The Bizarre Life Of History's Richest Man: Mansa Musa

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  • Back in the fourteenth century, Mansa Musa was the ruler of a West African Empire and was said to be worth more than double that: around 400 billion dollars by today’s money, accounting for inflation.
    Such wealth is often hard to imagine, so for context, this figure is the same as the national gross domestic product of Norway. Musa was so wealthy that his lavish gifting crashed a regional gold market for a decade, and quite literally put him and his empire on the map.
    Much of Musa’s early life are lost to history, but what we do know is that he was born around 1280 AD in or around the Mali Empire, and ascended the throne around 1312. Lets find out more about how his bizarre life as history's richest man!
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    Scriptwriter: Richard
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  • @ADayInHistoryOfficial
    @ADayInHistoryOfficial  2 роки тому +69

    What would you've done if you had Mansa Musa's money?

    • @Asangoham
      @Asangoham 2 роки тому +14

      I would've created a volunteer-based utopian commune.

    • @xleplex7070
      @xleplex7070 2 роки тому +1

      @Ostia Hermes How about both?

    • @xleplex7070
      @xleplex7070 2 роки тому +2

      @Ostia Hermes I think you are forgetting the “you” in this hypothetical.

    • @UnluckyLunkhead
      @UnluckyLunkhead 2 роки тому +5

      I would buy Twitter.

    • @trempire7514
      @trempire7514 2 роки тому +7

      I would have 1000 beautiful women!

  • @neilsacatropezsaura2320
    @neilsacatropezsaura2320 Рік тому +52

    My problem with the modern guys is most of their riches are stocks while Mansa Musa's wealth is solid gold and salt

  • @jeffreyport1099
    @jeffreyport1099 Рік тому +186

    He inherited his money and kingdom from his father, who was an amazing, forward-thinking man, would love to hear more about that man.

    • @pedrogama4585
      @pedrogama4585 Рік тому +10

      Mansa Musa was Rich because of....SLAVES?

    • @deandremallory3842
      @deandremallory3842 Рік тому +63

      @@pedrogama4585 not slaves as in the the transatlantic slave trade
      If you knew how he treaded his slaves u would simply call them employees

    • @pedrogama4585
      @pedrogama4585 Рік тому

      @@deandremallory3842 ....that is COMPLETE BS !...do you know what Arab/Muslim Slave traders, INCLUDING Mansa Musa (...a Islamized African..) did to Sub Saharan Africans on route to the markets everyhwere?...they CASTRATED the vast majority of Men and Women ! and the Chidlren born to these Slaves were KILLED at birth?...and dont take it from me, ok?

    • @deandremallory3842
      @deandremallory3842 Рік тому +15

      @@pedrogama4585 I’m sure that what the books say, who knows but to believe the current history books I will never do

    • @pedrogama4585
      @pedrogama4585 Рік тому

      @@deandremallory3842 ...a BIG part of Mans Munsa´s wealth came from SLAVERY ! so did his FATHERS; he was an HEIR to much of that Wealth...see the extensive records of Mansa Musa´s trip to MECCA and the THOUSANDS of Slaves he brought with him....

  • @DirkGil
    @DirkGil 2 роки тому +205

    In fact, following his Hadj, stories of Mali's and West African wealth were what pushed the Portuguese to sail into unknown territory along its coastline (much more than a motivation to find a direct market to India's spice markets)

    • @ThAkIDRu
      @ThAkIDRu 2 роки тому +5

      Exactly!!!!

    • @thelaziestguyuveverknown
      @thelaziestguyuveverknown 2 роки тому +1

      Do you have any evidence for that?

    • @DirkGil
      @DirkGil 2 роки тому +17

      @@thelaziestguyuveverknown Howard French's Born in Blackness

    • @thelaziestguyuveverknown
      @thelaziestguyuveverknown 2 роки тому +5

      @@DirkGil and any others? The academic consensus is that there were many factors that led the Portuguese explorators south, including a search for Prester John and ethiopia, the markets of the Indian ocean and the wish to open a second war front against the ottomans. I highly doubt the gold in a possible land was much more important than the known market in Índia, let alone the only as your comment implies

    • @DirkGil
      @DirkGil 2 роки тому +17

      @@thelaziestguyuveverknown First off, a clarification: most important, definitely not only motivation for sailing around West Africa.
      I can't pretend to be better sourced than an accomplished writer like Howard French. The Western academic consensus is indeed such, but there is well documented bias in how histories are written. Howard French researched often-hidden parts of (pre-)modern history that illuminate the role of African entities (states, empires, etc.).
      It shows how it is not about gold in a possible land, rather a very certain land (as much of the gold in Europe came from West Africa through North African traders). And how even West Africa was often referred to as "India", it being a fairly vague term for a land far away.
      Anyways, he goes to explain how court documents from Portugal indicate much more interest in West African gold than Indian spice markets, Prester John & Ethiopia or even the first trip around Cape Good Hope by Bartolomeu Dias.
      I'd be interested to read up on the Western and other academic communities reactions to his book to dig in deeper, though.

  • @AngBQueenAdwoasCloset
    @AngBQueenAdwoasCloset 2 роки тому +471

    The necessary history that should be taught, rather than denying or burying African contributions to the world

    • @keithwilliams1243
      @keithwilliams1243 2 роки тому +33

      No one buries or denies African contributions to the world, Egypt is in Africa and Egyptians have made great contributions but sub Saharan Africans have not.

