Is adding Kanem-Bornu at a later date completely out of the question?

[Sleight of Hand]

I think I've asked this before but I don't remember ever getting a response from a developer.

West Africa was added in the 1.06 (?) patch, which is great, but the central chunk of Africa is still blank (wasteland provinces I think) whereas there ought to be a thriving empire there, and one that had diplomatic and trade links with both East and West Africa as well as the Arab states in Libya: Kanem-Bornu.

If you're worried about balance then you need not connect the Central African provinces to Ethiopia, but there should be provinces connecting Kanem-Bornu to the Mandé/Berber provinces to the West and Libya/Tripolitania to the North.

It's just weird because at present we are literally ignoring an important and interesting power who ought to be smack in the middle of that part of the map, but it's currently just wasteland.

 

[Porsenna]

I'd love to see that in the game!

 

[Benandorf]

They are still pagan as of 1066, too... Maybe a possible addition in a pagan DLC patch?

 

[Sarog]

Would definitely like to see more going on in Africa. Though I suspect it may become yet another frontier for Fatimids and Almoravids to hungrily devour. Still, that's no reason not to do it.

 

[Closet Skeleton]

If they add Kanem I'd actually be in favour of a link to Ethiopia. Make Ethiopia more interesting and give them more room for allies. Fatamids would just as easily come in from Tripolitania.

 

[Sleight of Hand]

Indeed, and there's loads of room for them, too.

I mean look at this 1066 culture map for example, and imagine the middle part of Africa filled in:

Far too much wasteland.