On the first day that he walked he asked a blacksmith to create the heaviest iron rod possible.
On the first day that he walked he asked a blacksmith to create the heaviest iron rod possible. Rising, he bent the rod into a bow and the moment was commemorated by "The Song of the Bow" composed by his griot. Moving his capitol from Jeriba to Niani, he was responsible for the expansion of his empire north to the southern Sahara, west to the Senegal River, south to the goldfields of Wangara, and east to the Golden Bend of the Niger. Seizing and destroying Kumbi, he forced the Kaniaga states to respect his authority. For 10 points, name this Mali emperor whose eleven brothers were murdered by Sumanguru, whom he defeated at Kirina to become king.
On the first day that he walked he asked a blacksmith to create the heaviest iron rod possible.
{Sundiata} or {Sunjata} or {Mari Diata} or {Mari Jata}