REENACTMENT- Mansa Musa (played by John Phillips) looks over at his disciples.
(Photo Credit: Cineflix International Media/ Darren Goldstein)

Musa Keita I came into power in 1312. When he was crowned, he was given the name Mansa, meaning king. It is said that Mansa Musa had conquered 24 cities, each with surrounding districts containing villages and estates, during his reign.

Mansa Musa was in charge of a lot of land. To put it into perspective, he ruled all (or parts) of modern day Mauritania, Senegal, Gambia, Guinea, Burkina Faso, Mali, Niger, Nigeria, and Chad.

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17 thoughts on “The Richest Man In All History Is An African, Meet Mansa Musa (Must See)”

  1. Musa

    King David was a white man, and he was also prophet ,but mansa musa was African, the white can and carry all ours gold, from Mali empire

    1. Anonymous

      Som ar taking robiss, did u know thet mandingka was having the fest’ laibry in the World
      In Mali

  4. Uche nnadiekwe

    But were just hearing of this for the first time.why has Forbes magazines not carried it

    1. Adams

      You hear this for d first time u must be joking or u don’t believe because he’s African. My friend we were first in everything believe it o not. Thanks

  5. anonymous

    pls note
    mansa musa is not d richest man of all time, he is no 6th richest man of all time,i use to think musa was bfo until i discover he was not
    four among d richest of all time r still from d bible days
    no 1 is king solomon
    2 is Abraham
    3 is king david father of solomon
    4 is Noah
    in solomons days gold was like dust in d street, meaning if u r in need of it u can get what ever quantity u want even frm d street,
    dont forget that when ur money is now too much that u cant count its converted to gold
    in our recent time, these civilise age its on record not up to 50 years back acheologist discover one of solomon store room full of gold in isreal n d worth of d gold was 800 billion us dollars
    mansa musa is worth 400b us dollars

    d 5th richest man is in d civilise age but hav forgoten d name i wud ch it later, hes an american he use to pay 90% as tithe instead of 10%
    n till date america is still paying 1m dollars every month for taking over their fathers fotune after his demise

  7. Anonymous

    I Do Not Regard A Ruler As A World Richest, B He Dead Or Alive, D Richest Man Must B 1 Who Has Gone Thru D Struggles Of Live, Invested Tym, Sweat N His Blood 2 Produce Wht D World Would 4 Eva Pay Homage 2.

  9. Anonymous

    Yes, Mansa Musa or Mansa Kanka Musa built the first world University in Africa,called University of Timbukutum

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