Post: Before billionaires before banks, there was Molly. An African empire so rich it reshaped history from twelve, thirty five to sixteen hundred C. E. Mali controlled nearly half of the world's gold trade, and at it's throne, Mansa Musa, a ruler so wealthy. His name still echoes through time. On his pilgrimage to Mecca, he gave out so much gold he caused inflation across nations. But gold wasn't Mali's greatest treasure. Tim Baku was a city of scholars with libraries that held over a million manuscripts centuries before Europe's renaissance. This was Africa at tight, prosperous, intelligent, respected, not the Africa they want you to picture, but the one of royalty, Mali, a great empire, share, believe, inspire blacks, be.

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