Mansa Musa: The Richest Man Who Ever Lived
Mansa Musa travelled to Mecca with a caravan of 60,000 men and 12,000 slaves. The trip to Mecca helped put Mali and Mansa Musa on the map. In a Catalan Atlas map from 1375, a drawing of an African king sits on a golden throne atop Timbuktu, holding a piece of gold in his hand.
By Naima Mohamud (BBC Africa)
The richest man of all time.
That title belongs to Mansa Musa, the 14th Century West African ruler …