Uli II

Magha
Mansa of Mali
Reign	between 1550 and 1575
Predecessor	Musa III
Successor	Mahmud II?
Dynasty	Keita
Religion	Islam

Mansa Uli II (French: "Oualy II"), also known as Gbèré, was a mansa ("king of kings") of the Mali Empire. He ruled during the second half of the 15th century.[1]

According to the oral traditions preserved in Dioma, Gbèré was the younger of two brothers from Niani who liberated Dioma from a Fula invasion. Gbèré is a Mandinka name meaning "red" in reference to one's skin tone. After this success, his brother was crowned mansa. Gbèré ascended to the throne under the royal name Uli II following his brother Musa III's death.[2] Other sources claim that Musa was his father.[1] Uli was in turn succeeded, perhaps not directly, by his son Mahmud II.[1]

See also

• Mali Empire
• Keita Dynasty

References

1. Person, Yves (1981). "Nyaani Mansa Mamudu et la fin de l 'empire du Mali". Le sol, la parole et l'écrit: Mélanges en hommage à Raymond Mauny, Tome II. Paris: Société française d'histoire d'outre-mer. pp. 613–653. Retrieved 13 November 2024.
2. Niane, Djibril Tamsir (1959). "Recherches sur l'Empire du Mali au Moyen Age". Recherches africaines. 1: 6–56. Retrieved 14 November 2024.