Ajuran Sultanate (Somali sultanate)
Abyssinia Empire
Aksumite Empire (or under Aksum)
Benin Empire
Great Zimbabwe
Kilwa Sultanate (in Concise history, plus others)
Kingdom of Burundi
Kingdom of D’Mt (Northern Ethiopian, Southern Eritrean kingdom – not Damot, another later kingdom)
Kingdom of Ghana
Kingdom of Kemet (Kemet is an ancient name of Egypt, refers to the Old Kingdom of Egypt)
Kingdom of Mapungubwe (glorious legacy)
Kingdom of Mutapa (see Monomutapa in Civilizations book)
Kingdom of Rwanda
Kongo Kingdom
Luba-Lunda Empire (separate in Africana, Lunda sometimes called Aluund)
Mali Empire
Mossi Kingdoms
Songhai Empire (or sometimes Songhay)
Zulu Empire