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We all know of Mansa Musa, possibly the richest man to ever exist. To Westerners, he seems to have been the greatest of Mali rulers, as visible in games like Civilization. Yet native sources seem to pay him little attention. Who would native Malians have considered their greatest ruler?

by /u/Cacotopianist in /r/AskHistorians

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