Aissa Koli

Aissa Koli or Aisa Kili, sometimes called Aisa Kili Ngirmaramma, was a ruler of the Kanem–Bornu Empire in the mid-to-late 16th century, ruling approximately 1563–1570. Formally styled as magira, Aissa was one of few women to rule the empire and the only known woman to do so in her own right. Aissa remains celebrated in local Bornuan oral tradition but there is considerable disagreement in the sources on most of the details of her reign.