The Mali empire, which flourished in western Africa in the 13th–16th century, was founded by Sundiata about 1235 ce. Sundiata was of the Keita clan of the Malinke people in the small kingdom of Kangaba, which had been conquered by the neighboring state of Kaniaga in the early 13th century. In the Battle of Kirina, c. 1235, Sundiata defeated the Kaniaga ruler Sumanguru and succeeded in forcing Kaniaga’s former tributary states to recognize his suzerainty.
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