Black History Month takes place in October in the UK. However, we’re often given a sanitised version of Black history. And it rarely mentions great Black Muslims – which is why we are publishing a list of great Black Muslim men and women that have left their mark on history. We present to you one of the most waelthiest Muslims ever, Mansa Musa.

Mansa Musa was the richest man in all of history – he is the only person in recorded history to have directly controlled the price of gold in the Mediterranean. Find out more about him here:

Further reading

• TED Ed Lesson on Mansa Musa
• Burns, Khephra. Mansa Musa. San Diego: Gullivers Books, 2001. Print
• Conrad, David. Empires of Medieval West Africa: Ghana, Mali, and Songhay. New York: Chelsea House Publishers, 2005. Print
• Diouf, Sylviane. Kings and Queens of West Africa. Canada: Grolier Publishing, 2000. Print
• Levtzion, Nehemia. Ancient Ghana and Mali. London: Methuen, 1973. Print