Africa
- Ashanti Confederacy - Akyampon Panyin, Chair of the Kwasafomanhyiamu (1884–1887)
- Burundi - Mwezi IV Gisabo, King of Burundi (1852–1908)
- Dahomey - Glele, King of Dahomey (1856–1889)
- Ethiopia - Yohannes IV, Emperor of Ethiopia (1871–1889)
- Liberia - Hilary R. W. Johnson, President of Liberia (1884–1892)
- Sokoto Caliphate
- Caliph - Umar bin Ali, Sokoto Caliph (1881–1891)
- Grand Vizier - Abdullah bin Muhammad Fodiye, Sokoto Grand Vizier (c.1874–1886)
- Wassoulou Empire - Samori Ture, Emperor (1878–1898)
- Zanzibar - Barghash ibn Sa'id, Sultan of Zanzibar (1870–1888)
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“For Africa to me ... is more than a glamorous fact. It is a historical truth. No man can know where he is going unless he knows exactly where he has been and exactly how he arrived at his present place.”
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