Africa
- Benin Empire - Ozolua, Oba of Benin (1480–1504)
- Bornu Empire - Ali Gazi, Mai of Bornu (1465–1497)
- Buganda - Kiggala, Kabaka of Buganda (1474–1501)
- Empire of Ethiopia - Eskender (1478–1494)
- Adal Sultanate - Shams ad-Din ibn Muhammad(1472–1488)
- Kingdom of Kongo - João I, Manikongo (1470–1509)
- Mali Empire - Mahmud II, Mansa of Mali (1481–1496)
- Mutapa Kingdom - Mukombero Nyahuma, Mwenemutapa (1480–1490)
- Kingdom of Nri - Anyamata, Eze Nri (1465–1511)
- Rwanda - Cyirima I, King of Rwanda (1482–1506)
- Songhai Empire - Sunni Ali (1464–1492)
- Wolof Empire - Tase Daagulen, Buur-ba Jolof (1481–1488)
Read more about this topic: List Of State Leaders In 1485
Famous quotes containing the word africa:
“Everywhere—all over Africa and South America ... you see these suburbs springing up. They represent the optimum of what people want. There’s a certain sort of logic leading towards these immaculate suburbs. And they’re terrifying, because they are the death of the soul.... This is the prison this planet is being turned into.”
—J.G. (James Graham)
“For Africa to me ... is more than a glamorous fact. It is a historical truth. No man can know where he is going unless he knows exactly where he has been and exactly how he arrived at his present place.”
—Maya Angelou (b. 1928)
“America is not civil, whilst Africa is barbarous.”
—Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)