Mansa Musa (died 1337), king of the Mali empire in West Africa, is known mostly for his fabulous pilgrimage to Mecca and for his promotion of unity and prosperity within Mali. Very little is known about the life of Mansa Musa before 1312. In that year...

c. 1280-1337 Malian Emperor Mansa Musa, emperor of Mali in West Africa, was the first African ruler to become widely known throughout Europe and the Middle East. In particular, he was celebrated for his pilgrimage to the Muslim holy city of Mecca,...

Though the modern nation of Mali is a landlocked country that, like much of Africa, suffers under extreme poverty, the medieval empire of Mali was quite a different place. Not only was its location along the Atlantic coast to the southwest of...

Mansa Musa[1] was a 14th century king (or Mansa) who ruled the Mali Empire from about 1312 to 1337. He is remembered for his hajj (pilgramge) and as a benefactor of Islamic...

Fact: The Africans knew about the lunar cycle and its shadows long before any European thought about it. If you don't believe it, ask the BBC's Michael Palin. In a recent book, Cynthia Crossen, senior editor of the New York-based financial daily, The...

A nearly universal condemnation understandably greeted the 1994 original draft of national history standards for students in elementary and secondary schools studying U.S. and world history. The U.S. Senate, echoing hundreds of mainstream historians, voted 99-1 to condemn the politically correct, grossly unbalanced,...