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21 Most Famous and Powerful kingdoms/ Empires in the History of Africa

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 Egypt - Egypt 🇪🇬

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

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

5) The Great Benin Empire(1440-1897) - Nigeria 🇳🇬

6) The Empire of Ghana( Wagadugu 601 - 1240) - Mauritania 🇲🇷, Senegal🇸🇳

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

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

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

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

11) The Oyo Empire.(1300s-1835) - Nigeria 🇳🇬
12) The Carthage Empire (814 BC–146 BC)- Tunisia 🇹🇳
13) Kanem-Bornu Empire. (1396-1893)- Nigeria 🇳🇬
14) The Mutapa Empire (c. 1450-1629)- Zimbabwe/Mozambique 🇿🇼/🇲🇿

15) Ashanti Empire. (1701 to 1901)- Ghana 🇬🇭 
16) The Aro Confederacy (1690–1902)- Nigeria 🇳🇬
17) The Jolof Empire. (1350 to 1549)- Senegal 🇸🇳
18) The Kingdom of Nri (800AD until 1911)- Nigeria 🇳🇬
19) The Luba Empire.(1585–1889) - DRC 🇨🇩
20) The Nok Civilization.(1500 BC — c. 500) AD- Nigeria 🇳🇬
21) The Zulu Empire (1816-1897)- South Africa 🇿🇦

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