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

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.