23 Most Famous and Powerful kingdoms/Empires in the History of Afrika – 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 11nvaders, 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) 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 🇿🇦

PHOTO CREDIT: Shabin Dreams..