Mansa Musa Leadership

The Second ruler of the kingdom of Mali: A typical or atypical leader? “All the world is a stage, and all the men and women merely player. They have their exits and their entrances and one man in his life time plays many parts…” Although the preceding is a quote from William Shakespeare’s pastoral comedy…” As you like it,” there is some connectiveness and significance when discussing the reign of Mansa Masa (1312-1337), the second ruler of the kingdom of Mali. This topic has been explored and examined by many writers from the point of view that he was an ordinary or “typical leader” leader; however, this writer proposes that Mansa Musa was an extra-ordinary emperor (atypical). Evidence to support this hypothesis will be drawn from the following.
In focusing on the impact and results of his stop-over trip to Egypt and Pilgrimage to Mecca, the authors stated that Musa “paid for a state visit to the Egyptian sultan.” His visit was “proceeded by five hundred slaves, each carrying a six pound sack of gold,” a huge host of retainers, “including one hundred elephants each bearing gold.” The author also states that, Mansa Musa “had lavished his wealth on the citizens” that they begin to earn “incalculable sums for him, whether buying or selling or by gifts.” Since Citizens were proving Musa which so much gold in Cairo it made the value of money decrease.
Evidence from a second book, on this topic, can be cited in this paragraph
Thirdly, many scholars consider Mansa Musa’s greatest accomplishments as the building of Timbuktu into a thriving and intellectual city. On this note, McKay et.al, offer the follow account. Timbuktu began as an campsite for desert of nomads. Mansa Musa attracted merchants and traders from North Africa and other parts of the Mediterranean world to Timbuktu. They not only offered money and goods, but cosmopolitan attitudes and ideas to contribute to Timbuktu. Once Timbuktu was developed it became a learning center for scholars like “architects, astronomers, poets, lawyers, mathematicians, and theologians.”
Notel Eidence from one magazine
. .” (John B. Cade). Thousands of persons have played and/are playing a role in its continued growth a development. For example, the kingdom of Mali existed centuries ago; and, yet Mansa Musa’s recognition, of need, and value of scientific and cultural achievements is impacting Southern University- in the 21st century. Supportive evidence can be found in its Timbuktu Academy, directed by DR. Diola Bagayoko, a native of the country Mali, professor of physics and founder of the Academy. Currently, he is dean of the Honors College and the University’s Distinguished reserved scholars. Dr. Bagayoko was influenced by Mansa Musa that he named his program after Mansa Musa Timbuktu. Most emperors don’t have a strong impact on today’s society. Mansa Musa was no ordinary emperor and places like the Timbuktu Academy at Southern University and Mali display it.
Therefore, based on the evidence presented in the above paragraphs, the hypothesis, that Mansa Musa was an exordinary emperor (atypical), has been validated. Whether or not he was an ordinary or typical leader is open to future investigations. For in studying any aspect of world Civilization, the writer’s notion should always be,” . . . I will not equivocate- I will not excuse – I will not retreat a single inch- AND I WILL BE