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Sumanguru Kanté
Sumanguru Kanté was the ruler of the Sosso Empire in West Africa in the early thirteenth century. He was defeated by Sundiata Keita at the Battle of Kirina around 1235. Accounts of the Mali Empire treat this battle as the foundation of the Mali Empire.
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- The Epoch Institute. (2026). Sumanguru Kanté. In The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/sumanguru-kante
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