa and a Trial of Lost ...

After Mansa Musa died in 1337, aged 57, the empire was inherited by his sons who could not hold it together. The smaller states broke off and the empire crumbled. But Mali’s fame as a place of ...

The eighth Mansa, his brother Abu Bakr ... and decided to settle there. At the time, the Mali empire extended through 2,000 miles of West Africa, from what today is Niger in the east, through ...

(Mali Empire reached its peak of success under Mansa Musa around 1307.) Geographically, the old Ghana is 500 miles north of the present Ghana, and occupied the area between Rivers Senegal and Niger.