Africa
- Kingdom of Baguirmi - Birni Besse (1522–1536)
- Empire of Ethiopia - Dawit II (1508–1540)
- Kingdom of Kongo - Alfonso I, Manikongo (1509–1542)
- Kingdom of Sennar - Amara Dunqas (1503–1533/4)
- Songhai Empire - Askia Mohammad I, Askia of the Songhai Empire (1493–1528)
- Wolof Empire - Bukaar Biye-Sungule, Emperor (1492–1527)
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Famous quotes containing the word africa:
““I’ll love you dear, I’ll love you
Till China and Africa meet,
And the river jumps over the mountain
And the salmon sing in the street.”
—W.H. (Wystan Hugh)
“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)
“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)