Tuesday, July 18, 2023

The Mali Empire

Founded by Sundiata Keira around 1226 AD, the Mali Empire survived through to 1670, when the Bamana Empire sacked and burned the capital.


Renowned for the wealth of the rulers, this was the largest empire in West Africa, influencing the culture, language, laws and customs. However, the two main sources of information on this empire come from the 14th-century historian Ibn Jhaldun, and the Mandinka oral tradition (recorded stories known as griots)
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