14th Century (1300-1399)
The Obas of Benin (1200 to the present) : A Brief History of the Rulers of A West African State for Eight Centuries
In the following article, Collins Edigin, a historian at the University of Benin in Benin City, Nigeria, describes the rule...
[King Magi] The Black Magus (ca. 1350- )
The black Magus, or King, in Renaissance Adoration pictures is an enigmatic figure as no black African king is known...
Lagos, Nigeria (ca. 1350- )
Lagos is the largest city and chief port of modern Nigeria. The area that is now Lagos was settled by...
Buganda (ca. 1375-1900)
Buganda, the largest of the medieval kingdoms in present-day Uganda, became an important and powerful state during the 19th century....
Mansa Musa (1280-1337)
Mansa Musa, fourteenth century emperor of the Mali Empire, is the medieval African ruler most known to the world outside...
