Sakura

Sakura (died c. 1300) was a mansa of the Mali Empire, known chiefly from Ibn Khaldun. Born outside the Keita dynasty, possibly a royal slave, he seized the throne amid palace conflicts around 1285. He stabilized Mali and stretched its power from the Atlantic eastward beyond Gao.

He made the pilgrimage to Mecca, the first mansa to do so since Uli. Returning from the hajj, he was killed at Tajura near Tripoli; with his death the Keita line returned to power.