    • @pablo_fre5hcobar
      @pablo_fre5hcobar 2 роки тому +81

      @@keithwilliams1243 1st you claim no one denies Africa's contribution then you differentiate Egypt from 'sub saharan' Africa and claim they've made none

    • @keithwilliams1243
      @keithwilliams1243 2 роки тому +24

      @@pablo_fre5hcobar - You clearly don't understand so I will try again.
      No one denies African contributions to the world, fact.
      I differentiate Egypt from sub Sahran Africa because although the two are connected geographically in as much as they are both a part of the same continent or land mass they are also separated by the barrier of the desserts of North Africa and they are also separated culturally. Egypt is still a part of Africa geographically but it is different from the rest of Africa.
      Egypt was a part of Meditaranian culture and the culture of the fertile cresent, the cradle of humanity. Those cultures were totally different from sub Saharan cultures.
      Most of the contributions to the world came from Egypt and the fertile cresent which was populated by the Indo/Europeans, most of the contributions that came from sub Saharan Africa came because outside invaders and conquerers and settlers such as the Arab Muslims and the Europeans created those contributions or taught the black Africans how to do the same.
      Without outside influences most of Africa would still be living in the stone age or early iron age as some of them still are to this day.

    • @pablo_fre5hcobar
      @pablo_fre5hcobar 2 роки тому +2

      ​@@keithwilliams1243 That's a long winded way of saying you are a Eurocentric white supremacist. Whatever helps you sleep at night and gets you through life. Don't bother messaging with 4chan version of history. You TKC & enjoy your life

    • @4thlouisiana717
      @4thlouisiana717 2 роки тому +8

      What contributions? I mean I do like peanut butter I guess.

  • @Anwar-Mian
    @Anwar-Mian Рік тому +23

    When I was young I thought of Timbuktu to be a very far away land. I would love to visit Timbuktu.

  • @antoinettemcmillan2366
    @antoinettemcmillan2366 Рік тому +27

    His wealth was worth $4.6 trillion dollars

    • @ZfromBrooklyn
      @ZfromBrooklyn Рік тому +4

      That sounds about right

    • @Id_give_a_sht
      @Id_give_a_sht Рік тому +2

      Yeah in trillions

    • @territ5126
      @territ5126 3 місяці тому

      that is augustus cesar´s estimated wealth with him privately owning egypt... Mansa Musa is still estimated to have had a wealth of 400 billion in modern times. In 1950 all gold mined in human history had a worth around 4.2 trillion in todays value. not really sure how people say he had trillions in gold, when there wasnt even eough gold mined in the 13 hundrets. He was the richest man in the world only in liquid assets not in wealth and assets combined.

    • @chineduon
      @chineduon 17 днів тому

      The 400 billion was 1st quoted in the 90s.. they have not adjusted for inflation since.

  • @Burner-nf8ki
    @Burner-nf8ki 8 місяців тому +3

    Beautifully said . Loved it. Thank you for giving us the important part of history 😢😢😢❤❤❤❤❤

  • @dogons2k12
    @dogons2k12 2 роки тому +86

    Thanks A Day in History! Finally you guys have taken the lead to showcase and shine a spotlight on Black / African History
    Below are some historical suggestions for your African History Playlist :
    1. King Menelik II & The Battle of Adwa (Ethiopia's War of Independence against Italy)
    2. Queen Nzinga (resistance against the Portuguese)
    3. Toussaint L'ouverture & Jean Jaques Dessalines (Hatian Revolution)
    4. Gaspar Yanga (Revolutionary who created the first independent black majority Mexican City)
    5. Pharaoh Taharqa (Nubian King - Conqueror of Ancient Egypt & the Assyrians)
    6. Samoury Touré (Created an autonomous territory and led a long term French resistance against French Colonial expeditions in West Africa)
    7. Robert Mugabe and Zimbabwe's War of Independence against Great Britain
    8. Malik Ambar (King in the Heart of India & Military Strategist who won numerous battles against the Mughal Empire while fending them off for 30 Years)
    9. John Horse & the Black Seminoles (leaders of the largest slave revolt in US history leading to the largest migration of slaves to a safe heaven in Mexico
    .
    10. Askia Mohammed (Emperor of the Songhai Empire)
    11. Ancient Astronomers & Scholars of Timbuktu (over 800,000 Manuscripts still exist in Timbuktu libraries)
    12. Pharaoh Piye (Emperor of Nubia and Egypt)
    etc
    etc
    etc

    • @IrishCinnsealach
      @IrishCinnsealach 2 роки тому +3

      Ethiopia had help from Britain in the war against Italy. Queen Nzinga fought the Portuguese not to stop the slave trade but to control it.

    • @wayne47able
      @wayne47able Рік тому +22

      @@IrishCinnsealach The only “help” Ethiopia received from Britain were weapons that were already promised to Yohannes IV when he granted them free passage to free their prisoners from the mad emperor Tewodoros II. They then used those very same weapons to stop the Italians at Adwa. The British didn’t fight in that conflict. Nice try

    • @shakalalalalkh1098
      @shakalalalalkh1098 Рік тому +1

      Tahrqa conquered Assyyria ? or do you mean the Assyrians that controlled lower egypt ?

    • @real7706
      @real7706 Рік тому +1

      Thank you 🙏🤲🤝🙌

    • @wayne47able
      @wayne47able Рік тому +3

      @@shakalalalalkh1098 King Piye conquered Egypt. Then Taharqa was defeated when the Assyrians took it from him and then Taharqa came back and Reconquered it but would eventually lose it again.

  • @diakhswdhvd
    @diakhswdhvd Рік тому +20

    when a man love God this world is nothing but dust

    • @marlinking7078
      @marlinking7078 9 місяців тому

      Yesss!

    • @Forevergreenclover
      @Forevergreenclover 8 місяців тому

      Isn’t it funny how religious people always think they are gods favorites? Narcissism and ego at its finest.

  • @kabz3354
    @kabz3354 8 місяців тому +5

    A true muslim man with character and personality.

    • @dennykeaton9701
      @dennykeaton9701 5 місяців тому +2

      Unfortunately an evil slave owner.

