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Ancient Africa

Pretty much resembles Modern Day Africa, at least in the eyes of most Western viewers, although in the less-politically-correct past the "savage with the bone in his nose stuffing the pith-helmeted explorer into a cooking pot" image was quite prevalent. In reality, it had as many empires, heroes, barbarians, and wars as anywhere else in the world.

See also Darkest Africa and Useful Notes: Africa.

Works set in this time period are:

Comic Books

One Hellboy story features a retelling of the story of ancient West-African Culture Hero Makoma, a superhuman guy with a hammer who perishes after a Double KO with a 7-headed monster. May or may not be the forerunner to African-American Culture Hero John Henry who also used a hammer & perished in a similar, though less fantastic manner.

Film

The Lion King (Although there are no humans in the cast. It could well be set in modern-day Africa, but in an area unsettled by humans.)
Abbott & Costello: Africa Screams

Literature

Lots of Robert E Howard stories are set here, with visits by characters such as Conan or Solomon Kane typically involving Eldritch Abominations terrorizing the countryside.

Live Action TV