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Sundiata Keita was a prince and founder of the Mali Empire. He was also the great-uncle of the Malian ruler Mansa Musa, who is regarded as the wealthiest person of all time, although there are no reliable ways to accurately calculate his wealth.
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politics · Founder and first ruler of the Mali Empire · monarch · also Sunjata Keïta, Sundiata Keita, Keïta
Born 20 August 1190 · Died 1255 · Q175772
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“He [the King of Jolof] confiscated Diata's [Sundiata's] horses and sent him a skin, saying that he should make shoes out of it since he was neither a hunter nor a king worthy to mount a horse.”
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Died 1255.
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Career landmark: Mansa (1235–1255).
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Born 1190-08-20.
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