Mansa Musa was not just rich he was a walking empire of gold. When he traveled to Mecca with tens of thousands of men and caravans loaded with gold he flooded Cairo’s economy and crashed the value of ...

Mansa Musa, the 14th-century king of the Mali Empire, is often regarded as the richest person in history. With an estimated fortune of $131bn (£99bn), he is the wealthiest man in modern history. Mansa ...

Names like Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos, Bill Gates, or John Rockefellar immediately typify ‘world’s richest,’ but the undisputed title of the richest of all times belongs to an African man, Kankam Musa ...