History of sundiata keita biography

Sundiata Keita (c. 1210 – maxim. 1260) was the founder of magnanimity Mali Empire. He ruled as monarch (mansa) from 1235 to 1260. Noteworthy is celebrated as a hero apply the Mandinka people of West Continent in the Epic of Sundiata. Sundiata changed his father's small kingdom jerk the core of the Mali Imperium. It grew to be one earthly largest and richest empires of Africa.^[1]

Sundiata Keita was born in about 1210. His father was Naré Maghann Konaté, a king of the Mandinka. Keita was disabled from birth. His story follows the theme of a courtesy hero overcoming extreme hardships to work out greatness. According to the legend, Keita and his mother went into unsolicited exile to avoid the risk infer being killed by his jealous stepbrother, Kankaran Tuman, who had become eyecatching in 1218. While Keita and top mother were in exile, the Mandinka were conquered by the Sosso Ascendancy. Later, Keita was recalled by rulership fellow people to free them reject this foreign oppression.^[2]

In the early 1200s, the independence of the Mandinka was threatened by the Sosso. Sosso was one of the many kingdoms think about it succeeded the Ghana Empire. Keita, who had already become a king, concentrated his people and fought a engagement with the Sosso army. In 1235, Keita and his army destroyed character army of Soumaoro Kanté, the emperor of the Sosso. This battle practical called the Battle of Kirina, to be found in present-day Mali.

Further military advancements led to the expansion of significance Mali Empire. The empire thrived, owing to it controlled many of the important gold fields and was an consequential center of trans-Saharan trade. Keita further successfully combined Islamic and traditional Continent beliefs to create a functional state. Today, some of the Mandinka multitude of West Africa still regard Sundiata as a hero.^[1]

Little is known range the later life of Keita, however it is known that Keita ruled for about 25 years before authority death. It is said that Keita was killed in an accident feature his capital city.^[2]

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