  • @zeliavoss
    @zeliavoss Рік тому +10

    Dying in 1337 makes him even more legendary

  • @paulcharpentier7095
    @paulcharpentier7095 2 роки тому +53

    He sounds like quite a man I believe the most important thing that he could have done was the University's the books of knowledge cuz things like that live on and on overtime buildings crumble and civilizations even cease but knowledge hopefully we'll keep growing

    • @JcoleMc
      @JcoleMc 2 роки тому +3

      The manuscripts are still there when the french came many buried the books in caves or they're backyards , all that's left is to dig them up

    • @IrishCinnsealach
      @IrishCinnsealach 2 роки тому

      Not universities. Centres of islamic learning. Universities are European creations as they are institutes of scholarly qualifications. University of Bologna is the first university because it was the first to award degrees.

    • @sidhantsharma9961
      @sidhantsharma9961 2 роки тому +9

      @@IrishCinnsealach Bologna wasn’t the first university smh, it was Nalanda, which came into existence around 500 AD. People from all over Asia used to come there to study. It is well documented. Stop with this fake Eurocentric history.

    • @isseabdirahmanweheliye9010
      @isseabdirahmanweheliye9010 2 роки тому +2

      @@IrishCinnsealach lol no, the university of Al Qarawiyyin in modern day Tunisia is the first university in the world established by a Muslim women called Fatima Al Fihri in 859 CE that is more then thousand years ago and it was the first institution to give degrees to the students

    • @IrishCinnsealach
      @IrishCinnsealach 2 роки тому +1

      @@isseabdirahmanweheliye9010 no it wasn't the first to give degrees at all. It didn't even have university in it's name untill 1963. The university of Bologna is in the Guinness book of records for awarding the first degree. Al qarawiyyin was a madrassa. Do you know what that means? A religious non scholarly institute. (jāmiʻah) is the Arabic translation of university. How come it's not in the name of Al Qarawiyyin?

  • @GimmieTheGaff
    @GimmieTheGaff 2 роки тому +46

    Incredibly well researched on a hitherto not well known character and beautifully presented by you. Thank you very much.

    • @jmcc8718
      @jmcc8718 Рік тому

      King solomon was the richest and wisest king to ever live supposedly, the bible mentions many mighty kings I have never heard of this man unless he was under a different name back then, but there was a mighty african king in the book of jasher his name was kikianus I think

    • @alansokelisatruehero8520
      @alansokelisatruehero8520 Рік тому +1

      @@jmcc8718 The Musa guy came long after Solomon so the bible was written prior to Musa coming to power. They also don't mention that saying he is the wealthiest is very speculative since the price of gold fluctuates greatly. the price of gold had devalued so much by the end of Musa's Haj to mecca that it had lost most of its value. he might of been richer than solomon at the beginning but he wasn't at the end. he traveled with 400 or so slaves but muslims will lie about slavery in izlam.

    • @MrTangolizard
      @MrTangolizard Рік тому

      Not well known ? Are u American

    • @Gtdmilon514
      @Gtdmilon514 Рік тому

      ​@@alansokelisatruehero8520 the gold economy was only effected in Egypt where he donated most of that gold outside of Egypt gold still had high value also the is no proof of king Solomon's wealth compared to others.

  • @George_Shonia
    @George_Shonia Рік тому +66

    If half of big figures of history were like him, today's humankind would be way more advanced

    • @Elevated.mental
      @Elevated.mental Рік тому +3

      They didn’t want this to happen . That’s why they mentally conditioned us

    • @apoorhorseabusedbycenk
      @apoorhorseabusedbycenk Рік тому +4

      You do know this guy's wealth came from war and slavery right?

    • @George_Shonia
      @George_Shonia Рік тому +3

      @@apoorhorseabusedbycenk really? Now say me please where Europe & American wealth is coming from? SAME

    • @apoorhorseabusedbycenk
      @apoorhorseabusedbycenk Рік тому

      @@George_Shonia Oh look a racist. How's that sub 20 IQ?

    • @George_Shonia
      @George_Shonia Рік тому +2

      @@apoorhorseabusedbycenk where did you see a racism? Looks like you missed all the class in history.. Lol

  • @africaninvestor7032
    @africaninvestor7032 2 роки тому +190

    Great king but also too generous which got him and africa as a whole unwanted attention,word spread of the vast wealth and outsiders wanted everything we had and they took it

    • @horatioh2020
      @horatioh2020 2 роки тому

      Africans were also Generous with their Brothers and Sisters
      Fathers and Mothers whom they Sold into Slavery

    • @albertsadler4322
      @albertsadler4322 2 роки тому +7

      Well said brother

    • @LeixWUxLong
      @LeixWUxLong 2 роки тому +17

      Well he did the right thing in the eyes of GOD!!!

    • @albertsadler4322
      @albertsadler4322 2 роки тому +1

      @AGENT OF KARMA 🤣😂

    • @LeixWUxLong
      @LeixWUxLong 2 роки тому +8

      @AGENT OF KARMA Astaghfirullah...! Use your intellect brother, When I said "in the eyes of God" I don't refer to eyes in a literall sense. For example when God will be angry on judgment day, then it is not an anger that me and you feel it is something beyond of our comprehension. Allah SEES and HEARS everything, but that doesnt mean with literall eyes and ears (Astaghfirullah). No human being can ever comprehend the beauty and majesty of God. Allah is not a human being, nor anything we could ever imagine. All praise to Him.
      "Vision perceives Him not, but He perceives [all] vision; and He is the Subtle, the Acquainted." Chapter 103 Verse 6:103 in the Quran.

  • @markherron1407
    @markherron1407 Рік тому +16

    He's STILL the richest man in the world 🌎! Blessings and Hugs 💖💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕!

