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:
“In Africa I had indeed found a sufficiently frightful kind of loneliness but the isolation of this American ant heap was even more shattering.”
—Louis-Ferdinand Céline (1894–1961)
“Are you there, Africa with the bulging chest and oblong thigh? Sulking Africa, wrought of iron, in the fire, Africa of the millions of royal slaves, deported Africa, drifting continent, are you there? Slowly you vanish, you withdraw into the past, into the tales of castaways, colonial museums, the works of scholars.”
—Jean Genet (1910–1986)
“In Africa, there is much confusion.... Before, there was no radio, or other forms of communication.... Now, in Africa ... the government talks, people talk, the police talk, the people don’t know anymore. They aren’t free.”
—Youssou N’Dour (b. 1959)