Dn ngekhulu le-12 kuya kwele-15, eNtshonalanga Afrika umbuso wasabalala, izinganekwane zazo ezisabikwa ngama-griots namuhla: uMbuso waseMali.
Ukwakhiwa koMbuso WaseMali
• Kwakungaba ngu-1230, ngesikhathi esifanayo nokuqala kokubusa kukaSaint-Louis eFrance, lapho i-Soundjata Keita iphumelela ukuhlanganisa imibuso yesifunda esukela e-Atlantic iye olwandle olungaphakathi eNiger. Ngaleyo ndlela wasungula uMbuso waseMali wabe esethatha isihloko esithi "Mansa", okusho ukuthi "inkosi yamakhosi". Ngaphandle kokubukeka kwayo okuyindumasi, i-Soundjata Keita yayikhona ngempela, njengoba kuqinisekiswa izazi-mlando zase-Arab zangekhulu leshumi nane.