As a devout Muslim, Mansa Musa dedicated significant time to preparing for his pilgrimage to Mecca (Hajj) early in his reign. This pilgrimage, undertaken between 1324 and 1325, catapulted him to ...

Mansa Musa was emperor of the West African Mali Empire. Covering roughly 500,000 square miles of land, it was the biggest empire West Africa has ever known. 2. Mansa Musa is still the richest man ...

Gomez, a professor at New York University and a historian of West Africa, published in RT, claims that the amount of gold Mansa Musa brought on his Hajj pilgrimage exceeded 18 tons, reported TV9 ...

Musa went on Hajj, an annual Islamic pilgrimage to ... SmartAsset.com estimates that due to the depreciation of gold, Mansa ...