List of historical states in Africa

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A selection of pre-colonial countries in Africa. The limits shown are partly controversial.

Even before the conquest by the Europeans during the colonial period, there were numerous states in Africa . Most of them were monarchies (kingdoms) and were based on traditional African forms of rule. The following list gives an overview:

States of antiquity and antiquity

States of the Middle Ages

States of the pre-colonial modern times

North africa

Today's Ethiopia / Horn of Africa

West Africa

Central and East Africa

Southern Africa

Boer Republics

Bantustans

No longer existing or renamed states of the later modern times

See also