Belonging or relating to an empire or the person or country that rules it.

As you know, when building a family tree, sometimes, we have to make adjustments and corrections. We must see if the family oral history aligns with any records that we find. That brings us to a mystery and a legend that is catching more traction now. More to follow soon. Watch the video below.

Mansa ( King) 👑 Abubakari II ruled Mali Empire / Kingdom BEFORE Mania ( King) Musa.

The legend explains that Abubakari II placed Mansa Musa in charge of the empire while he traveled to the west! We provided information, workbooks, documents and links to shed more light on what is written on the subject.

Credits: Original image by Gabriel Moss.

Image Credit: BBC History Revealed Magazine February 2020

Source:

At the end of his life, "Christopher Columbus" actually Cristobol Colon, decided to reveal his great secret: the knowledge he acquired from the master navigators of the West African coast, and the extraordinary story of the Mali Empire they belonged to. Anthropologist and historian Jean-Yves Loude shares the results of his in-depth investigation into Mandinka Emperor Abu Bakr II, who set off from the Senegalese coast at the head of a fleet of two thousand boats in 1311 according to a written account recorded in an official 14th-century encyclopedia. In parallel, the voice of Cheick Tidiane Seck is our guide on a journey to the heart of the Mali Empire: once upon a time the great Battle of Kirina took place, leading to the advent of an empire that would keep growing until Emperor Abu Bakr II set off on the Sea of Darkness. Why was this story seen as cursed even within Mandinka culture? Why did the emperor want to organize such a vast expedition? He never returned from it, so did his venture succeed? Does the American continent still have traces of Abu Bakr II's arrival there? Did Christopher Columbus himself know about his predecessor's expedition? Did the first African to set foot in the Americas arrive as a king and not a slave?—Thierry Bugaud

https://youtu.be/yGWM8QuX5bQ?si=uc8jOKwLUouwEadk

This book below mentions Maliacones , Dogouenes and Medinca. Who are these people?

The coincidence is that Mali is the Kingdom from which Abubakari II left. Mendinka /Mende/Mandinka/ Mandingo and Dogons are ethnic groups from the Mali Kingdom. They still exist today.

De Vaca wrote that they lived together in villages and did not speak the same language. He stated that they called each other animal names. Could the "animal names" actually be their TOTEMS?

This is a map of De Vaca's travels. Notice his entry was from the Caribbean Islands.