Once vassals to pharaohs, the Kushite kings of Nubia took control of Egypt for almost a century. Embracing Egyptian rituals, ...
10th century geographer Al-Bakri, quoted in Corpus of Early Arabic Sources for West African History. Click here to listen to Al-Bakri describing the opulence surrounding the King of Ghana The ...
Africa used to boast a rich royal heritage, where kings ruled supreme over their communities and countries. Although many essentially performed a ceremonial role, the kings garnered substantial ...
The king of a North African country is thought to be one of continent's richest leaders, with three stunning palaces. King Mohammed VI ascended to the Moroccan throne in 1999 following the death ...