The Keita Dynasty has sired some noteworthy leaders. Such as Sundiata Keita, the first Mansa [Emperor] of the Mali Empire. Mansa Sundiata ruled with an effective decentralized governance, very unusual at the time.
Abubakr Keita the second, the predecessor to Mansa Musa, who is believed to have been an ambitious explorer. Abu Bakr II allegedly tried to sail to the ‘New World’ and commissioned a grand exploration, almost an entire century before Christopher Columbus.