Good Morning Nairalanders and hope you have a wonderful day . Today from Blackpast i bring you the pilgrimage of Mansa the richest man to ever lived est 400 Billion Dollars , one to put today's Bill Gates to shame .
Mansa Musa, fourteenth century emperor of the Mali Empire, is the medieval African ruler most known to the world outside Africa. His elaborate pilgrimage to the Muslim holy city of Mecca in 1324 introduced him to rulers in the Middle East and in Europe. His leadership of Mali, a state which stretched across two thousand miles from the Atlantic Ocean to Lake Chad and which included all or parts of the modern nations of Mauritania, Senegal, Gambia, Guinea, Burkina Faso, Mali, Niger, Nigeria, and Chad, ensured decades of peace and prosperity in Western Africa.

In 1312 Musa became emperor following the death of his predecessor, Abu-Bakr II. When he was crowned, he was given the name Mansa meaning king. Mansa Musa was knowledgeable in Arabic and was described as a Muslim traditionalist. He became the first Muslim ruler in West Africa to make the nearly four thousand mile journey to Mecca. Preparing for the expedition took years and involved the work of artisans in numerous towns and cities across Mali. In 1324 Musa began his pilgrimage with a entourage of thousands of escorts. He also brought considerable amounts of gold, some of which was distributed along the journey.
Accompanied by thousands of richly dressed servants and supporters Musa made generous donations to the poor and to charitable organizations as well as the rulers of the lands his entourage crossed. On his stop in Cairo, Egypt, the Emperor gave out so much gold that he generated a brief decline in its value. Cairo’s gold market recovered over a decade later.

Upon his return from Mecca, Mansa Musa brought Arab scholars, government bureaucrats, and architects. Among those who returned with him was the architect Ishaq El Teudjin who introduced advanced building techniques to Mali. He designed numerous buildings for the Emperor including a new palace named Madagou, the mosque at Gao, the second largest city in Mali, and the still-standing great mosque at Timbuktu, the largest city in the empire. That mosque was named the Djinguereber. El Teudjin’s most famous design was the Emperor’s chamber at the Malian capital of Niani.

Mansa Musa’s pilgrimage boosted Islamic education in Mali by adding mosques, libraries, and universities. The awareness of Musa by other Islamic leaders brought increased commerce and scholars, poets, and artisans, making Timbuktu one of the leading cities in the Islamic world during the time when the most advanced nations from Spain to central India were Muslim. Timbuktu was clearly the center of Islamic Sub-Saharan Africa.
Mansa Musa’s pilgrimage boosted Islamic education in Mali by adding mosques, libraries, and universities. The awareness of Musa by other Islamic leaders brought increased commerce and scholars, poets, and artisans, making Timbuktu one of the leading cities in the Islamic world during the time when the most advanced nations from Spain to central India were Muslim. Timbuktu was clearly the center of Islamic Sub-Saharan Africa.

Musa’s pilgrimage to Mecca brought Mali to the attention of Europe. For the next two centuries Italian, German, and Spanish cartographers produced maps of the world which showed Mali and which often referenced Mansa Musa. The first of these maps appeared in Italy in 1339 with Mansa Musa’s name and likeness.

Mansa Musa died in 1337 after a twenty-five year reign. He was succeeded by his son, Maghan I.
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Africa is blessed

While European countries were advancing in science and technology... He was busy going to mecca to waste resources...

OKUCHI11:
While European countries were advancing in science and technology... He was busy going to mecca to waste resources...

Not Waste resources to attract merchants and trade to Ancient Mali and also helped in building the great Timbuktu.

OKUCHI11:
While European countries were advancing in science and technology... He was busy going to mecca to waste resources...

He is source of wealth is selling slaves.

Africa till next Moro is a blessed continent

Only say we are under utilized
Sorry I meant MISMANAGED

If you know the true story of this man. He's nothing to be celebrated.

He made his riches from enslaving multitudes of people.