  • @terryhughes7349
    @terryhughes7349 2 роки тому +60

    Man of the people! Great story.

    • @tsopmocful1958
      @tsopmocful1958 2 роки тому +13

      Especially of the people he enslaved.

    • @IrishCinnsealach
      @IrishCinnsealach 2 роки тому +3

      Let's not forget the 12 thousand slaves he took to Egypt. Black people will say well that wasn't the same kind of slavery they were treated so much better than trans Atlantic slaves.

    • @tsopmocful1958
      @tsopmocful1958 2 роки тому +1

      @@IrishCinnsealach They give excuses because they have no other prominent person in their history.

    • @genedunlap7290
      @genedunlap7290 2 роки тому

      was the slaves his people

    • @SSR000
      @SSR000 2 роки тому +1

      If u follow "that book" u will become but tyrant not man of the people

  • @alisin1dland68
    @alisin1dland68 10 місяців тому +3

    A wonderful history lesson & shows that at different times different groups are powerful & judging people in history by today's standards is naive.

  • @Renwoxing13
    @Renwoxing13 Рік тому +21

    Manga Miss may have been one of the most rich in physical wealth.
    However, he was obviously enriched ( and so to his people ) culturally and in all other aspects by his travels to distant empires !¡!
    He saw the intangible wealth of these nations & was probably just as impressed of their cultures and societies as they were astonished at his wealth !

  • @aseelb.1850
    @aseelb.1850 Рік тому +5

    This is why Africa is always kept in poverty. Afraid of their actual wealth and power

  • @chrispritchard4676
    @chrispritchard4676 Рік тому +20

    True wealth is in the sole of the person. This person ranks very high.

    • @Ray-wi4ek
      @Ray-wi4ek Рік тому

      most natives had all the resource unfortunately money drove the greed for the resources natves never cared about things like dirt cos to them it was just nature

    • @charlesbrooks5481
      @charlesbrooks5481 Рік тому

      We are all priceless are true wealth is how we measure our lives

  • @tmada8270
    @tmada8270 Рік тому +11

    Why compare rulers and businessmen. Using state resources as a benchmark would automatically include the Saudis, Qatar, Kuwait, Britain etc

    • @dennykeaton9701
      @dennykeaton9701 5 місяців тому

      Fair point

    • @Goddess_Infinity
      @Goddess_Infinity 2 місяці тому

      It was an empire , like Ottoman Empire, Roman Empire . Alexander the Great , Ghanghis Khan , does that ring a bell ?

  • @RealThisisA
    @RealThisisA Рік тому +1

    Thank you.

  • @ShadesApeDJansu
    @ShadesApeDJansu Рік тому +1

    Christian Finnish Frostiis guild player Nice to have "Bizarre" as topic, it is unusual well literally :D ofc i want you on the map, you're the most high quality history animations i have been presented on Tube

  • @deborahkanu7412
    @deborahkanu7412 9 місяців тому +3

    Mansa Musa's history must be taught in all western universities. ❤
    (Deborah Mamusa , Papua New Guinea)

  • @PerfectlyImperfect93
    @PerfectlyImperfect93 10 місяців тому +3

    I wish I learned more about black royalty growing up in school. All my teachers would ever talk about when teaching us about black people was fucking slavery or the british royal family. Shame that I gotta come on UA-cam to learn about this.

    • @Retro77691
      @Retro77691 10 місяців тому

      Mansa Musa Was Algerian 🇩🇿

    • @pf8264
      @pf8264 9 місяців тому

      @@Retro77691Did he tell you that?

    • @Retro77691
      @Retro77691 9 місяців тому

      @@pf8264 as a matter of fact he did back in January of 1844

    • @Goddess_Infinity
      @Goddess_Infinity 2 місяці тому

      @@Retro77691after 600 years of his passing ?

  • @tomdarco2223
    @tomdarco2223 2 роки тому

    Right on

  • @booda2552
    @booda2552 Рік тому +14

    Abu bakr or Muhammad ibn Qu definitely reached the Americas. He sailed into the currents that take you straight to the Caribbean.

    • @themongol1263
      @themongol1263 Рік тому

      if he did then 90% of the native Americans would've died due to diseases. there's no evidence of any old world disease in the americas at the time. there's also no skeletons or old world resources. which means it never happened. the voyages failed

    • @dennykeaton9701
      @dennykeaton9701 5 місяців тому

      No evidence yet

    • @booda2552
      @booda2552 5 місяців тому

      @@dennykeaton9701 probably because they was eaten and bones made into effigies

    • @dennykeaton9701
      @dennykeaton9701 5 місяців тому

      @@booda2552 Ouch

    • @Goddess_Infinity
      @Goddess_Infinity 2 місяці тому

      @@dennykeaton9701Columbus wrote it in his journal.

  • @LoveLove-gw2td
    @LoveLove-gw2td Рік тому +18

    Actually, the richest person in all of history was King Solomon and also the wealthiest, because he knew and adored God.

    • @aten5102
      @aten5102 Рік тому

      No.

    • @Mikeymike1975
      @Mikeymike1975 Рік тому +4

      You are absolutely correct Love Love. King Solomon’s net worth in today’s money would have accord him the richest and wisest than anyone in the world. In those days they consulted him, to hear the wisdom that God had given him. Each of them brought Solomon gifts articles of silver and gold, robes, weapons, spices, horses, and mules. This continued year after year.
      According to historians, King Solomon’s net worth in today’s money with amount of gold and silver in store would have rated his wealth amounting to more than $2.3 trillion.

    • @valenciasaintilus9573
      @valenciasaintilus9573 11 місяців тому

      Mansa Musa loved and adored God. Who do you think he went on pilgrimage for?

