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Mansa Musa I (Paperback)

Kankan Moussa: From Niani to Mecca - A Historical Narrative

P&S History > Social Science & Culture > Africa World History

Imprint: Mosaic Press
Pages: 152
ISBN: 9781771614047
Published: 20th September 2019
Script Academic & Professional

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This book vividly recounts, in an intense and almost cinematic manner, the unique story of the young West African ruler - Mansa Musa I, the King of Mali - who ruled over a massive territory from 1312-1337. Mansa Musa's territory of rule stretched across two thousand miles, spanning the Atlantic Ocean to Lake Chad.

Under his rule, his state prospered and it is estimated that he was the wealthiest man in the world. In 1324-1325, he undertook a pilgrimage to Mecca with a massive retinue of 12,000 men. The voyage, at that time was without precedent - crossing the deserts of the Sahara all the way to Arabia, a distance of some 4,000 kilometres. His intent was to bring the very best of the Arabic world, scholars, government bureaucrats, architects, educators, commercial know how, poets, artisans to his massive kingdom. Effectively, he was to transform his kingdom to become a leading force in the world at that time. He succeeded, indeed, and his pilgrimage brought his Malian kingdom to the attention of Europe.

For the next two centuries, Italian, German and Spanish cartographers produced new maps of the world showing the vital routes which connected Africa to Arabia.

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