Sundiata Keita (c. 1217 – c. 1255), also called Mari Djata I, founder of the Mali Empire
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The Sosso kingdom (12th to 13th centuries) briefly flourished in the void but the Islamic Mandinka Mali Empire came to prominence when Soundiata Kéïta defeated the Sosso ruler, Soumangourou Kanté at the semi-historical Battle of Kirina in c.