  • @adetokeabdulsalam8902
    @adetokeabdulsalam8902 9 місяців тому +3

    Mashahalah❤❤❤❤

  • @swalker7150
    @swalker7150 Рік тому

    Amazing

  • @metatron0000
    @metatron0000 Рік тому +2

    Money is like the the mystical philosopher stone of alchemy.

  • @goldgeologist5320
    @goldgeologist5320 Рік тому +4

    All that wealth and he could not have a cold beer or soda. No thanks.

  • @alexanderwilliams4436
    @alexanderwilliams4436 Рік тому +40

    Of course the richest black man most known feat was generosity

    • @Jamaicanfoodandtravel1
      @Jamaicanfoodandtravel1 Рік тому

      He had and sold slaves and was a black elite selling out his people .nothing to be proud..just as wicked as the elites nowadays..no one is supposed to be that rich..this was black imperialism. Black men started slavery.

    • @CarmenBelcher
      @CarmenBelcher Рік тому +18

      The richest man period.

    • @ricardskurba
      @ricardskurba Рік тому +3

      @@CarmenBelcher no

    • @natureboy5990
      @natureboy5990 Рік тому

      Ironically.

    • @edwhite4992
      @edwhite4992 Рік тому +7

      He had slaves

  • @lonihollenbeck4654
    @lonihollenbeck4654 Рік тому +1

    Cool guy, and not one space flight!!

  • @eduardoortiz4638
    @eduardoortiz4638 Рік тому +8

    King Salomon..most riches man ever...7 trillon in today's money...

  • @Ayusman10
    @Ayusman10 Рік тому +4

    So what was bizarre about it
    I guess he was one of the most generous emperors of his time

  • @Sclass_Ent
    @Sclass_Ent Рік тому +5

    His brother Sailed to America

  • @luckydrachten4796
    @luckydrachten4796 Рік тому +1

    Proud Mandinka 💪🏿❤❤

  • @chodeshadar18
    @chodeshadar18 9 місяців тому +2

    Pshht, no doubt he had plenty of Jews advising him financially🤗!!!

  • @judasthepious1499
    @judasthepious1499 2 роки тому +3

    OG of the rich

  • @diamondseries7221
    @diamondseries7221 Рік тому +8

    Does anyone know what happened to his wealth? Cause no one is talking about Mali today.

    • @mohammadadnan7319
      @mohammadadnan7319 8 місяців тому

      White people steal all money from black people and call themselves superior to these same black people. Can you tell me of a better joke than this?

    • @Goddess_Infinity
      @Goddess_Infinity 2 місяці тому

      European and Arabs

  • @avelinileva
    @avelinileva Рік тому +3

    We know maybe 1% of history just from what was writen and not destroyed. Crazy

  • @oonwing
    @oonwing 2 роки тому +18

    It would be so great to find evidence of African history across the Atlantic...my thing, as an African American Man, if there was proof some of my people would try to exploit. As a Christian, I would be proud of my history, and even prouder of exploring.

    • @urbanentertainmentgodz
      @urbanentertainmentgodz Рік тому +10

      Columbus said he saw he Africans

    • @altappomaktappo7060
      @altappomaktappo7060 Рік тому +1

      There is proof, the turks met them and wrote about them, when the west got there they killed them and enslaved them. Not all blacks came as slaves in the America's

    • @dramese
      @dramese Рік тому +12

      There is book call “they come before Columbus “
      Talk about the present of Africans in America before Colombus

    • @alansokelisatruehero8520
      @alansokelisatruehero8520 Рік тому +1

      modern woke history need no factual evidence to rewrite history so if you want africans to of "found" america before the vikings or ancient polynesians both with REAL evidence, physical evidence for vikings, DNA evidence for polynesian mixing with the other hapla group from asia, so you are in the clear. 1619 project even got a pulitzer award. so yeah, muslims say they discovered american first, evidently columbus wrote he seen an stone structure in the shape of a minoret so that all it takes for millions of muslims to believe, african supremacist use the same logic. as a Christian i don't understand why someone tries so hard to identify and glorigy the most superficial part of their physical body, skin pigmentation, and for many their self esteem is tied to a collective view surrounding how much or little pigmentation they have. seems elitist to me. why now amplify being a Child of God and inderitor of all the promises in the Bible. we have a Glorious and Loving Lord who loved all ethnicities and died for them all equally. seeing skin tone in place of our spiritual kinship is the source of much conflict. don't let the atheists and communists of BLM tear you away from your true family in Christ.

    • @EbikeAdventures667
      @EbikeAdventures667 Рік тому

      What exactly are you whining about @onning?

  • @sagesaiyan6942
    @sagesaiyan6942 Рік тому +4

    Mansa musa is the first black billionaire 😎

    • @Id_give_a_sht
      @Id_give_a_sht Рік тому

      He doesn't care he Black or white but care he's Muslim and he proud

  • @jeanneratterman
    @jeanneratterman 2 роки тому +16

    Are there any paintings of him anywhere? there must, wouldn’t you think?

    • @lateiro6845
      @lateiro6845 2 роки тому +25

      YEAH. HES ON THE MAP THAT CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS WAS USING.. HE'S THE AFRICAN MAN ON THE LEFT SIDE OF THE MAP HOLDING A GOLD NUGGET. LOL

    • @jeanneratterman
      @jeanneratterman 2 роки тому +7

      What is so funny? I wondered if a painting, not a sketch, was made during his lifetime. He is a person of great significance. I have been to the Walter’s Gallery in Baltimore. There is an unknown nobleman of color in what I believe was a 400 year old painting, actually in two paintings! There is no history that goes with that paining as to who he is. My question is not ignorant. Yes, I saw the sketch. Now back to the real question.

