Africa
- Ashanti Confederacy – Opoku Ware I, Asantehene (1720–1750)
- Bunyoro – Duhaga, Omukama of Bunyoro (1731–c.1782)
- Dahomey – Tegbesu, King of Dahomey (1732–1774)
- Ethiopia – Iyasu II, Emperor of Ethiopia, (1730–1755)
- Nkore – Macwa, Omugabe of Nkole, (c.1727–c.1755)
- Zulu – Mageba kaPhunga, King of the Zulu (1727–1745)
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Famous quotes containing the word africa:
““I’ll love you dear, I’ll love you
Till China and Africa meet,
And the river jumps over the mountain
And the salmon sing in the street.”
—W.H. (Wystan Hugh)
“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)
“In Africa, there is much confusion.... Before, there was no radio, or other forms of communication.... Now, in Africa ... the government talks, people talk, the police talk, the people don’t know anymore. They aren’t free.”
—Youssou N’Dour (b. 1959)