[5] Mande Bori is regarded as the progenitor of the branches of the Keita clan who live in the vicinity of Kouroussa, in Hamana and Kolonkana.
[6] His is regarded as having been hot-headed,[7] and oral tradition claims he was cursed by his sister Sogolon Kolonkan for insulting her.
Mande Bori and Sunjata shared a father, Maghan Kon Fatta, but whether they were full brothers or half brothers is unclear: some traditions regard Mande Bori as a son of Sunjata's mother Sogolon, whereas others regard him as the son of another of Maghan Kon Fatta's wives, Namandjé.
[9] According to oral tradition, Mande Bori had at least one son, Faga Leye, who was the father of Mansa Musa.
[12] Historian Francois-Xavier Fauvelle has proposed that Mansa Musa was in fact descended from Abu Bakr I, the son of a daughter of Sundiata.