Africa
- Empire of Ethiopia - Na'od (1494–1508)
- Adal Sultanate - Muhammad ibn Azhar ad-Din (1488–1518)
- Kingdom of Kongo - João I (1470–1509)
- Songhai Empire - Askia Mohammad I, Askia of the Songhai Empire (1493–1528)
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“I have a fair amount of faith that women won’t sit back and allow South Africa to become a totally male-dominated new society. The women in South Africa have shown that they are strong, and I think they will make their voices heard.”
—Paula Hathorn (b. c. 1962)
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When the birds of Eden sang?”
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