Sundiata Keita: Quick Facts

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Also Known As	Soundiata • Mari Jata • Sundjata • Sundiata • Mārī Diāṭa
Died	1255

Detail from the 1375 Catalan Atlas by Abraham Cresques showing Mansa Musa, king of Mali, seated on a throne holding a gold coin, with a Tuareg on camelback approaching.

Mūsā I of Mali

emperor of Mali

Samory Touré

Samory

West African ruler

Napoleon Bonaparte. Napoleon in Coronation Robes or Napoleon I Emperor of France, 1804 by Baron Francois Gerard or Baron Francois-Pascal-Simon Gerard, from the Musee National, Chateau de Versailles.

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