Crazy emperors, cannibalistic dictators and god-kings

Black man
Black man
Black man

That's better.

Yes. Now go and make shit done. Write out power parties, clashes of interests, commoner characters, maps and recourses.

Chronicle the struggles of the heir to the throne of a great empire of the savannahs to reclaim his throne and reunite the empire as it dissolves into civil war. Fight dinosaurs, slay witches, convince Not!Axum, Not!Kongo, Not!Britain, etcetera to aid your cause, and explain to Not!Benin, Not!Liberia and Not!Hausa city-states why it's best they rejoin the empire. Be too cruel, and people will ally against you; too soft, and your allies will be attacked by desert nomads, corsairs, and others.

>Not playing a murderhobo

Were some of them kings and shit?

Africa is an incredibly interesting place, and interesting places always make for good inspiration. However you may run into some problems with peoples pre-conceived notions about it.

I dont mean /pol/ either, many people seem to consider Africa either "Continent full of poor people we should help" or "That place with no tech and a bunch of war". These views could cause problems in games ( "How dare you say these people are Violent and Superstitious are you implying Black People are savages?" / "What do you mean, an African City exists? ") But pick your players carefully, or be able to inform them very well.

The people of Africa are much more diverse than the typical stereotypes that are discussed in Africa-related threads on Veeky Forums especially before it's colonization.
Let me tell you about the Bambara people who have a myth about a hero name Bakaridjan Kone.
Their ruling elite were warrior kings who would raid other settlements for slaves, livestock and horses. They were basically vikings on horses instead of boats. Basically the more you plundered the more you were celebrated and sung about by the Djeli, which were the bard-historians of this culture.
In this culture slaves are more like peasants who can eventually own land or buy their freedom. Bakaridjan Kone was famed for treating his own slaves exceptionally well by gifting them with land and livestock from his plunders.
The Bambara people controlled the Segu empire in Mali, but Bambara is a word that means Unbeliever since they were not Muslim but employed fortune tellers who used the koran and kola nuts to predict the future. Their true name is lost but their myths still exist. Unfortunately, the bard-historians were exceptionally skilled at turning real history into legend. The king of Segu of the Bakaridjan Kone myth really existed but it is unknown how much of the myth is real.
The part where Bakaridjan Kone defeats a Jinn is probably fake, as is the hunter whose magic gun can kill 3 men with a single shot.
They also believed that only honorable and courageous warriors could fight in battle, and at the end of the story a slave shoots Bakaridjan Kone in the chest but the bullets bounce off since the slave doesn't have a divine right to attack a warrior.
There is another culture whose god sought a way to give magic powers to shamans in a fair way, and the god's friend suggested he have the magic powers fall from the sky so that the shamans have to catch the powers. I've always wanted to use this myth for one of my settings.

>To be honest any continent has enough interesting about it to warrant a setting.
Modern Europe is fairly boring being honest, all what you got are massive amount of police you cannot win against and migrants.

>migrants
Give it a few decades and I'm afraid it'll get very interesting.

Actually, that sounds pretty awesome...

To be honest, I think this is one of the few settings where a murderhobo isn't unrealistic.