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)
- Muhammadu Buhari, Sokoto Grand Vizier (1886–1910)
- Wassoulou Empire - Samori Ture, Emperor (1878–1898)
- Zanzibar - Barghash ibn Sa'id, Sultan of Zanzibar (1870–1888)
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Famous quotes containing the word africa:
“Are you there, Africa with the bulging chest and oblong thigh? Sulking Africa, wrought of iron, in the fire, Africa of the millions of royal slaves, deported Africa, drifting continent, are you there? Slowly you vanish, you withdraw into the past, into the tales of castaways, colonial museums, the works of scholars.”
—Jean Genet (1910–1986)
“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)
“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)