Mali
Mali was a Mandinka empire on the upper Niger, centred on Niani and enriched by Sahelian trade. From about 1312 Mansa Musa of the Keita dynasty ruled a realm that included Timbuktu and Djenné.
After Musa's death around 1337, his son Maghan I was set aside by Suleyman, whose court Ibn Battuta visited in 1352. From 1507 Songhai and other powers stripped Mali of provinces; Songhai sacked its capital in 1544. A final recovery bid failed at Djenné in 1599, and the Keitas withdrew to Kangaba as the empire ended by 1610.
Characters
- Mande Bori
- Abu Ishaq al-Sahili
- Abu Bakr of Mali
- Faga Leye
- Khalifa of Mali
- Maghan I of Mali
- Naré Maghann Konaté
- Muhammad ibn Qu
- Mansa Musa
- Mansa Qu
- Sakura
- Mansa Sulayman
- Sundiata Keita
- Daughter of Sundiata
- Uli I of Mali
- Wati of Mali