According to james marcia, prematurely accepting traditional roles, such as those of your parents, is called and lack of commitment to any goals or values is called

Prematurely accepting traditional roles, such as those of your parents, is called identity foreclosure. This is the stage of discovering the self-identity wherein an individual has an identity but hasn’t explored other options. While the lack of commitment to any goals or values is called role confusion.

mali had been a state inside of the ghanaian empire. after ghana fell because of invading forces and internal disputes, mali rose to greatness under the leadership of a legendary king named sundiata, the "lion king." the songhai empire, already weakened by internal political struggles, went into decline.