Capitals of Africa in 1500
We give you a capital, you tap its country on the map: 20 countries of Africa in 1500, against the clock. Beat your record or challenge a friend with a link!
💡 Did you know? Nzinga Mbemba, baptised Afonso I, ruled Kongo from 1506 and wrote letters to the kings of Portugal. More fun facts →
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List of the countries of Africa in 1500 and their capitals
To revise before you play (or after, to see where you went wrong).
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| Country | Capital |
|---|---|
| Adal Sultanate | Dakkar |
| Ajuran Sultanate | Mogadishu |
| Akan states and Ewe peoples | No capital |
| Bantu peoples of the interior (Maravi, Bemba, Kikuyu…) | No capital |
| Bunyoro-Kitara Kingdom | No capital |
| Ethiopian Empire | No fixed capital (itinerant court) |
| Great Lakes kingdoms (Rwanda, Burundi) | No capital |
| Hafsid Sultanate | Tunis |
| Hausa city-states | Kano |
| Igbo, Nupe and other peoples of the Niger–Benue | No capital |
| Jolof Empire | Linguère |
| Kanem–Bornu Empire | Ngazargamu |
| Kingdom of Alodia (Nubia) | Soba |
| Kingdom of Benin | Benin City |
| Kingdom of Kongo | Mbanza Kongo |
| Kingdom of Loango | Loango |
| Madagascar (chiefdoms and kingdoms) | No capital |
| Mali Empire (in decline) | Kangaba |
| Mamluk Sultanate of Egypt | Cairo |
| Mossi kingdoms | Ouagadougou |
| Mutapa Empire | No fixed capital (itinerant court) |
| Nilotic peoples (Shilluk, Dinka, Nuer) | No capital |
| Peoples of the Congo basin (Luba and others) | No capital |
| Peoples of the equatorial forest (Fang, Tikar, Bantu) | No capital |
| Peoples of the south (Khoisan, Nguni, Herero) | No capital |
| Peoples of the Upper Guinea coast (Sapi, Kru, Mande) | No capital |
| Portuguese Atlantic islands | Ribeira Grande (Cidade Velha) |
| Saharan peoples (Tuareg, Tubu, Moors) | No capital |
| Songhai Empire | Gao |
| Sultanate of Agadez (Aïr) | Agadez |
| Swahili city-states (Kilwa, Mombasa, Malindi) | Kilwa Kisiwani |
| Wattasid Sultanate of Morocco | Fez |
| Yoruba kingdoms (Oyo and Ife) | Ife |
| Zayyanid Kingdom of Tlemcen | Tlemcen |