Origin And History of Some African Leaders...

RECAP: In our previous post " The hidden root of the blacks", we realized that descendants of Ham are the Aficans or Blacks. Descendants of Shem are the Asians whilst descendants of Japheth are the Europeans.

The story continues : After the Dispersal of Mankind, The blacks settled in Africa.

Note: Before colonization, the world was divided into empires not countries and they were led by Emperor.

During the ancient times, there was a strong state called The Mali Empire and it's ruler was called Faga Laye.

Faga Laye had 12 sons but the last child was lame( thus couldn't walk). In one of the civil wars, Faga Laye was defeated by Abu-Bakr II. Abu-Bakr succeeded the throne and eliminated the sons of Faga Laye so that they will not rebel against him. Unfortunate for him, he had pity on the lame child called Musa Kanku thinking that he could never rebel against him....

As time goes on Musa recovered from his lameness with the help of an African herbalist. Musa gathered a group of people so that they could rebel against the Emperor who murdered his parent and brothers. In the process, Musa became close to the Emperor so that he can assassinate him easily. Musa became the Deputy for Abu-Bakr II. Fortunate for him, Abu-Bakr II went missing on a voyage he took by sea to find the edge of the Atlantic ocean.

Musa become the next Emperor of the Mali Empire and was given the title Mansa ( which means 'Sultan', 'Conqueror' or 'emperor' ). Mansa Musa became the tenth Mansa of Mali Empire, an Islamic West African State..

He has been described as the wealthiest individual of the Middle Age.

FACTS AND KEY POINTS

Father of Musa-------- Faga Laye(Uli I of Mali).

Resident------------------ Mecca, Niani.

Life companion------- Four(4) wives

Religion------------------- Islamic

Born on ------------------- c. 1280

Died in --------------------- c. 1337(aged 56-57) unknown

Successor --------------- Maghan I

How Wealthy Was Mansa Musa and What happened To His Wealth..?

The whites made us believe that 'King Solomon' was the richest man ever. Later the comparison of Musa's wealth and King Solomon's begun and we released that Musa was far far ahead of King Solomon in terms of wealth.

In one of the pilgrimage, Musa gave away 1.5 billion dollars. According to Wikipedia, Musa's generous actions inadvertently devasted the economy of the regions through which he passed. In the cities of Cairo, Medina and Mecca, the sudden influx of gold devalued the metal for the next decade....

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