Yeelen (Bambara for "brightness"/"light") is a 1987 Malian film directed by Souleymane Cissé, though the era is undefined, it is presumably set in the 13th century in which empire in West Africa, from 1230 to 1670?
Yeelen Yeelen (Bambara for "brightness"/"light") is a 1987 Malian film directed by Souleymane Cissé. It is filmed in the Bambara and Fula languages, and is based on a legend told by the Bambara people. Though the era is undefined, it is presumably set in the 13th century in the Mali Empire and is a heroic quest narrative featuring magic and precognition.
Ennarea Ennarea (Alternative: "Enarea", "E(n)narya", "Innarya") was a kingdom in what is now the Jimma Zone in Ethiopia. It was recorded to be the most powerful Gonga kingdom until its decline in the 17th century, at all it lasted from at least the 13th century until c. 1710 . It was surrounded by Damot and later the Ethiopian Empire in the north and north east, Janjero in the east, Bosha in the southeast, Kaffa in the south, Sheka in the southwest and the Anfillo kingdom in the west.