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the ruler of the Mali Empire. He made the Mali empire very wealthy and rich. Mansa Musa traveled to places such as Makkah to expand his trading system with other kingdoms. On his way back home to Mali, he brought Islamic scholars, architects, and administrators. Mali became more well known and plenty more kingdoms started trading with them for they had the legacy and items that Ghana left behind. Everyone wanted what Ghana had so Mali became Ghana 2.0 edition in trading. When Mali expanded, so…

History of the Benin shrines and altars go back to the thirteenth century located in the Africa’s beautiful tropical forest region of South – Central, Nigeria Edo Estate. The Benin kingdom consist of not only the Edo people, they also include the peoples of Igbo, Ijaw, Yoruba, and Itsekiri that live along the Edo state boarders. The Benin kingdom is one of the many places in Africa known for its sophisticated and beautiful art made of ivory, brass, and wood. “The Edo artist consist of brass…

The opening paragraphs from the epic poem, Sundiata, are supposed to be read and taken very seriously as this gives the speaker authority. Throughout Sundiata the griot’s purpose is how important history is and why we should always value it. One of the lines that showed this principle was, “I teach kings the history of their ancestors so that the lives of the ancients might serve them as an example, for the world is old, but the future springs from the past” (page 1). This line demonstrates that…

Sundiata, an epic of Old Mali written by D.T Naine is a uniquely expressed cultural story of an African kingdom of Mali. It is the story of those women of a Muslim culture, who were living extremely unfair lives even though they possess very limited power and authority. Women were bound to live under male’s rule and were used just for men’s self purpose. During the time of old Mali, women’s were entirely subservient to men because roles of women were very much unequal to men, were given very…

Mansa Musa was the King of Kings in Mali, and was described by the North African scholar Al-Omari as the most powerful, richest, most fortunate, most feared by his enemies, and was the most-able to do good for those around him. Under his rule, he increased Mali to twice the size of Ghana, developed a strong effective government bringing stability and peace to the region. He had exemplary leadership, and with his pilgrimage, put Mali on world maps. The Mali Empire was one of the richest and most…

remained more domesticated. Yet, throughout both novels, women shared similar duties. Sundiata, by D.T. Niane, describes the journey of King Sundiata Keita’s road to become ruler of the Mali Empire. The Conquest of New Spain, by Bernal Diaz, recounts the downfall of the Aztec Empire. In the Aztec, Spanish, and Mali Empires women were portrayed as domesticated, were used as a means of creating alliances, and were idols in certain empires. These similarities were common among ancient civilizations…

In the present-day nation of Mali, Timbuktu is located at the southern edge of the Sahara Desert and six miles north of the Niger River. It is significant because it was the commercial, religious, and cultural center of the West African empires of Mali and Songhai in the 14th century. At an early period, Timbuktu played an essential role in the spread of Islam in Africa. Timbuktu’s location made it an important market place for negotiating and trading manuscripts. The north side of Timbuktu…

Mali The 1200s in West Africa, the Ghana Empire was falling at the battle of Kirina, soon after, Sundiata, the founder of Mali, defeated Mali. Mali came to be in the place of the Ancient Ghana. This society had a social hierarchy with the king was in the highest class and they decreased until the slaves as the lowest class. The people believed many things like, priests and Diviners could communicate with spirits and gods. They also practiced ancestor worship, they thought that their ancestors…

In Africa many people went on the holy pilgrimage to Mecca and one of these people happened to be royalty. Mansa Musa went on the Hajj and passed through many villages and cities while on this journey. Mansa Musa was the king of Mali who was completing his holy pilgrimage to Mecca and was showing off by bringing massive amounts of gold, 60,000 people, and walking through one of the worst villages in Africa while on the Hajj which is supposed to be a purely religious journey. Mansa Musa…

In the Sundiata: An Epic of Old Mali, the narrator an griot, “...the counsellors of kings,they conserved the constitutions of kingdoms by memory work alone..(Sundiata pg.xxiii)”, Djeli Mamoudou Kouyate, begins with the mention of the King, “ Maghan Kon Fatta… father of the great Sundiata, which had three wives and six children…(Sun.Pg.3)”. The King did rule with one single wife, not being in a monogamous relationship was not emphasized by griot, although having wive means the believe of sanctity…