User blog comment:John Breasly/Royalty/@comment-3300047-20110325031834/@comment-3463158-20110325033409

Kay, I'm guessing in most of these cases, only men could rule. Some under Islamic rule, etc.. San- South Africa Bantu- clan in central and S. Africa Sahelian Kingdoms-Horn of Africa Yoruba/Igbo- W. Africa Swahili-E.Africa Songhai Empire-Niger + W. Sudan Ghana/Gao/Kunem-Bornu~Empires of Hausa States and the Berber Dynasty and Mali Empire fought over these kingdoms