West Africa
Further information: History of West
Africa
The Kingdom of Nri (1043–1911)
was the West African medieval
state of the Nri-Igbo , a subgroup
of the Igbo people, and is the
oldest kingdom in Nigeria . The
Kingdom of Nri was unusual in
the history of world government in
that its leader exercised no
military power over his subjects.
The kingdom existed as a sphere
of religious and political influence
over much of Igboland, and was
administered by a priest -king
called the eze Nri . The eze Nri
managed trade and diplomacy on
behalf of the Igbo people, and was
the possessor of divine authority
in religious matters.
The Oyo Empire (1400–1895)
was a West African empire of
what is today western Nigeria .
The empire was established by
the Yoruba in the 15th century
and grew to become one of the
largest West African states
encountered by colonial explorers.
It rose to preeminence through
wealth gained from trade and its
possession of a powerful cavalry .
The Oyo Empire was the most
politically important state in the
region from the mid-17th to the
late 18th century, holding sway
not only over other Yoruba states,
but also over the Fon kingdom of
Dahomey (located in the state
now known as the Republic of
Benin ).
Benin Empire (1440–1897), a
large pre-colonial African state of
modern Nigeria.
The Kingdom of Dahomey (1600–
1900) was a West African
kingdom in part of modern Benin .
Kaabu Empire (1537–1867), a
Mandinka Kingdom of
Senegambia (centered on modern
northeastern Guinea-Bissau but
extending into Casamance ,
Senegal) that rose to prominence
in the region thanks to its origins
as a former province of the Mali
Empire. After the decline of the
Mali Empire, Kaabu became an
independent kingdom.
Aro Confederacy (1690–1902), a
slave trading political union
orchestrated by the Igbo
subgroup, the Aro people , centered
in Arochukwu in present day
Southeastern Nigeria .
Asante Union (1701–1894), a
pre-colonial West African state of
what is now the Ashanti Region in
Ghana . The empire stretched from
central Ghana to present day
Togo and Côte d'Ivoire , bordered
by the Sahelian Dagomba
kingdom to the north (a sub-state
of the Mossi), and Dahomey to the
east. Today, the Ashanti
monarchy continues as one of the
constitutionally protected, sub-
national traditional states within
the Republic of Ghana.
Kong Empire (1710–1894)
centered in north eastern Côte
d'Ivoire that also encompassed
much of present-day Burkina
Faso.
Bamana Empire (1712–1896)
based at Ségou, now in Mali. It
was ruled by the Kulubali or
Coulibaly dynasty established c.
1640 by Fa Sine also known as
Biton-si-u . The empire existed as
a centralized state from 1712 to
the 1861 invasion of Toucouleur
conqueror El Hadj Umar Tall .
Sokoto Caliphate (1804–1903),
an Islamic empire in Nigeria , led
by the Sultan of Sokoto, Sa’adu
Abubakar . Founded during the
Fulani Jihad in the early 19th
century, it was one of the most
powerful empires in sub-Saharan
Africa prior to European conquest
and colonization. The caliphate
remained extant through the
colonial period and afterwards,
though with reduced power.
Republic of Liberia .
Toucouleur Empire (1848–1893),
established as a jihadist stete bu
Al hajj Umar Tall in present Mali,
upon the conquest of the
kingdoms of Segu and Masina.
Wassoulou Empire (1878–1898),
a short-lived empire of built from
the conquests of Dyula ruler
Samori Ture and destroyed by the
French colonial army.
Kingdom of Bamum (1394–1884),
a state in what is now northwest
Cameroon that became part of
German Kamerun in 1884.
Great Lakes
Further information: History of East
Africa
The Sennar Sultanate (1502–
1821) was a sultanate in the north
of Sudan , named Funj after the
ethnic group of its dynasty or
Sinnar (or Sennar) after its
capital, which ruled a substantial
area of northeast Africa.
An Empire of Kitara in the area of
the Great Lakes of Africa has long
been treated as a historical entity,
but is now mostly considered an
unhistorical narrative created as a
response to the dawn of rule
under the Lwo empire, the sole
historical record of an organized
Nilotic migration into the area.[5]
The Kingdom of Buganda (1300–
present), home of the Baganda
people of Uganda
Kongo
The Kingdom of Kongo (1400–
1888) was a quasi-imperial state
as is evident by the number of
peoples and kingdoms that paid it
tribute. The kingdom eventually
became a vassalage of the Kings
of Portugal , a European imperial
power.
The Luba Empire (1585–1885)
arose in the marshy grasslands of
the Upemba Depression in what is
now southern Democratic
Republic of Congo.
Lunda Empire (1660–1887) in
what is now the Democratic
Republic of Congo, north-eastern
Angola and northwestern Zambia .
Its central state was in Katanga .
Southern Africa
Further information: History of
Southern Africa
The Mutapa Empire or Empire of
Great Zimbabwe (1450–1629) was a
medieval kingdom located between
the Zambezi and Limpopo rivers of
Southern Africa in the modern states
of Zimbabwe and Mozambique.
Remnants of the historical capitol are
found in the ruins of Great Zimbabwe.
Zulu Kingdom (1816–1897)
Madagascar
The Merina Kingdom ruled most of
Madagascar from the late 18th
century until the island became a
French colony in 1896 and the last
monarch, Ranavalona III was sent
into exile.
References
1. ^ ":: EmbassyBurkinaFaso ::" .
web.archive.org. Retrieved
2014-12-13.
2. ^ "Mossi (people) |
Encyclopedia Britannica"
. britannica.com. Retrieved
2014-12-13.
3. ^ Olson, J.S. (1996). The
Peoples of Africa: An
Ethnohistorical Dictionary
. Greenwood Press. p. 405.
ISBN 9780313279188.
Retrieved 2014-12-13.
4. ^ Ben Cahoon. "Burkinabe
traditional states" .
worldstatesmen.org. Retrieved
2014-12-13.
5. ^ Chrétien, Jean-Pierre; Scott
Strauss (October 2006). The
Great Lakes of Africa: Two
Thousand Years of History.
MIT Press.
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Hunwick, John O. (2003).
Timbuktu and the Songhay
Empire: Al-Sa’di’s Ta’rikh Al-
sudan Down to 1613 and other
Contemporary Documents.
Leiden: Brill Academic Publishers.
pp. 488 Pages. ISBN
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Turchin, Peter and Jonathan M.
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External links
Haffenreffer Museum of
Anthropology
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False! I though you came from Israel? Do you mean to say before your great trek there were no kingdoms in Africa? You cannot have it both ways bro!

Op i don't agree with u because am a historian and according to history,origin of Ndigbo have been discovered by any scholar.

Oldest kingdom in Africa? When did Igbos started having kings before even talking of kingdoms? So show us any archeological evidence that igbos had any kingdoms before the administrative creations of kings by the British.

oldest nd underdeveloped