Mansa Musa

Mansa Musa

male, deceased (1337)
Mansa Musa was a 14th century king (or Mansa) who ruled the Mali Empire between 1312 and 1337. He is remembered for his fabled hajj and as a...
Sundiata Keita

Sundiata Keita

male, deceased (1255)
Sundiata Keita or Sundjata Keyita or Mari Djata I was the founder of the Mali Empire and celebrated as a hero of the Mandé people of West Africa i...

Khalifa Keita

male, deceased (1275)
Khalifa Keita was the fourth mansa of the Mali Empire. He ruled the empire for only a year from 1274 to his assassination in 1275. Khalifa or...

Ouati Keita

male, deceased (1274)
Ouati Keita was the third mansa of the Mali Empire reigning from 1270 to 1274. Ouati Keita was one of two adopted children from among Sundjata's...

Abubakari II

male, deceased (1312)
Abubakari II was a mansa of the Mali Empire, the successor of his brother Mohammed ibn Gao and predecessor of Kankan Musa I. Abubakari II appears...

Mansa Wali Keita

male, deceased (1270)
Mansa Wali Keita, also known as Yérélinkon, Ouli and Uli was the second mansa of the Mali Empire, following the death of his father, the le...

Mohammed Ibn Gao

male, deceased (1310)
Mohammed ibn Gao was mansa (ruler) of the Mali Empire from 1305 to 1312. Great-grandson of legendary empire founder Sundiata Keita, Mohammed ibn Qu...

Sandaki

male, deceased (1390)
Sandaki was mansa of the Mali Empire from 1389 to 1390. He usurped the throne from Magha II, but was succeeded by Mahmud the following year.
Abu Bakr

Abu Bakr

male, deceased (1285)
Abu Bakr, also known as Abubakari I or Manding Bory, was the fifth mansa (king) of the Mali Empire, reigning from 1275 to 1285. He was born Manding...
Musa II

Musa II

male, deceased (1387)
Musa II was mansa of the Mali Empire from 1374 to1387. Musa II took the throne following the death of his father, Mansa Mari Diata II. Tunisian...