THE WORLD ATLAS

Realm · approximate borders · 1537–1867

Kaabu

Mandinka kingdom of the Upper Guinea coast, Mali's westernmost province until it became independent as Mali declined (c. 1537); it fell when the Futa Jallon Fula stormed Kansala in 1867.

Kansala's site and Kaabu's limits toward the Bissagos coast and the Casamance are approximate. Source: Wikipedia 'Kaabu'.

See Kaabu on the map in 1537

On the map
1537–1867
Capital
Kansala

Rulers named in the sources

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.

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