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Realm · approximate borders · 1390–1897

Kingdom of Kaffa

Highland kingdom bounded on the north by the Gojeb river, founded c. 1390 according to tradition.

From the late 17th century it annexed neighbouring Gimira states and reached the Omo under Tato Shagi Sherocho. Menelik II's armies conquered it in 1897. Source: Wikipedia 'Kingdom of Kaffa'.

See Kingdom of Kaffa on the map in 1390

On the map
1390–1897
Capital
Bonga (Anderacha)

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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