Africa
- Ashanti Confederacy - Kwaku Dua I Panyin, Asantehene (1834–1867)
- Buganda - Mutesa I, King of Buganda (1856–1884)
- Bunyoro - Kyebambe IV, Omukama of Bunyoro (1852–1869)
- Burundi - Mwezi IV Gisabo, King of Burundi (1852–1908)
- Dahomey - Glele, King of Dahomey (1856–1889)
- Ethiopia - Tewodros II, Emperor of Ethiopia (1855–1868)
- Jimma -
- Abba Rebu, King (1855–1859)
- Abba Bok'a, King (1859–1862)
- Liberia - Stephen Allen Benson, President of Liberia (1856–1864)
- Rwanda - Kigeli IV, King of Rwanda (1853–1895)
- Zanzibar - Sayyid Majid bin Said Al-Busaid, Sultan of Zanzibar (1856–1870)
- Sokoto Caliphate
- Caliph -
- Ali bin Bello I, Sokoto Caliph (1842–1859)
- Ahmad bin Atiku, Sokoto Caliph (1859–1866)
- Grand Vizier -
- Abd al-Qadir, Sokoto Grand Vizier (1842–1859)
- Ibrahim Khalilu, Sokoto Grand Vizier (1859-c.1874)
- Caliph -
- Wituland - Ahmad ibn Fumo Bakari, Sultan (1858–1885)
- Zulu - Mpande kaSenzangakhona, King of the Zulu (1840–1872)
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Famous quotes containing the word africa:
“I know no East or West, North or South, when it comes to my class fighting the battle for justice. If it is my fortune to live to see the industrial chain broken from every workingman’s child in America, and if then there is one black child in Africa in bondage, there shall I go.”
—Mother Jones (1830–1930)
“I who have cursed
The drunken officer of British rule, how choose
Between this Africa and the English tongue I love?
Betray them both, or give back what they give?
How can I face such slaughter and be cool?
How can I turn from Africa and live?”
—Derek Walcott (b. 1930)
“What is Africa to me:
Copper sun or scarlet sea,
Jungle star or jungle track,
Strong bronzed men, or regal black
Women from whose loins I sprang
When the birds of Eden sang?”
—Countee Cullen (1903–1946)