What did Mansa Musa do?
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Mansa Musa developed cities like Timbuktu and Gao into important cultural centers. He also brought architects from the Middle East and across Africa to design new buildings for his cities. Mansa Musa turned the kingdom of Mali into a sophisticated center of learning in the Islamic world.
How much money did Mansa Musa have?
With a fortune of around $400bn in today’s money, Mansa Musa I of Mali, the first king of Timbuktu, may not be a household name, but was by most estimates one of the richest people in history.
Who was Mansa Musa’s favorite wife?
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It has been said that of all of Mansa Musa’s wives (there were four), one was. nót only the most beautiful but also his favorite. She had many interests but, most of all, she loved to swim each even- ing with her ladies-in-waiting at a-special place in tie Niger which flowed through her husband’s kingdom.
Who is Mansa Musa?
Musa I (c. 1280—c. 1337) or Mansa Musa was the tenth Mansa, which translates to “sultan”, “conqueror”, or “emperor”, of the wealthy West African Mali Empire.
What happened to Mansa Musa’s University?
While Musa’s palace has since vanished, the university and mosque still stand in Timbuktu today. By the end of Mansa Musa’s reign, the Sankoré University had been converted into a fully staffed University with the largest collections of books in Africa since the Library of Alexandria.
Why does Mansa Musa compare himself to a bar?
(Mansa Musa was the king of the Mali Empire and had incalculable wealth with a vast amount of gold, which he compares to his rhymes, or “bars” since gold comes in that form. Bars can also refer to those in a prison cell, and gold is one of the densest materials known to man.
Will Musa’s raps burn down Amazon?
(Bezos’ company, Amazon, is named after the rainforest in South America, which suffered a series of devastating fires in the late 2010s and into 2020, believed to have been caused or exacerbated by local cattle farming. Musa says his raps will burn down the company as if it was the forest it gets its name from.