    • @61TOOTSIE
      @61TOOTSIE Рік тому

      @@lateiro6845 j

    • @radiyahya363
      @radiyahya363 Рік тому +12

      yep there must be, but dont forget africa were colonized for decades, many colonizers forbid the people to education, health, etc because they afraid they will go against them
      that is why countries who got colonized lost their history even their culture and languange
      i am from indonesia in south-east asia, been colonized by the portuguese and the dutch for more than 300 years before we become independent in 1945
      and yes we lost the history of our ancestor
      US and UK also send their troop to my country just after we got our independence, and this history also been burried a little, even in school their name were not told in the book, its only "sekutu" where the reality is "US and UK"

    • @AskiatheGreat64
      @AskiatheGreat64 Рік тому +3

      @@jeanneratterman Yes, there are paintings of him in the Catalan Atlas Map which dates to the 14th century.

  • @adetokeabdulsalam8902
    @adetokeabdulsalam8902 9 місяців тому +1

    ❤musa❤❤❤

  • @steveturvey6239
    @steveturvey6239 Рік тому +1

    Lucky Man

  • @markross2124
    @markross2124 2 роки тому +4

    Mansa Abdul Bakar, how's about the Olmecs who settled present day central America and Mexico.

  • @chad0x
    @chad0x Рік тому +5

    Why does the drawing of Mansa Musa at around 1 minute in show a white man?

  • @lucianoosorio5942
    @lucianoosorio5942 9 місяців тому +1

    “So go dig some more gold there Kanye West Africa!” Jeff Bezos

  • @thecheshirecat299
    @thecheshirecat299 Рік тому +2

    He gave gold away to people, but had thousands of slaves

  • @Alientalent
    @Alientalent Рік тому +6

    The sad part about it when I last when back home (Mali) I was saddened to this day of all the resources we still have including gold and yet with corruption, my country suffers big now with poverty. These westerners are still pulling more than 500 tons of gold per week and we barely see any profits of it

  • @sgbh8874
    @sgbh8874 2 роки тому +9

    All that money you’d a thought he might have at least got himself a nice car

  • @akilabdlshabazz3010
    @akilabdlshabazz3010 Рік тому +2

    True Story

  • @andrewkaunisto484
    @andrewkaunisto484 Рік тому +1

    Why does the gold nugget he holds look so phallic

  • @helenmohiam944
    @helenmohiam944 Рік тому +7

    "He died in the year 1337.."
    Anyone could have guessed that.

  • @patricialong5767
    @patricialong5767 Рік тому +4

    I've heard that name before, but I thought it was a joke.

    • @Goddess_Infinity
      @Goddess_Infinity 2 місяці тому

      Yep a black wealth King , who was generous . It’s hurts huh ??

  • @solidonaso203
    @solidonaso203 7 місяців тому +1

    Pocoloco from jjba after winning the steel ball run

  • @SumoBootd
    @SumoBootd Рік тому

    & it’s crazy to think that this Man possibly seen the Lost City of Atlantis in his own eyes

  • @Laura_Beb
    @Laura_Beb 2 роки тому +3

    saying hi from Africa ghana and finally being proud of ghana

  • @Buurba_Jolof
    @Buurba_Jolof 2 роки тому +4

    I'm here

  • @cuh720
    @cuh720 9 місяців тому +1

    Wakanda forever

  • @josediaz-kq3zb
    @josediaz-kq3zb Рік тому +1

    What a name for a river

  • @igortroy
    @igortroy Рік тому +4

    Not sure if he was wealthier than Aztec rulers. both eventually got armed "investors" visiting from Europe.

    • @miguelbrandao6705
      @miguelbrandao6705 Рік тому +7

      Mansa Musa lived in the 13th-14th century. The Europeans did not encounter or even meet Mansa Musa. The Portuguese had a treaty with Mali, like a 100 years after the death of Mansa Musa after they were defeated on The Gambia river by Malian soldiers. It was the Songhai that took over Mali, and even then it was the Moroccans who conquered them not the Europeans.

  • @richardcranium3479
    @richardcranium3479 Рік тому +10

    Mansa Musa got rich by selling slaves and using slaves to mine salt.

    • @secondchance6603
      @secondchance6603 Рік тому +4

      A point conveniently overlooked by black nationalists

    • @miguelbrandao6705
      @miguelbrandao6705 Рік тому +2

      Don’t know what you want me to do with that. Should we now discredit European and Asians monarchs and empires because they had slavery. I don’t know about African Americans, but as a Mandinka and direct descendant to the people who made Mali I still take pride in my history.

    • @richardcranium3479
      @richardcranium3479 Рік тому +3

      @@miguelbrandao6705 Just pointing out the truth, every civilization had slaves and it was thier own race they enslaved.

    • @miguelbrandao6705
      @miguelbrandao6705 Рік тому +1

      @@richardcranium3479 I wholeheartedly agree in that regard.

    • @showa546
      @showa546 Рік тому

      @@richardcranium3479 Romans were enslaving other europeans aswell and in most cases germanic tribes sold prisoners from other tribes to romans and allied with them fighting their own kin. Weird that white nationalists ignore that.

  • @kkkkk-ug6ql
    @kkkkk-ug6ql Рік тому +1

    I don't understand how u can discover a place where people already exists.

    • @JakubNaceradsky
      @JakubNaceradsky Рік тому +1

      Well, then you could not discover any place on the world all the way back to prehistory. But if you dont know what is above your backdoor, you still can discover it, dont you?

  • @mundea
    @mundea Рік тому +1

    I am him but with a W because it's time to win 😎

  • @luyandzabavukiledlamini4693
    @luyandzabavukiledlamini4693 Рік тому +7

    Thank you for the video highlighting the magnificence of Africa's greatest ruler

    • @amariah1980
      @amariah1980 Рік тому

      Yusuf ibn Tachfin and Ramasees the Great say hold their beers! Don't forget Shaka Zulu and Preston John whose wealth was so vast, supposedly, the desire to find it resulted in colonialism.

