Mansa Musa is a husband and father of two young boys; he served 6 years in the United States Marine Corp. He has attended Highline Community College, Seattle Central College and Washington State University continuing his studies in Central College and Washington State University.

Mansa Musa has been an active member of college and community groups for over 20 years as one of the founding President and Vice Presidents of African Brothers of Unity S.C.C.C., President and Vice President of The Black Student Union .C.C.C., he has created several African History study groups in Seattle, including Masunda study group and the ASG study group. 

Mansa has lectured on African History, Art, Psychology, and spirituality at Seattle Central Community College for over the past 10 years. He has also lectured on International Trade and tourism at Olympic College, Bellevue Community College, The African American Academy and Hawthorne Elementary School. 

Mansa has been the owner/proprietor of several International Gift shops, Clubs and Café’s including Uzuri International Gifts on 1^st Avenue, The Mecca International Café and Imports, Timbuktu Imports, The French Quarters Café, and N.S.O. DeRoxy Sportswear. Mr. Musa established the Galleria de Congo at the NuBlack  Arts West Theater and a online store which was approved for a one million dollar investment in 2000…. www.traderbug.com. Mansa has raised over $400,000 for Non profit organizations and private business ventures. 

Mansa has lead several humanitarian efforts focusing on bettering the lives of children in the U.S. and Africa. He has been renovating primary schools in Ghana since 2000 with his One School at a Time Program and has been on the board of The Blue Nile Children’s organization assisting 30 orphans in Ethiopia since 2000. He has also been on the board on NuBlack Arts West Theatre teaching children through the arts in Seattle and Ghana since 1996.  

Mansa is the cofounder and C.E.O. of an ecommerce; Tourism, International trade Trade Company shipping containers of goods from Ghana, Ethiopia and Indonesia to the U.S. market. This Company had also provided study Abroad, Enterprise, Leisure and Cultural tours to Ghana West Africa and Ethiopia since 2000. The TraderBug Network and The Global Trading Network, is a Manufacture/ Wholesaler and distribution network that serves over 800 stores nation wide and in Canada.

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