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CHAPTER I-The New Birth Of Mali
CHAPTER II-The Voyager King
CHAPTER III-Mansa Musa
CHAPTER IV-The Attack On Songhai
CHAPTER V-My Wildflower
CHAPTER VI-The Black Beast Or The Black Beauty
CHAPTER VII-Enthroned
CHAPTER VIII-Raids Of The Cities
CHAPTER VIIII-The Reconstruction
CHAPTER X-The Residence Of Rectification
CHAPTER XI-Preparation For The Hajj
CHAPTER XII-The Sahara Desert
CHAPTER XIII-Mansa Musa Arrives in Egypt
CHAPTER XIV-The Caravan Reaches Mecca
CHAPTER XV-The Journey Back To Mali
CHAPTER XVI-The Dissension Of The Empire
CHAPTER XVII-The Emperor Returns to Niani
CHAPTER XVIII-The Nightmares Returns
CHAPTER XVIIII-The Demise Of The Emperor
CHAPTER XX-The Changing Of Thrones
CHAPTER XXI-The Transatlantic Slave Trade
Mansa Abubakari Keita II, known by some the ‘Voyager King’ took over the throne in the 14th century in 1310. He was the ninth mansa of the Mali Empire that succeeded his nephew Mohammed Ibn Gao and preceded his first cousin Mansa Musa. Most Arab historians like Chihab Al-Umari abbreviated and documented his name as Abu Bakr II. In some occasions, I may do the same. Abu Bakr II was one of two sons of Kolonkan, sister of founding emperor Sundiata Keita.
He ran a tight kingdom during his reign because he was very discipline and loved order. He kept violence down to a low, making sure there were safety for the traders that arrived daily. He promised himself that peace amongst the people would assure correct stewardship in the salt mines, the gold mines and the crop fields, and that the people would remain creative in their crafts. Abu Bakr II patterned after his uncle, the great warrior, known as the Lion King, Sundiata Keita, by riding from provinces and states on the great Arabian Stallion built for a champion. He and his army would ride far as the twelve regions that he controlled from Gao to Jenne, along the Niger River, and to Taghaza.
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Troops were withdrawn from wars and from minor campaigns to focus their energy on the ambitious shipbuilding campaign. There were blacksmiths, carpenters, potters, porters, caravan guides, who used the compass and the navigational instruments to plot their paths across the sandy sea of the Sahara. They were called upon to navigate across the ocean waters of the Atlantic. Mansa Abu obsession grew to the point of using weavers, jewelers, diviners, magicians, gold merchants and scholars from Timbuktu to contribute to assemble the shipbuilding effort. While the building of the boats progressed, many megalith structures were erected, and stone observatories used as astronomical calculations.
To pull such a task were greater than the building of the Egyptian Pyramids. Mansa Abubakari II ran the largest empire of the world, larger than the Arabs, larger than the Holy Roman Empire, and the civilized states of Europe. He was bored with the Muslim traditions, the pious duties and the pious men who repeats themselves endlessly. Mansa Abu wanted to do something different, something challenging, and something that would quicken his spirit with lifelong excitement. For this reason, he surrounded his presence with Scientist, Astronomers, Navigators, and Scholars of Timbuktu, like-minded in believing that there was a sphere-shape world and that there were other lands on the other side of the Atlantic. Like men in this time, the 21st century claiming that it’s possible to live on Mars.
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