    • @edwhite4992
      @edwhite4992 Рік тому +2

      The great ruler held people in bondage so….hmmmmm

    • @weego2585
      @weego2585 Рік тому

      @@edwhite4992 at least he didn’t write racist legislation to hold down the enslaved people and their descendants for centuries.

    • @edwhite4992
      @edwhite4992 Рік тому +2

      @@weego2585 why do you defend a slaver?

    • @edwhite4992
      @edwhite4992 Рік тому +1

      @@weego2585 you double down on defending a slave owner. Why?

  • @jaronbalfour3711
    @jaronbalfour3711 Рік тому +3

    Allah says give in zakat

  • @sedled2829
    @sedled2829 Рік тому +2

    Whats funny is that Muslim men aren't supposed to wear gold.But i bet they made exception for The malis

  • @cokebear1337
    @cokebear1337 9 місяців тому +2

    WE WUZ

    • @rollitupmars
      @rollitupmars Місяць тому +1

      Doesn’t make sense in this context this is real history lmao racist freak.

  • @handeshmiah6694
    @handeshmiah6694 Рік тому +39

    MANSA MUSA IS THE REASON WHY THE EUROPEANS CAME AND WE ALL KNOW WHAT HAPPENED NEXT - YOU CAN ALL THANK HIM

    • @drstevej2527
      @drstevej2527 Рік тому

      Wrong it’s based on the Islamic invasion. Much of his wealth came from slavery.

    • @dinozaurpickupline4221
      @dinozaurpickupline4221 Рік тому

      Europe plundered Africa??Slaves roaming free in America

    • @diakhswdhvd
      @diakhswdhvd Рік тому +15

      yeah just blame all the inhuman action of European for next hundred of years on him

    • @CarmenBelcher
      @CarmenBelcher Рік тому +1

      Blaming him?

    • @danielhunter6059
      @danielhunter6059 Рік тому +3

      Europeans were dealing with North Africa long before Mansa Musa was even a thought

  • @akilabdlshabazz3010
    @akilabdlshabazz3010 Рік тому +3

    1 Of The Greatest men's to Live

  • @JaylenJazzmere
    @JaylenJazzmere Рік тому +2

    School never taught this! At the end of the day, people may not know the truth about history but GOD does!

    • @JaylenJazzmere
      @JaylenJazzmere Рік тому +1

      God is watching.

    • @skyrrmish6207
      @skyrrmish6207 Рік тому

      Actually I did learn abt Mansa Musa in school it was last year

  • @nickjennings8757
    @nickjennings8757 Рік тому +2

    Everyone bogging up this chap as being a generous philanthropist but no mentioning that he was a slaver, slave owner and on his Haj took 16,000 slaves to carry his wealth. We not talking about that fact because of his race?

    • @onwardtolanguagelearning7076
      @onwardtolanguagelearning7076 Рік тому

      slavery that time was not the same thing as slavery created by white people

    • @Goddess_Infinity
      @Goddess_Infinity 2 місяці тому

      Nope his camels did . And guess what has slaves wore on his hajj to Mecca , GOLD. He brought 10,000 camels . His slaves were fed , and some were giving away to the Greeks and Arabs . As well as his gold .

  • @yasirtahir8638
    @yasirtahir8638 Рік тому +3

    If he was really that pious of Muslim, he probably never dealt in interest, Quran says a person dealing in interest is openly standing in war against God himself

  • @finalsphereps
    @finalsphereps Рік тому +3

    When I'm older I will make a movie of this dude release it in February and get really fucking rich

  • @fairygirltat
    @fairygirltat 9 місяців тому

    I’m here after I seen a tiktok of Kanye West said his name .

  • @ritaallen5811
    @ritaallen5811 2 роки тому +5

    Did he have children and wives?

    • @jyadenemmanuel3841
      @jyadenemmanuel3841 Рік тому

      Ofc he was Muslim and his children collapsed the empire mainly those he adopted from his generals as they wished to rule

    • @Someone-by6jm
      @Someone-by6jm Рік тому +1

      Many,like MANY

  • @kiloton1920
    @kiloton1920 Рік тому +6

    I think he is still alive and I know him

  • @jdog2112rush
    @jdog2112rush 9 місяців тому +2

    What profits a man if he gains the world, and loses his soul. John

  • @pierresimmons4582
    @pierresimmons4582 Рік тому

    Long Live King Musa ✊🏿✊🏿✊🏿✊🏿🙏🙏🙏 I pray I reach your level of wealth or 17 time higher amen !!!🙏🙏🙏🙏✊🏿✊🏿✊🏿✊🏿

  • @yazanjahmi3506
    @yazanjahmi3506 2 роки тому +8

    You know i didn't even watch the video, but since he was generally known as a muslim you wrote it "Bizarre", if he was not it would be the "Ordinary". Why wouldn't make another video with the bizarre life of Elon musk or warren buffet? Thanks

    • @sidhantsharma9961
      @sidhantsharma9961 2 роки тому +4

      Naa that’s not it. They titled it bizarre because he was the richest man in history! And also a great philanthropist. Stop over analyzing things. This is a history channel, I don’t think they will make videos about modern billionaires like Elon musk. And besides, Mansa Musa was richer than both musk and buffet combined.

