Realm · approximate borders · 1513–1775

Empire of Great Fulo (Denianke kingdom)

The Denianke Fula kingdom that Koli Tenguella took from Jolof in 1513, after his father Tenguella's state was destroyed by Songhai (1512); it dominated the middle Senegal valley from the early 16th century. Ended by the Torodbe revolution (1776).

Sources: Wikipedia 'Empire of Great Fulo'.

See Empire of Great Fulo (Denianke kingdom) on the map in 1513

On the map: 1513–1775

Rulers named in the sources

Tenguella precursor state, 1464–1512
Koli Tenguella 1512–1537

African kingdoms and states, 430–1911

Besides the large empires and the colonial powers, Africa had many other states: the Berber kingdoms of late-Roman Mauretania and the Aurès; the Wolof states of Senegambia, the Fula imamates, Kaabu and the Moorish emirates; Kong, the Mossi kingdoms, Dagbon, Denkyira, Akwamu, Dahomey and Benin; the Hausa kingdoms, Nupe, Kebbi, Agadez, Damagaram and Baguirmi; the Ethiopian, Gibe and Somali sultanates and kingdoms, the Shilluk, Kilwa and Pate; Buganda, Bunyoro, Rwanda and Burundi; Loango, Ndongo, Matamba, Kasanje, Kuba, Luba, Lunda and Kazembe; Mapungubwe, Great Zimbabwe, Mutapa, Butua and the Rozvi; and Maravi, Gaza, the Nguni and Sotho kingdoms, the Lozi and the Sakalava. Dates and rulers come from cited reference articles. Few pre-colonial African frontiers were ever surveyed or described, and many of these states ruled people and trade routes more than fixed territory.