During the rule of Sundiata Keita, these kingdoms were consolidated, and the Mandinka expanded west from the Niger River basin under Sundiata's general Tiramakhan Traore as part of creating a region of conquest, according to the oral tradition of the Mandinka people.
These kingdoms were consolidated. This was during the rule of Sundiata Keita. The Mandinka expanded west from the Niger River basin under Sundiata's general Tiramakhan Traore as part of creating a region of conquest. This was according to the oral tradition of the Mandinka people. This was during the rule of Sundiata Keita.