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)
“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)