Pharaoh Natakamani and Queen Amanitore & Ngola Ann Nzinga
39. Pharaoh Natakamani and Queen Amanitore of Kush (ruled 1-20 AD)Sudanese husband and wife team who were the last of the great pharaonic builders Pharaoh Natakamani and Queen Amanitore were the last great builders in Kush. They lived somewhere around 1 AD to 20 AD. Their buildings were raised in Keraba, an area between the […]
Queen Oluwo & St Perpetua
41. Queen Oluwo of Ife (c.1000 AD)Yoruba Queen who paved the southern Nigeria city of Ife Professor Ekpo Eyo, a former head of the Nigerian museums system, narrates a curious oral tradition concerning Oni Oluwo, a distinguished Yoruba ruler. Apparently she was walking around the capital city of Ife when her regalia got splashed with […]
Sarki Muhammad Rumfa & Emperor Semamun
43. Sarki Muhammad Rumfa of Kano (ruled 1463-1499 AD)Most celebrated ruler in the northern Nigeria region Muhammad Rumfa became ruler of the Hausa city-state of Kano in 1463. He greatly extended the walls of the city and built an imposing new palace, the Gidan Rumfa, with courtly attendants adopting fashions from the nearby empire of […]
Queen of Sheba & King Sundiata
45. Queen of Sheba, ruler of Ethiopia and Yemen (ruled 1005-955 BC)One of the greatest women in world history In and around Axum, the old Ethiopian capital, there are over 50 obelisks, many of them undecorated. Some are believed to be very old, but firm dates have not been established. Near to some of these […]
Pharaoh Taharqo & Yusuf ibn Tashifin
47. Pharaoh Taharqo of Kush (ruled 690-664 BC)The most powerful African in history known as the Emperor of the World Taharqo (also called Taharka) ruled Kush and Egypt from 690 until 664 BC. He inherited a huge empire from Qebh-Hor in Asia to the lands south of the Sudanese city of Napata. In addition, Erathosthenes […]
Shehu Uthman Dan Fodio & Prophetess Kimpa Vita
49. Shehu Uthman Dan Fodio of Sokoto (ruled 1804-1817 AD)Founder of the Sokoto Caliphate in northern Nigeria The northern Nigerian city of Gobir itself faced a powerful threat from the Fulanis. Austere and fanatical in their religion, they no longer tolerated the laxness and growing corruption of the Hausa rulers. In 1804 they revolted against […]
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