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Mali And The Lion King: Mansa Musa

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Mali’s founder was very well known among his people, he also had a few tricks up his sleeve. The greatest king of Mali was named Mansa Musa. Sunditata, another king of Mali and also known as the “Lion King” was determined to to make changes throughout Mali and he definitely did. He assigned different groups or kins different jobs and he developed the caste system. An example of this system is if a bot was born into a family of warriors then he was destined to be a warrior or if one was born into a family of djeli, or storytellers then the child was expected to follow the djeli tradition. Choice of destiny was not an option. Mansa Musa was also very well known for his wealth, generosity, and how devoted he was to
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