english: He must have been aware of new states that were building their influence from as far afield as Great Zimbabwe and the Swahili sultanates, each engaged directly or indirectly beyond the continent itself, each driven also to invest in securing their intellectual and cultural legacy.
non_english: Mora da je bio svestan novih država koje su gradile svoj uticaj čak od Velikog Zimbabvea i svahilskih sultanata, pri čemu je svaka bila direktno ili indirektno angažovana van kontinenta, svaka motivisana da ulaže u obezbeđivanje svog intelektualnog i kulturnog nasleđa.