is renowned for its pastel-coloured colonial houses and was the capital of French West Africa until 1902. There too, street names, squares, bridges and plaques honour mid-1800s French Governor ...

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Its emperor Mansa Musa was placed on medieval European maps of Africa with description: "The king is the richest and most noble because his country abounds in gold." Under him, the empire reached its ...

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Similarly, Mali’s military junta recently renamed 25 streets, boulevards and squares to sever ties with their French colonial history. However, the name “Africa” remains untouched.