The Empire of Mali managed to control the gold-bearing regions of Galam ... Millet, sorghum, corn, rice, cassava, yams are food crops. There are cash crops in the south forest zone as well as cotton, ...

In the 1230s, a man called Sundiata Keita incorporated a series of smaller kingdoms into the Mali Empire. The empire was central to several key trading routes, and with the support of a well ...