The Mali Empire under Musa reflected Africa at one of the summits of its grandeur. But perhaps it is also a somber reminder of what an independent, flourishing Africa could have become.

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 ...

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 ...

With such a large land mass came great resources such as gold and salt. During the reign of Mansa Musa, the empire of Mali accounted for almost half of the Old World's gold, according to the ...

The simple fact is that Black Americans are not on the whole their descendants. They are the descendants of all of Africa, a ...

This man had a net worth of more than £315 billion in today's money, making him the richest person to have ever lived.

Throughout history, one figure stands out as the wealthiest person to ever live: Mansa Musa, a 14th-century African emperor whose fortune far surpasses that of today's richest ind ...