He sold Africa out
While Pythagoras and his peers was thinking of DY/DX
they heard of one man from far away that comes with plenty gold for the religious workers in the Middle East
Even heard of how the gold from one trip could build 10 Athenian cities from
They started divising plans to get the gold
They came in peace and got the gold and they haven’t left till date 😎😎

Mali empire
Asante of Ghana
Akan of Ghana

Africa had it all coming until our kinsmen and so called leaders sold us out, since then, we've been beleaguered by inept leaders currently led by Tinubu 😏...

ambitiouschap17:


He is source of wealth is selling slaves.

and Salt , the Ancient world was a spineless world so salt literally was the same value as gold if not more Good morning

1Sharon:
If you know the true story of this man. He's nothing to be celebrated.

He made his riches from enslaving multitudes of people.

True but you know slaves were a normal measure of wealth and power the Yorubas had what they call Eru, POWs , in fact I'll say all Dynasties Empires had and used slaves from Alexander the Great , Ghengis Khan, Sango, Atila,The Romans the Brits . So yeah he is worthy to be celebrated, he did more good than others who had been celebrated on conquests

Zaheertyler:
He sold Africa out
While Pythagoras and his peers was thinking of DY/DX
they heard of one man from far away that comes with plenty gold for the religious workers in the Middle East
Even heard of how the gold from one trip could build 10 Athenian cities from
They started divising plans to get the gold
They came in peace and got the gold and they haven’t left till date 😎😎

Mali empire
Asante of Ghana
Akan of Ghana

True it is also worthy to nothing the Ancient Ghana is far geographically to modern Ghana , in fact the modern Ghana got its name from the Ghana Empire in a bid to remmurate the great Empire, it was closer to modern day Mali than modern day Ghana good morning

christejames:
Africa had it all coming until our kinsmen and so called leaders sold us out, since then, we've been beleaguered by inept leaders currently led by Tinubu 😏...

Well not necessarily sell us out , each leader protected its people been taken as slaves but neighboring kingdoms would always actively seek other tribes men out just to sell to the Europeans, the Myth of the Evil forest comes from people been taken away by the Europeans and never seen again Good morning


* and in some cases money and gold would be returned giving rise to the Myth of money rituals

TheSourcerer:
Well not necessarily sell us out , each leader protected its people been taken as slaves but neighboring kingdoms would always actively seek other tribes men out just to sell to the Europeans, the Myth of the Evil forest comes from people been taken away by the Europeans and never seen again Good morning


* and in some cases money and gold would be returned giving rise to the Myth of money rituals

You are somewhat right...



Good morning!

christejames:



You are somewhat right...



Good morning!

Good Morning to you and really wish you a great day ahead

Europe killed Musa, took all of Mali's gold and tagged him and enslaver, so his next generation will hate on him.
If you argue this, tell me if the benin were bad people also.
These guys bombed, killed and stole everything Benin, Dahomey, Mali, Ghana, Igbo had and termed some canibals and worshippers of idols and killers of twins. Then, they that drugged, raped our men and women are saints. They derived pleasure from african kids both boys and girls. Taught us lesbianism, homosexuality, alcoholism, slavery, you can name them but these thing were all right as far as its coming from them. If you rebel or oppose their evil lifesyle they kill you and enthrone a puppet. Then brought their Jesus, since Ogun, Amadioha and the rest were evil idols that accept human sacrifices according to them.

Wake up dumbos.

Brainmytool:
Europe killed Musa, took all of Mali's gold and tagged him and enslaver, so his next generation will hate on him.
If you argue this, tell me if the benin were bad people also.
These guys bombed, killed and stole everything Benin, Dahomey, Mali, Ghana, Igbo had and termed some canibals and worshippers of idols and killers of twins. Then, they that drugged, raped our men and women are saints. They derived pleasure from african kids both boys and girls. Taught us lesbianism, homosexuality, alcoholism, slavery, you can name them but these thing were all right as far as its coming from them. If you rebel or oppose their evil lifesyle they kill you and enthrone a puppet. Then brought their Jesus, since Ogun, Amadioha and the rest were evil idols that accept human sacrifices according to them.

Wake up dumbos.

All True, the Ida mask after been stolen and taken to Europe was described as artifacts from the lost city of Atlantis
The walls of Benin was FOUR times longer that the walls of China and yes again the British bombarded there and stole their heritage , Lagos was bombarded similarly, they got gunpowder from the Chinese only to use it to oppress the Africans, in a way colonialism was all the way worse than slavery as it not just gives you to slaves but the people and the land.

Shame History is dead in Nigeria.
The average person has no idea how big Benin or the Oyo Empire were ......