THE MALI KINGDOM WAS FOUNDED SUNDIATA KEITA. THIS EMPIRE MADE PLENTY PROFUOUND CULTURES OF WEST AFRICA.

HE MANDINKA PEOPLE SUFFERED DEFEAT FROM THE MANDINKA RIVAL LEADER.

MANSA MUSA WAS THE GREATEST EMPEROR OF MALI IN 1312. "MANSA MUSA" IS TRANSLATED "KINGS OF KINGS."

THESE ARE INSTRUMENTS THAT THE MANDINKA PEOPLE USED WHEN THEY WERE BORED.

MANSA MUSA CONVERTED TO ISLAM AND BASED HIS SYSTEM OF JUSTICE ON THE QURAN.

AFTER MANSA MUSA FULFILLED ONE OF THE FIVE PILLARS OF ISLAM BY MAKING THE HAJJ,OR PILGRAMAGE MECCA.

He grew up on the bend of the Niger River in present-day Niger and Burkina Faso.

Sunni Ali was the first king of the Songhai Empire, located in west Africa and the 15th ruler of the Sonni dynasty.

He made a pilgrimage to Mecca that led to increase ties with the Muslim world.