Au XIVe siècle, alors que l'Europe médiévale connaît crises politiques et famines, l'Empire du Mali, en Afrique de l’Ouest, atteint l’apogée de sa puissance. Fondé au XIIIe siècle par Soundiata Keïta, ...

A bronze ornament of undocumented history and uncertain provenance in the Barbier-Mueller Museum (acquired in 1985), Garrard believes, can be reasonably assigned to the Jenne culture. He describes the ...

At its height, the Mali Empire was the richest civilization on Earth, built on gold, trade, and faith. This is the story of its rise under kings like Mansa Musa — and the fall that ended Africa’s ...