OI-biography ecwaningwe kahle yesibindi kaMansa Musa ifundeka njengenganekwane yegolide, ubukhulu nokuzidela. Ngesikhathi sokubusa kwakhe isikhathi eside njengombusi waseMali, uMansa Musa wahola umbuso wakhe wangena eGolden Age yawo; wengamele umuntu omangalisayo, ongu-60,000, uhambo olungamakhilomitha ayi-9,000; wasungula inyuvesi eTimbuktu; futhi yasiza ekuvuseleleni ukwakhiwa kwezakhiwo kulo lonke elaseSudan. U-Oliver akayivumeli indaba kaMusa ukuba igxilwe ngokuningiliziwe ngokuthunga umlando omningi ekulandiseni kwakhe nangokunikeza abafundi abanelukuluku iGlosari ebanzi.
Okhokho abaningi base-Afrika banamuhla base-Afrika-baseMelika bavela eNtshonalanga Afrika. Kusukela ngonyaka ka-700 kuya ku-1600 AD, ngokulandelana, imibuso emithathu emikhulu, emnyama, yezentengiselwano yayibuse iNtshonalanga Afrika. Babenamandla, bechuma, beyinkimbinkimbi, bezinzile futhi bekhulu. Ekuphakameni kwayo, uMbuso waseMali wawulingana nayo yonke iNtshonalanga Yurophu.