Mansa Musa, one of the wealthiest people who ever lived - Jessica Smith

Check out our Patreon page: View full lesson: Mansa Musa, the 14th century African king of the Mali Empire, is said to have amassed a fortune that possibly made him one of the wealthiest people who ever lived. Jessica Smith tells the story of how Mansa Musa literally put his empire – and himself – on the map. Lesson by Jessica Smith, animation by Sandro Katamashvili.