Africa
- Ashanti Confederacy - Kwaku Dua III Asamu, Asantehene (1888–1896)
- Burundi - Mwezi IV Gisabo, King of Burundi (1852–1908)
- Dahomey -
- Glele, King of Dahomey (1856–1889)
- Behanzin, King of Dahomey (1889–1894)
- Liberia - Hilary R. W. Johnson, President of Liberia (1884–1892)
- Sokoto Caliphate
- Caliph - Umar bin Ali, Sokoto Caliph (1881–1891)
- Grand Vizier - Muhammadu Buhari, Sokoto Grand Vizier (1886–1910)
- Zanzibar - Sayyid Khalifah bin Said Al-Busaid, Sultan of Zanzibar (1888–1890)
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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 (18941961)
“Day by day we hear the cry of AFRICA FOR THE AFRICANS. This cry has become a positive, determined one. It is a cry that is raised simultaneously the world over because of the universal oppression that affects the Negro.”
—Marcus Garvey (18871940)