Musa I (1280 –1337), kana Mansa Musa, aive Mansa we Umambo hwe Mali wechipfumbamwe, aive weUmambo hweMali, iyo yaive imwe muvuso weVaiziramu weku Madokero eAfurika yakasimba. Munguva ye kutumbudzuka kwaMusa padendemaro, Mali pakukura kwayo yaisanganisa dunhu reUmambo hweGhana yemushure yakakundwa neMali. Umambo hweMali yaisanganisa chikamu che Ghini, Senegaru, Moriteniya, Gambiya uye muvuso weMari yanhasi. Musa akaenda kuhajj kuMekha muna 1324, uye akafamba ne entourage huru ne ndarama zhinji. Panzira yake, akagara mu Cairo, ndiko kwaakapa zvipo zvakanakakwazvo zvikaita kuti kudhura kwe ndarama kuite kakudzika pa mwakawechikumi wakateera uye akatora attention munyika ye Mamuzirimu. Zita raMansa Musa rainzi Musa (Chiarabhu: موسى‎, chiroma: Mūsā), zita rake irimwe mhando rezita rekuti Moze muChiarabhu. Mansa, zvinoreva kuti 'mutongi' kana 'mambo' mu Chimande, raive dumidzo revatongi weUmambo hweMali. Rakambopindurwa richinzi "mukundi" uye "mambo-priest". Munhoroondo yekureketwa uye muViringira reTimbuktu (kana Makeronika eTimbuktu), Musa aizivikwa achinzi Kanku Musa.