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Mansa is a Mandinka word meaning "king of kings." It is particularly associated with the Keita dynasty of the Mali Empire, which dominated West Africa in the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries. Powers of the mansa included the right to dispense justice and to monopolize trade, particularly in gold. Sundiata Keita, legendary founder of the Empire, was the first to assume the title. Other notable mansas include his son Wali Keita and the powerful Kankan Musa I, whose hajj helped define a new direction for the Empire. The succession of the Mali Empire is primarily known through Tunisian historian ...

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Mansa: Encyclopedia - Mansa

Mansa

Mansa is a Mandinka word meaning "king of kings." It is particularly associated with the Keita dynasty of the Mali Empire, which dominated West Africa in the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries. Powers of the mansa included the right to dispense justice and to monopolize trade, particularly in gold.

Sundiata Keita, legendary founder of the Empire, was the first to assume the title. Other notable mansas include his son Wali Keita and the powerful Kankan Musa I, whose hajj helped define a new direction for the Empire. The succession of the Mali Empire is primarily known through Tunisian historian ibn Khaldun's History of the Berbers.