Because you want to introduce the person and give them the red carpet treatment (which you are doing) to show you have respect and they get that
<em>Musa I of Mali, mansa of the West African empire of Mali from 1307 . ... and riches—he built the Great Mosque at Timbuktu—but he is best remembered ... Traveling from his capital of Niani on the upper Niger River to Walata ... behaviour of his followers, did not fail to create a most-favourable impression.</em>
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<u><em>Both Japan and West Germany adopted a democratic government. </em></u>