23 Most Famous and Powerful kingdoms/Empires in the History of Africa: Know who you Are

(1). The Songhai Empire: (1401-1600) - Niger 🇳🇪, Mali 🇲🇱, Mauritania 🇲🇷, Senegal 🇸🇳, Nigeria🇳🇬, Guinea 🇬🇳, The Gambia 🇬🇲, Algeria (south) 🇩🇿, Burkina-Faso 🇧🇫, and Ivory Coast 🇨🇮, Chad 🇹🇩

(2). The Kingdom of Kemet and Cush over 11k history before Invaders  - Egypt 🇪🇬

(3). Great Ile-Ife Kingdom: (300 - 500 BC) 🇳🇬 

(4). The Great Igala/Attagara Kingdom (800BC - 1700 AD)- Nigeria 🇳🇬/Uganda/Kenya/South Sudan/Congo/Sierra Leone

(5). The Aksumite: (Axum) Empire (100-940 CE) - Ethiopia/Eritrea 🇪🇹/🇪🇷

(6). The Mali Empire (1235 to 1670)- Mali 🇲🇱, Senegal 🇸🇳, Burkina Faso 🇧🇫, Niger 🇳🇪, Guinea 🇬🇳, The Gambia 🇬🇲, Guinea-Bissau 🇬🇼, Ghana 🇬🇭

(7). The Great Benin Empire: (900s -1897AD) -  🇳🇬

(8). The Empire of Ghana: (Wagadu 601 - 1240) - Mauritania 🇲🇷, Senegal 🇸🇳

(9). The Great Zimbabwe Empire (1220-1450 CE)- 🇿🇼

(10). The Ethiopian Empire: (Abyssinia) 1270 (beginning of Solomonid Dynasty) until 1974 - Ethiopia 🇪🇹

(11). The Kingdom of Kush: (1069 BCE and 350 CE) - Sudan/ South Sudan 🇸🇩/🇸🇸

(12). The Kingdom of Kongo: ( 1301 - 1665 ) - Angola 🇦🇴 DRC 🇨🇩 Congo 🇨🇬 and Gabon 🇬🇦

(13). The Oyo Empire: (1300s-1835) - Nigeria 🇳🇬

(14). The Carthage Empire: (814 BC–146 BC) - Tunisia 🇹🇳

(15). Kanem-Bornu Empire: (1396-1893) - Nigeria 🇳🇬

(16). The Mutapa Empire: (c. 1450-1629) - Zimbabwe/Mozambique 🇿🇼/🇲🇿

(17). Ashanti Empire. (1701 to 1901) - Ghana 🇬🇭

(18). The Aro Confederacy: (1690–1902) - Nigeria 🇳🇬

(19). The Jolof Empire: (1350 to 1549)- Senegal 🇸🇳

(20). The Kingdom of Nri: (1100 until 1911) - Nigeria 🇳🇬

(21). The Luba Empire: (1585–1889) - DRC 🇨🇩

(22). The Nok Civilization: (1500 BC — c. 500) AD- Nigeria 🇳🇬

(23). The Zulu Empire: (1816-1897)- South Africa 🇿🇦

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