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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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

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.

The wealthiest ruler in history Mansa Musa was a legendary African king, born in 1280, who ascended to the throne of Mali in 1312. His vast empire stretched across present-day Mauritania ...