According to National Geographic, he ruled the kingdom of Mali from 1312 C.E. to 1337 C.E. During his reign, Mali was one of ...

Battuta travelled throughout the known Islamic world. In the 1350s, he travelled through Mali to Timbuktu where he heard stories of Mansa Musa, which he wrote down. Similarly, another scholar ...

A devout Muslim, Mansa Musa observed one of the five pillars of Islam by undertaking a pilgrimage to Mecca. In 1324, he embarked on his Hajj, traversing thousands of miles across perilous terrain ...

as the Mali Empire became a hub for Islamic learning. Mansa Musa presided over a golden age of African development and prosperity. The Mali Empire was founded in 1226 CE by Sundiata Keita.