The Empire of Mali, one of the wealthiest and most influential in African history, is best known for its famous ruler, Mansa Musa, often regarded as ...

Mansa Musa ruled the Mali Empire during a period that has since ... Knowledge of Mansa Musa’s reign comes from the stories of the griots and from Arabic writers from throughout the Muslim ...

Diabate, a renowned master of the kora—a traditional West African stringed instrument—died at a private clinic in Bamako, the capital of Mali. Born in 1965 into a family of griots, Diabate was ...