Former empires in Africa

African empires is an umbrella term used in African studies to refer to a number of pre-colonial African kingdoms in Africa with multinational structures incorporating various populations and polities into a single entity, usually through conquest.Listed below are known African empires and their respective capital cities. The Wabongo kingdom, with its capital in Bokanga, in the Lobaye region (South West Central African Republic) == Historical development == === Sahelian kingdoms === The Sahelian kingdoms were a series of medieval empires centred on the Sahel, the area of grasslands south of the Sahara.