Mansa Musa was the ruler of the kingdom of Mali from 1312 C.E. to 1337 C.E. He was one of the richest individuals in the ...

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 ...

When we think of wealthy figures, we might imagine the likes of Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos and Apple CEO Tim Cook – but one ...