This polity originally comprised twelve tinkurus that were subjugated in the Kouroukan Fouga, which also established the Great Assembly, or Gbara.  
This polity originally comprised twelve tinkurus that were subjugated in the Kouroukan Fouga, which also established the Great Assembly, or Gbara.  The empire also had three allied states, including Mema, which was ruled by a fama, and Wagadou.  Wali Keita's rule followed that of the empire's founder, a magician whose rise to power and victory at the battle of Kirina over Sumanguru is traced in its Epic of Sundiata.  The latter's grandson, a patron of Sankore University, had to take out a loan to return from his hajj since he gave away so much gold on the way. FTP, name this empire whose rulers, or Mansas, included Musa.
This polity originally comprised twelve tinkurus that were subjugated in the Kouroukan Fouga, which also established the Great Assembly, or Gbara.  
Mali Empire (accept equivalents)