Africa
- Ethiopia - Eskender, Emperor of Ethiopia (1478–1494)
- Adal Sultanate - Shams ad-Din ibn Muhammad, Sultan (1472–1488)
- Kongo - João I, Manikongo (1470–1509)
- Songhai Empire - Sunni Ali, Sunni of the Songhai Empire (1464–1492)
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Famous quotes containing the word africa:
“Day by day we hear the cry of AFRICA FOR THE AFRICANS. This cry has become a positive, determined one. It is a cry that is raised simultaneously the world over because of the universal oppression that affects the Negro.”
—Marcus Garvey (1887–1940)
“America is not civil, whilst Africa is barbarous.”
—Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)
“I thought that when they said Atlantic Charter, that meant me and everybody in Africa and Asia and everywhere. But it seems like the Atlantic is an ocean that does not touch anywhere but North America and Europe.”
—Zora Neale Hurston (1891–1960)