At its height, the Mali Empire was the richest civilization on Earth, built on gold, trade, and faith. This is the story of its rise under kings like Mansa Musa — and the fall that ended Africa’s ...
"This book introduces the medieval empire of Mali...and soon narrows its focus to the compelling life story of the emperor Mansa Musa, who rules Mali in the early 1300s...This enjoyable work smoothly ...
A bronze ornament of undocumented history and uncertain provenance in the Barbier-Mueller Museum (acquired in 1985), Garrard believes, can be reasonably assigned to the Jenne culture. He describes the ...