Sundiata Keita
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1217 – 1255
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Who was Sundiata Keita?
Sundiata Keita was the founder of the Mali Empire and celebrated as a hero of the Mandinka people of West Africa in the semi-historical Epic of Sundiata. The epic of Sundiata is primarily known through oral tradition, transmitted by generations of Mandinka griots. The famous West African ruler Mansa Musa was his grandnephew.
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- Born
- 1217
Niani - Parents
- Children
- Religion
- Muslim
- Died
- 1255
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on July 23, 2013
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