Qui est sundiata keita biography
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Sundiata Keita
Sundiata Keita (c. – c. ) was the founder of the Mali Empire. He ruled as emperor (mansa) from to He is celebrated as a hero of the Mandinka people of West Africa in the Epic of Sundiata.
Sundiata changed his father's small kingdom into the core of the Mali Empire.
Qui est sundiata keita biography
It grew to be one of largest and richest empires of Africa.[1]
Sundiata Keita was born in about His father was Naré Maghann Konaté, a king of the Mandinka. Keita was disabled from birth. His legend follows the theme of a culture hero overcoming extreme hardships to achieve greatness.
According to the legend, Keita and his mother went into voluntary exile to avoid the risk of being killed by his jealous half-brother, Kankaran Tuman, who had become king in While Keita and his mother were in exile, the Mandinka were conquered by the Sosso Empire.
Later, Keita was recalled by his fellow people to free them from this foreign oppression.[2]
In the early s, the independence of the Ma