Uli II

{{Short description|15th century Mansa of Mali}}

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Mansa Uli II (French: "Oualy II"), also known as Gbèré, was a mansa ("king of kings") of the Mali Empire. He ruled during the second half of the 15th century.{{cite book |last1=Person |first1=Yves |author1-link=Yves Person |title=Le sol, la parole et l'écrit: Mélanges en hommage à Raymond Mauny, Tome II |date=1981 |publisher=Société française d'histoire d'outre-mer |location=Paris |pages=613-653 |url=https://www.persee.fr/doc/sfhom_1768-7144_1981_mel_5_2_965 |access-date=13 November 2024 |chapter=Nyaani Mansa Mamudu et la fin de l ’empire du Mali}}

According to the oral traditions preserved in Dioma, Gbèré was the younger of two brothers from Niani who liberated Dioma from a Fula invasion. Gbèré is a Mandinka 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 Musa III's death.{{cite journal |last1=Niane |first1=Djibril Tamsir |title=Recherches sur l’Empire du Mali au Moyen Age |journal=Recherches africaines |date=1959 |volume=1 |pages=6-56 |url=https://www.webguinee.net/bibliotheque/archives/rechAfric/1959/remma.html |access-date=14 November 2024}} Other sources claim that Musa was his father. Uli was in turn succeeded, perhaps not directly, by his son Mahmud II.