01 · Seal
Mali
The Mali Empire is a West African state in the survey literature. The Republic of Mali is a modern country that shares the name. They are not one government stretched across centuries. This stub cites the surveys and invents nothing else.
An original geometric mark for this room. It is not a historical seal, a flag, or an artifact. This opening is a still, moved slowly as you scroll. A film for this seal is not in the library yet.
The Great Mosque of Djenné as it stands. The present building is a later reconstruction on an older site. It is not an untouched medieval object, and no wealth story is attached. CC BY-SA 3.0 · Ruud Zwart
02 · Founding
Founding
Encyclopaedia Britannica treats the Mali Empire as a major state of the western Sudan, tied to the upper Niger. Founding reigns are not listed on this page.
No ruler's years are given.
The Bandiagara escarpment in Mali. Cliff dwellings in the Sahel. This photograph is not an object from the Mali Empire. CC BY-SA 2.0 · Ferdinand Reus
03 · Peak
Peak
Surveys often mention a ruler called Mansa Musa when they describe the empire's fame. This room does not repeat wealth stories. Trade and scholarship are the themes. The objects stay in museums until an open-access record is attached.
No pilgrimage, city, or object is stated.
The Great Mosque of Djenné as it stands. The present building is a later reconstruction on an older site. It is not an untouched medieval object, and no wealth story is attached. CC BY-SA 3.0 · Ruud Zwart
04 · Object
Priest with raised arms
The Metropolitan Museum of Art identifies this wood figure as Dogon peoples, 14th–17th century. That is the museum’s culture line. It is not an object of the Mali Empire, and it is not the Republic of Mali.
People who live in Mali are not a defendant in this museum.
Priest with raised arms. Dogon peoples, 14th–17th century, in the Met’s date line. Gift of Nelson A. Rockefeller, 1969. The Metropolitan Museum of Art · Open Access · public domain
05 · Turning
Turning
Later West African powers, including states the surveys call Songhai, follow in the same literature. Succession and conquest are the turning, told at the level of categories only.
No battle or succession is stated.
A nearer view of the same mosque at Djenné. Still the later building. Succession and conquest stay in the text, without a battle scene. CC BY-SA 3.0 · Andy Gilham
06 · To the present
To the present
The Republic of Mali is the modern country. French colonial rule and independence are the survey path from empire's name to today's state. People who live there are not a defendant in this museum. Present conflict is not narrated.
No independence year, constitution, or current crisis is given.
Earth, from the International Space Station. The film is not the Republic of Mali. The republic shares a name with a medieval empire and is not that empire. NASA · public domain