    • @nanakojo
      @nanakojo 2 роки тому +1

      Maybe you should have just watched the video

  • @Joy-TheLazyCatLady
    @Joy-TheLazyCatLady Рік тому +7

    It's too bad there are not more men like him throughout history and even now. Imagine how much better the world would be if our multi-billionaires were more interested in leaving a mark in history by bettering the world than they are with making more money. 🤔

    • @solarpoweredafricanvegansp178
      @solarpoweredafricanvegansp178 10 місяців тому

      The problem is that there isn’t many multi billionaire Africans. Africans, by nature are kind hearted whereas Europeans are barbaric and stingy

    • @hacenemessai125
      @hacenemessai125 5 місяців тому

      yeah imagine if multi-bilionaires owned a lot of slaves lol

    • @Goddess_Infinity
      @Goddess_Infinity 2 місяці тому

      @@hacenemessai125Here’s the kicker they do , what do you think capitalism is? .King Musa actually had his slaves dressed in gold , and properly fed . His slaves were obtain through battles . No history of him torturing , and sending them to meet their maker , Graping and etc . In fact he gave some to the Greeks and Arabs , as well as gave his gold , in which he collapsed others economy . 400 years of slavery and 100 years of segregation to now just out right ra@cism , does not compare .

    • @hacenemessai125
      @hacenemessai125 2 місяці тому

      @@Goddess_Infinity this is a huge cope, first in all economic systems we have people being mistreated or inslaved under them, im talking here about people not systems, second do not compare the so called "modern slavery" to anceint slavery, ancient slaves were usully groomed to slavery since a young age and are considered to private property of their masters, nothing justifies the material ownership of a human being, even if you treat him well, now claiming that there was no abuses is called being naive, slave owners always tend to give their slaves a lot of heavy tasks and abuse them when they can't or don't want to obey their orders, this is usully what happens but regardless, slavery is unjustified and glorifying a man who was known for anything but him owning a large amount of slaves is just crazy, there are better figures in african history than this man

  • @paltema
    @paltema Рік тому +1

    Why is this described as bizarre

  • @ahadfall3068
    @ahadfall3068 4 місяці тому +2

    Why lighten him skin compared to the other characters of your animation 🤔?
    (Rhetorical question..we all know why)

  • @rebelpumpfitness4904
    @rebelpumpfitness4904 Рік тому +3

    I actually liked the video BUT REALLY DISLIKED Your first cartoon character almost projecting a Caucasian like image and hair that was totally in contrast to the GREAT Mansa Musa ! Just as ridiculous as it would be seeing a cartoon character of Julius Caesar projected (even as a cartoon character) with a little afro and semi-dark skin equally ridiculous it is seeing ( YES even in a small clip ) of the Great Mansa Musa with a bang of long hair over one side of his face and with light skin!
    Ps when there's proof of someone's image it should be respected all the way down to the smallest and simplest detail.!

    • @rebelpumpfitness4904
      @rebelpumpfitness4904 Рік тому +1

      @@Endgame707 Sir I'm gonna be as polite as I possibly can about this as we are talking about history and history should be spoken civilly!
      Ps Mansa Musa was from Mali he was an AFRICAN emperor of the mali empire in AMERICA
      SIR, we that are conscious of his history AND those alike will NOT allow ANYONE to further claim our GREAT warriors as THEIR own!
      ( no intent with the caps)!
      Please enjoy your day or night.!👉🏾✌🏿

  • @tharannair2438
    @tharannair2438 Рік тому +4

    And very proud slave owner lest do be forgotten because his race or religon!!!🤩

    • @naitthegr8131
      @naitthegr8131 Рік тому +2

      Every ruler had people subject as slaves to them. What's your point?

    • @ammarahmed6432
      @ammarahmed6432 Рік тому

      Well in the democracy of the Greeks, the slaves were not allowed to vote. Ancient Indian elites used to take Greek women as slaves, I'm sure they did nice things to them. And shall I go to the history of Trans Atlantic slave trade? You wouldn't like when I call out your favorites, the Brits and the Americans now would you? You dare bring Islam in this... At least in Islam a slave has every fundamental right a human being should have.

    • @oredi2159
      @oredi2159 Рік тому +1

      In west Africa at that time slaves were criminals serving a sentence or prisoners or war and treated humanely

    • @indranildutta5838
      @indranildutta5838 Рік тому

      Becoz he is myth

  • @shannonglasford9175
    @shannonglasford9175 Рік тому +1

    What was the currency back then, seashells?

  • @Frosty_RpT
    @Frosty_RpT Рік тому +1

    Title is misleading because he's not the richest man in history, He's "One of" The richest men in history

    • @aten5102
      @aten5102 Рік тому +7

      the title is correct

    • @healthiswealth5515
      @healthiswealth5515 Рік тому

      @@aten5102 no it’s not get facts before posting videos

    • @themongol1263
      @themongol1263 Рік тому

      @@aten5102 ghengis khan was the richest

    • @Glory_Kathomi.
      @Glory_Kathomi. 7 місяців тому +1

      I understand you are insecure because he is black

  • @soreachsina1472
    @soreachsina1472 Рік тому +2

    Wuz kangz

  • @desiderata8811
    @desiderata8811 2 роки тому +9

    I’ve read senator Crassus of ancient Rome was at least as rich as Musa. Who’s to know?

  • @franswaupeno6177
    @franswaupeno6177 Рік тому +2

    It's a lesson to black people it shows how west Africa sold slaves. The richest

  • @louish.9414
    @louish.9414 Рік тому +1

    So the European Union took the rest of the Golden Nuggets.

  • @MagicVato
    @MagicVato Рік тому +3

    Kanye West brought me here..

  • @jackhandma1011
    @jackhandma1011 Рік тому +8

    *Fun fact: Mansa Musa was also a great rapper, so gold bars aren't the only bars that he owns.*

  • @obannonsmith4123
    @obannonsmith4123 10 місяців тому +2

    He didn’t have slaves he had servants was no slaves in Africa until Europe came into play

    • @Retro77691
      @Retro77691 10 місяців тому

      Mansa Musa Was Moroccan 🇲🇦

  • @matthewmann8969
    @matthewmann8969 Рік тому +2

    Yeah lots of donations, charities, reparations, compensations, refunds, and repayments