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)
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“America is not civil, whilst Africa is barbarous.”
—Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)
“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)
“What is Africa to me:
Copper sun or scarlet sea,
Jungle star or jungle track,
Strong bronzed men, or regal black
Women from whose loins I sprang
When the birds of Eden sang?”
—Countee Cullen (1903–1946)