WORLD HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -Sundiata Keita was the first ruler of the Mali Empire in the 13th century C.E. He laid the foundation for a powerful and wealthy African empire and proclaimed the first charter of human rights, the Manden Charter.

Detailed explanation-2: -Sundiata Keita, Sundiata also spelled Sundjata or Soundiata, also called Sundiata, Mārī Diāṭa, or Mari Jata, (died 1255), West African monarch who founded the western Sudanese empire of Mali.

Detailed explanation-3: -The Mali Empire (Manding: Mandé or Manden; Arabic: , romanized: Mālī) was an empire in West Africa from c. 1226 to 1670. The empire was founded by Sundiata Keita ( c. 1214 – c. 1255) and became renowned for the wealth of its rulers, especially Mansa Musa (Musa Keita).

Detailed explanation-4: -Mansa Musa’s personal name was Musa (Arabic: , romanized: Mūsā), the Arabic form of Moses. Mansa, ‘ruler’ or ‘king’ in Mandé, was the title of the ruler of the Mali Empire. In oral tradition and the Timbuktu Chronicles, Musa is known as Kanku Musa.

Detailed explanation-5: -They had started referring to him as the Lion King, because that’s who he really was. His name Sundiata was derived from the words ‘Sogolon’ (from his mother) and ‘Jata’, which means lion. So by adding Mansa to his title, he became their Lion King.