Countries in precolonial Africa

1270–1974 state in the Horn of Africa

former state located in western Africa

The Kingdom of Dahomey (, ) was a West African kingdom located within the present-day Republic of Benin that existed from approximately 1600 until 1904. It developed on the Abomey Plateau among the Fon people in the early 17th century and became a regional power in the 18th century by expanding south to conquer key cities like Whydah belonging to the Kingdom of Whydah on the Atlantic coast, which granted it unhindered access to the Atlantic Slave Trade.

former African kingdom located in west central Africa

former Akan empire centered around modern day Ghana

West African kingdom (1180–1897)

former country

pre-colonial African confederation of states in what is now the Democratic Republic of Congo, Angola and Zambia

historical African empire that existed from 1380 to 1893

pre-colonial African state, during approximately the 16th to 19th centuries

which preceded Portuguese rule

former country

short-lived (1878–1898) empire of West Africa

Kaabu (1537–1867), also written Gabu, Ngabou, and '''N'Gabu''', was a federation of Mandinka kingdoms in the Senegambia region centered within modern northeastern Guinea-Bissau, large parts of today's Gambia, and extending into Koussanar, Koumpentoum, and the Casamance in Senegal.

Kaarta, (Also known as '''Ka'arta or the Massassi State''') was a Bambara kingdom that arose after the fall of the Songhai Empire in what is today the western half of Mali and lasted until its destruction by Umar Tall in the 1850s.

former country

African kingdoms

former country

traditional state (1806-1901, located in: Nigeria and partially in Cameroon)

Kakongo was a small kingdom located on the Atlantic coast of Central Africa, in the modern-day Republic of the Congo and Cabinda Province, Angola. In the 13th century, it formed part of a confederation led by Vungu. Along with its neighboring kingdoms of Ngoyo and Loango, Kakongo became an important political commercial center during the 17th through 19th centuries. The people speak a dialect of the Kikongo language and thus may be considered a part of the Bakongo ethnicity. Kakongo was a vassal of the Kingdom of Kongo for a part of its history.

Baol or Bawol was a kingdom in what is now central Senegal. Founded in the 11th century, it was a vassal of the Jolof Empire before becoming independent in the mid-16th century. The ruler bore the title of Teigne (or Teeň) and reigned from the capital in Lambaye. The kingdom encompassed a strip of land extending east from the ocean and included the towns of Touba, Diourbel, and Mbacke. It was directly south of the Kingdom of Cayor and north of the Kingdom of Sine.

former country

historical country and sultanate in Niger

Waalo () was a kingdom on the lower Senegal River in West Africa, in what is now Senegal and Mauritania. It included parts of the valley proper and areas north and south, extending to the Atlantic Ocean. To the north were Moorish emirates; to the south was the kingdom of Cayor; to the east was Jolof.

The Cayor Kingdom (; ) was from 1549 to 1876 the largest and most powerful kingdom that split off from the Jolof Empire in what is now Senegal. The Cayor Kingdom was located in northern and central Senegal, southeast of Waalo, west of the kingdom of Jolof, and north of Baol and the Kingdom of Sine.

former kingdom of the Garanganze people in Katanga, DR Congo

state set up by Akan people that flourished in the 17th and 18th centuries

Kénédougou Kingdom

former Pulaar kingdom of Senegal, which dominated the Futa Tooro region from 1490 to 1776

historic African state

former country

primordial Akan state by the Bono people

former kingdom in present-day Benin

The Kingdom of Saloum (Serer: Saluum or Saalum) was a Serer kingdom in present-day Senegal and parts of Gambia. The precolonial capital was the city of Kahone. Re-established in 2017, Saloum is now a non-sovereign traditional monarchy within Senegal. Its history, geography and culture is intricately linked with the sister state, the Kingdom of Sine, and it is common to refer to them as the Sine-Saloum or the Serer Kingdoms.

central Nigerian multi ethnic state from 1500 to 1840

kingdom from c. 1490 to 1865, located along the banks of the White Nile river in modern South Sudan

Sultanate

former country

Khasso or Xaaso is a region and former West African kingdom of the 17th to 19th centuries, occupying territory in what is today the Kayes Region of Mali. From the 17th to 19th centuries, its capital was at Medina until its fall.

sorted list of kingdoms that existed in Africa during pre-colonial times

dynasty in the area of Great Lakes of Africa

African kingdom located in west central Africa, what is now south-east Angola

historical African kingdom centred in modern day northern Cameroon, Nigeria, and southwestern Chad

pre-colonial West Central African state of modern Republic of Congo

Capital of the Western North Region, Ghana

historical country and sultanate in Niger

native kingdom of Gambia

thumb|Biffeche. Biffeche or Bifeche is an area of Senegal centred on the town of Savoigne, around 30 kilometres north-east of the major coastal city of Saint-Louis.

former empire in present-day Nigeria and Benin

former country, ca. 1450-1963.

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rump survival of the earlier empire from the 16th to the 19th centuries

bantu kingdom

19th C Islamic emirate in Niger