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  2. 14th & 15th century Africa - Wikipedia

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    During the 200 year period between 1301 and 1500 (the 14th and 15th century) the main civilizations and kingdoms in Africa were the Mali Empire, Kingdom of Kongo, Ife Empire, Benin Kingdom, Songhai Empire, Hausa City-states, Wolof Empire, Great Zimbabwe, Kingdom of Makuria, Kanem Empire,Ethiopian Empire, Kilwa Sultanate, Kingdom of Mapungubwe, Kingdom of Mutapa, and the Ajuran Sultanate.

  3. 14th century - Wikipedia

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    Mansa Musa I of Mali, described as the wealthiest individual in history [5] [6]. The Little Ice Age was a period of widespread cooling which, while conventionally defined as extending from around the 16th to the 19th centuries, is dated by some experts to a timespan from about 1300 to about 1850, during which average global temperatures dropped by as much as 2 °C (3.6 °F), particularly in ...

  4. An African Song or Chant from Barbados - Wikipedia

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    An African Song or Chant from Barbados is a one-page manuscript of a work song sung by enslaved Africans in the sugar cane fields of the Caribbean. [1] Dating from the late 18th century, it is the earliest known such song. [2] It is also the oldest notation of a piece of music from Barbados. [3]

  5. Mansa Musa - Wikipedia

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    Mansa Musa [a] (reigned c. 1312 – c. 1337 [b]) was the ninth [5] Mansa of the Mali Empire, which reached its territorial peak during his reign.Musa's reign is often regarded as the zenith of Mali's power and prestige, although he features less in Mandinka oral traditions than his predecessors.

  6. Shosholoza - Wikipedia

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    The first African challengers for the America's Cup, Team Shosholoza, took their name from the song; as did the Shosholoza Meyl, a long-distance passenger train service operating in South Africa. The song is also used as a campfire song by scouts in South Africa.

  7. Africa (William Billings) - Wikipedia

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    Billings wrote "Africa" some time before 1770 and included it in his first published hymnbook, The New England Psalm Singer. Later he revised it, publishing a new version in his The Singing Master's Assistant (1778). He made additional revisions, publishing it again in Music in Miniature (1779). It is the latter two versions that are performed ...

  8. Category:Songs about Africa - Wikipedia

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  9. Category:14th-century songs - Wikipedia

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