| has gloss | eng: African empires were states that included multinational structures incorporating various populations and polities into a single entity, usually through conquest. There have been a number of empires located in Africa throughout history . Below is a list of African empires whose capital cities were on the African continent. For the purpose of this article, only African states that held authority over unified groups (ethnic states under kings or chiefs rather than simply ethnicities under no central leadership other than the emperor) will be listed in accordance with the dictionary definition of empire. |
