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Sunjata Keita
✦ߛߎ߬ߣߊ߬ߕߊ ߞߌ߬ߕߊ
13th century1217 – 1255Malian
Overview
Born
1217, Niani, Mali Empire
Died
1255
Nationality
Malian
Era
13th century
Biography
Founder of the Mali Empire, whose heroic deeds are preserved and retold by Mande jeli (griots) through the Sundiata epic — one of the world's great oral literary and musical traditions, still performed today.