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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Famous quotes containing the word africa:
“I thought that when they said Atlantic Charter, that meant me and everybody in Africa and Asia and everywhere. But it seems like the Atlantic is an ocean that does not touch anywhere but North America and Europe.”
—Zora Neale Hurston (1891–1960)
“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 (1894–1961)
“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 (1887–1940)