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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“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.”
—Maya Angelou (b. 1928)
““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)