Mansa Uli II (

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: "Oualy II"), also known as Gbèré, was a

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("king of kings") of the

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. He ruled during the second half of the 15th century. According to the oral traditions preserved in Dioma, Gbèré was the younger of two brothers from Niani who liberated Dioma from a

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invasion. Gbèré is a

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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

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's death. Other sources claim that Musa was his father. Uli was in turn succeeded, perhaps not directly, by his son

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