The legendary west African kingdom of Kaabu has long been memorialized in the songs and stories of griots. That's inspired ...

As a result of monopolizing the gold trade and developing its agricultural resources, the Mali Empire prospered. The currency of Mali, like Ghana, was the guilders’ currency. A heavy guilder’s tax was ...

All in all, his empire stretched about 2,000 miles ... Ultimately, the emperor's opulent pilgrimage shaped European views of Mali as "a place of splendor, wealth, and sophistication," historian ...

In the 1230s, a man called Sundiata Keita incorporated a series of smaller kingdoms into the Mali Empire. The empire was central to several key trading routes, and with the support of a well ...

The Mali Empire was the center of the world’s gold ... although more conservative estimates place the number at around 15,000. This included the Mansa’s servants, enslaved people, soldiers ...

to the kingdoms of Mali, Asante and Buganda and the Nguni tribes of Southern Africa are all woven in the rich tapestry of cultures that respected the family unit, the place of women and the need ...