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Manasa muasa came into power in Mali in 1280
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The first thing Manasa did when he took the throne, was divide Mali into provinces.
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Manasa Must established religious freedom in 1283 in Mali.
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In Mali, Munasa must created a university. People from all around to the world traveled to study at his university in Mali. (exact date unknown)
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Manasa tragically died in 1337 cause unknown
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Ghana had a population of 27 million
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In ghana, religious tolerance and fairness is taught to everyone
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Ghana established a currency called a Cedi, and it's actually a type of shell.
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Sunni Ali took the throne in C. 1464 by campaigning against the Fulani people. (Exact date unknown)
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The kingdom compromised a small area in upper Niger valley. This was to settle things, and not start a war. (Exact date unknown, probably when Sunni Ali took the throne)
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Sunni wanted to take control of West African peoples and saw a chance in 1468 when sunni conquered Timbuktu and drove out the Tuareg. Sunni Ali plundered and murdered many people of Tuareg (Exact date unknown)
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Sunni spent his life fighting off the Mossi, the Fulai and the Tuareg. Songhai was finally conquered in 1473 (Exact date unknown)
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Sunni died in 1492 while returning from a campaign against the fulani people. (Exact date unknown)
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Portugal began slave trading in the late 1500's
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Plantations grew and they needed more and more African slaves.
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The slave trading in Portugal would only be definitely abolished in 1869
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Ghana, in 1957, the country became the first country in Sub-Saharan Africa to gain total independence.