Sundiata (also called Mari-Djata, Sundjata, or Sariq-Djata) was the founder of the Malian Empire and he ruled for 25 years. Sundiata was born crippled. His legs were feeble so his half brother Dankaran-Tuma succeeded him to the throne. With the help of a Blacksmith, as Sundiata became older he was able to walk. As Sundiata's fighting and hunting skills began to grow, Dankaran-Tuma became increasingly jealous. His jealousy was so strong that it almost caused a bloody struggle between them.

Instead Sundiata left Malinke and went to Mema. In Mema he was a great Warrior and was awarded high positions. Sumanguru Kante, King of Susu (an intermediate kingdom between Ghana and Mali) conquered the Malinke kingdom and killed Sundiata's father and his half brother Dankaran-Tuma. Sundiata was secretly summoned by the Malinkes. In 1235 A.D. in the battle of Kirini, Sundiata defeated Sumanguru Kante.

Sundiata formed the1^st Malian Empire under the Keita Clan. The capitol of the Malian Empire was Niana.

Abubakari II was of the Mandingo Tribe (an inhabitant of the Upper Niger River Valley of Western Africa). Abubakari was the Emperor of Mali. He was the Great Grandson of Sundiata. It was the year 1310. In the city of Niani on the left bank of Sankarini. Abubakari had become fed up with the slavery of the Arabs and their brand of Islam. He was tired of it's racism and it's opposition to his own African culture.

Abubakari had heard many tales of the vast sea, which many referred to as "the world's end." Even Alexander the so-called Great, who at once ruled the so-called world, was held back by the sea. Abubakari had always been fascinated by water. He had heard that the many rivers of his kingdom connected to a vast sea, of which men were terrified. The Arabs called it "the Green Sea of Darkness". They imagined there was a strong currents, not far from land's end, that overcame boats and threw them off of the end of the world into some black hole.

However the diplomats of the courts of Morocco (who had come during Sakura's reign) said this was all non-sense. New ideas were circulating in North Africa. More recent scholars were saying that the great sea was not the end of the world- Rather that the world had no end or beginning. It was shaped like a gourd (spherical in shape). They said that if a man sailed in a straight line across the Great Sea, he would eventually end back up at the point where he started.

There were many Muslim clerics who saw the "new thinkers" of North Africa as being insane. But this did not stop Abubakari's curiosity. Abubakari wanted to do something new and unprecedented. He was bored by the petty wars, especially now that Malian Empire had extended itself so far across the known world. Eventually, after much discussion and contemplation, Abubakari made up his mind to have his men traverse the great sea which had beckoned to him his entire life.

So Abubakari built and assembled a fleet of ships and men including smiths, carpenters, captains, etc.. Each ship was accompanied by a small supply boat carrying gold and other trade items, as well as enough provisions to last for 2 years. He called the boat captains together and issued this order:

"Do not return until you have reached the end of the ocean, or until you have exhausted your food and water".

The men then left and none returned for a long while. Then one day it was conveyed to Abubakari that one of his ship captains had returned. The captain said they sailed for a long while until they came to what seemed to be a river with a strong current, flowing out into the open sea. His (the captain's) ship was the last. The others sailed ahead of him until they reached that point where they were pulled out to sea and disappeared. He said that the waters were so strong and swift that he was scared to enter the current, thus he turned back.

This news made Abubakari even more anxious to know where the current had taken his men. What was out there? Some say this obsession drove him mad. Abubakari assembled another fleet. This time he had a special boat built for himself. He made a deal with his brother Mansa Khan Khan Musa that he would be the new ruler in Abubakari's place, should he never return. Abubakari split his riches, 50-50 with his brother and in 1311, he sailed across the great sea (the Atlantic) never to return.

When Abubakari arrived on the shores of America, the Olmecs (from Nuwba) were already here. They had walked over here millions of years ago before the continental drift when all the continents were one, called Pangaea. Abubakari then began mixing in his seed with the Olmecs (The Washitaw Tribe).

Abubakari's brother Mansa Khan Khan Musa eventually sailed to the Americas in search of his brother.

Early African sailors were able to travel the seas by learning the tides and currents of the oceans. The two main currents running from Africa into the Americas are called the "Guinea Current" and the "Canary Current". The strong flow of these currents is what allowed early sailors to come to the Americas (The New World) even without sails.

So it is more than clear that Christopher Columbus was not the 1^st person to sail to the Americas and "discover" the New World. Aside from that, Columbus could not have sailed here had it not been for the knowledge of his Head Navigator and Admiral (meaning "High Commander"), a Moor called Pietro El Negrito translated as Mr. Peter the Nigger. When Pietro El Negrito got off the ship (the Nina) he was greeted by a Nubian King. All this can be found in the logs of Columbus which Caucasians keep on the low, so that we (Moors, Nubians) will think that we were only brought here as slaves. By convincing us that we are not indigenous to this land, they are able to rob us of our birthright and our sovereignty (freedom).

The above information was taken from:

"They Came Before Columbus" by Ivan Van Sertima and "Let's Set the Record Straight" by Nayya Malachi Zodok York-El.