Ethiopian philosopher Zera Yacob came up with philosophy that prefigured Enlightenment thinkers

THE PHILOSOPHY OF ZERA YACOB
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zera_Yacob_(philosopher)

THE AFRICAN ENLIGHTENMENT
https://aeon.co/essays/yacob-and-amo-africas-precursors-to-locke-hume-and-kant