Question: Dankaran Touman was the first son of Naré Maghann Konaté, father of Sundiata Keita, founder and first Emperor of the Mali Empire, which was an empire in West Africa from 1230 to 1670, during which century?
Context: The Battle of Kirina, also known as the Battle of Krina or Siege of Karina (c.  1235), was a confrontation between the Sosso king Sumanguru Kanté and the Mandinka prince Sundiata Keita.  Sundiata Keita's forces roundly defeated those of Sumanguru Kanté, guaranteeing the pre-eminence of Keita's new Mali Empire over Africa. In the ancient African oral tradition of the "Epic of Sundjata", Balla Fasséké is Sundiata Keita's griot.  King Naré Maghann Konaté offered his son Sundiata a griot, Balla Fasséké, to advise him in his reign. Dankaran Touman was the first son of Naré Maghann Konaté (father of Sundiata Keita, founder and first Emperor of the Mali Empire in the 13th century).  He was also the king of Manden prior to the establishment of the Mali Empire. Naré Maghann Konaté (died c. 1218) was a 12th-century faama (king) of the Mandinka people, in what is today Mali.  He was the father of Sundiata Keita, founder of the Mali Empire, and a character in the oral tradition of the Epic of Sundiata. Circa 1230s-1600s, the Mali Empire was created in Western Africa along the Niger River.  Often associated with being founded by Sunjata Keita, the history of Mali is extremely based on oral history.  The story of the founder of Mali, Sunjata Keita, is largely based on oral history.  Oral history may be defined as the preservation and interpretation of historical, cultural or personal experiences by way of a speaker.  In Mali, such a speaker can be described as a poet, a storyteller, a praise singer or a musician.  A large amount of Mali’s history is transferred via oral historians.  Such oral historians in Mali are known as griots, Jalis, and Jelis.  The origins of oral history in Mali may be traced back to the story of Sunjata Keita.  Modern-day oral history in Mali has transformed from the history based griots to a more contemporary musical and negotiator based griots.  The current state of oral history in Mali has travelled to other realms like popular culture and politics. The Sundiata Keita or Epic of Sundiata (also referred to as the Sundiata Epic or Sunjata Epic) is an epic poem of the Malinke people and tells the story of the hero Sundiata Keita (died 1255), the founder of the Mali Empire.  The epic is an instance of oral tradition, going back to the 13th century and narrated by generations of griot poets or "jeliw" ("djeli").  There is no single or authoritative version.  Material pertaining to the epic first began to be collected during the early 20th century in French Sudan, notably by the French elite school École William Ponty, resulting in the "modern" version of the tale as considered standard today, as published in "novelistic" form in French translation by Djibril Tamsir Niane in 1960 (English translation 1965). The Mali Empire (Manding: "Nyeni" or "Niani"; also historically referred to as the Manden Kurufaba, sometimes shortened to Manden) was an empire in West Africa from 1230 to 1670.  The empire was founded by Sundiata Keita and became renowned for the wealth of its rulers, especially Musa Keita.  The Manding languages were spoken in the empire.  It was the largest empire in West Africa and profoundly influenced the culture of West Africa through the spread of its language, laws and customs.  Much of the recorded information about the Mali Empire comes from 14th century North African Arab historian Ibn Khaldun, 14th century Moroccan traveller Ibn Battuta and 16th century Moroccan traveller Leo Africanus.  The other major source of information is Mandinka oral tradition, through storytellers known as griots. The Twelve Doors of Mali were the possessions of the Mansa (emperor) of the medieval Mali Empire which was established in c..  1235 following The Battle of Kirina.  These lands were either allied to or conquered by Sundiata Keita (the first Emperor of Imperial Mali) on his campaign to free the Mandinka heartland from the Sosso kingdom of Kaniaga. Soumaoro Kanté (var.: Sumanguru Kanté) was a 13th-century king of the Sosso people.  Seizing Koumbi Saleh, the capital of the recently defunct Ghana Empire, Soumaoro Kanté proceeded to conquer several neighboring states, including the Mandinka people in what is now Mali.  However, the Mandinka prince Sundiata Keita built a coalition of smaller kingdoms to oppose him at the Battle of Kirina (c..  1235.) , defeating the Sosso and leaving Sundiata's new Mali Empire dominant in the region. Sassouma Bereté (or "Berete") was the first wife of the 13th century King of Mali: Naré Maghann Konaté, the father of Sundiata Keita.  Everything that is known about Sassouma came from the Epic of Sundiata Keita (the first Emperor of the Mali Empire), passed down by Mandinka griots since the 13th century.
Answer: 13th