Mansa Musa, emperor of the Mali Empire, is widely regarded as the richest man in history ... READ ALSO: 7 influential traditional rulers in West Africa you should know According to ancient manuscripts ...

Mansa Musa, the 14th-century emperor of Mali, a landlocked country in West Africa ... ancient Arab historians and scholars. To put his wealth into perspective, Elon Musk, currently the world's ...

Even today’s mega-rich, like Amazon founder Jeff Bezos with an estimated fortune of $131 billion doesn't get close to African emperor Mansa Musa. The 14th-century ruler of Mali was “richer ...

Ancient Ghana derived power and wealth from ... Al-Hamdani, for example, describes Ghana as having the richest gold mines on earth. These mines were situated at Bambuk, on the upper Senegal ...