Africa
- Akan state of Twifo-Heman - Ofusu Kwabi (c. 1500-c. 1520)
- Buganda - Kiggala, King of Buganda (c. 1474-c. 1501)
- Empire of Ethiopia - Na'od (1494–1508)
- Adal Sultanate - Muhammad ibn Azhar ad-Din (1488–1518)
- Mali Empire - Mahmud III. Mansa of Mali (1496–1559)
- Kingdom of Kongo - João I (1470–1509)
- Rwanda - Cyirima I, King of Rwanda (c. 1428-c. 1506)
- Songhai Empire - Askia Mohammad I, Askia of the Songhai Empire (1493–1528)
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