Africa
- Ashanti Confederacy – Osei Kwame Panyin, Asantehene (1777–1803)
- Dahomey – Kpengla, King of Dahomey (1774–1789)
- Ethiopia – Tekle Giyorgis I, Emperor of Ethiopia (first reign, 1779–1784)
- Fouta Tooro - Abdul Kaader, King of Fouta Tooro (1776–1807)
- Zulu – Jama kaNdaba, King of the Zulu (1763–1781)
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Famous quotes containing the word africa:
“In Africa I had indeed found a sufficiently frightful kind of loneliness but the isolation of this American ant heap was even more shattering.”
—Louis-Ferdinand Céline (1894–1961)
“I have a fair amount of faith that women won’t sit back and allow South Africa to become a totally male-dominated new society. The women in South Africa have shown that they are strong, and I think they will make their voices heard.”
—Paula Hathorn (b. c. 1962)
“I thought that when they said Atlantic Charter, that meant me and everybody in Africa and Asia and everywhere. But it seems like the Atlantic is an ocean that does not touch anywhere but North America and Europe.”
—Zora Neale Hurston (1891–1960)