Africa
- Kingdom of Baguirmi - Lubatko (1536–1548)
- Empire of Ethiopia - Dawit II (1508–1540)
- Kaabu - Sama Koli, ruler of Kaabu (1537- ?)
- Kingdom of Kongo - Alfonso I, Manikongo (1509–1542)
- Kingdom of Sennar - Nayil (1533/4 - 1550/1)
- Songhai Empire -
- Askia Mohammad Benkan, Askia of the Songhai Empire (1531–1537)
- Askia Isma'il, Askia of the Songhai Empire (1537–1539)
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Famous quotes containing the word africa:
“Are you there, Africa with the bulging chest and oblong thigh? Sulking Africa, wrought of iron, in the fire, Africa of the millions of royal slaves, deported Africa, drifting continent, are you there? Slowly you vanish, you withdraw into the past, into the tales of castaways, colonial museums, the works of scholars.”
—Jean Genet (1910–1986)
“Day by day we hear the cry of AFRICA FOR THE AFRICANS. This cry has become a positive, determined one. It is a cry that is raised simultaneously the world over because of the universal oppression that affects the Negro.”
—Marcus Garvey (1887–1940)
“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)