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Sundiata Keita
founder of the Mali Empire
Years: 1217 - 1255
Sundiata Keita (c. 1217 – c. 1255[5]) is the founder of the Mali Empire and celebrated as a hero of the Mandinka people of West Africa in the semi-historical Epic of Sundiata.
The epic of Sundiata is primarily known through oral tradition, transmitted by generations of Mandinka griots (djeli or jeliw).
