"Cumulatively referred to as Kuba, the people in fact comprise unique independent chieftains. Though culturally and linguistically similar, each is an entity to itself. Joseph Cornets tribal map (above) was published in Art Royal Kuba - page 15. It details political groupings aligned to the Bushoong."
Yoruba-Aja Country showing the old Oyo empire (Early 19th Century) Source: General History of Africa , VI: Africa in the nineteenth century.
Wolof Kingdoms in the 18th Century
Dafur Sultanate and its neighbours 1885
Mali, Songhai, Kanem and Ife
Fictional Map but with accurate place names and period names
Before I dump this timeline for Ethiopian here, I have to say they got the placement of the early Funj Kingdom wrong. What was where they put the Early Funj Kingdom was Fazughli which was a part of Alodia that gained independence when the Funj conquered the rest of Alodia and lasted c. 1500–1685.
Map of Ethiopia in 1300 CE
Map of Ethiopia in 1350 CE
Map of Ethiopia in 1420 CE
Map of Ethiopia in 1510 CE
Map of Ethiopia in 1540 CE
Longrigg’s map of proposed partitioning of Eritrea with (1) North going to Sudan; (2) the southeastern “Dankali coast with Assab (useless to Eritrea, invaluable to Ethiopia) should be handed without restriction to the Emperor” and (3) the central region (shaded dark) that he infamously called “Greater Tigrai” to be “administered, at least for a considerable term of years, on the Emperor’s behalf and authority, by a European Power in alliance with him”