Africa
- Ashanti Confederacy - Opoku Mensa, Chair of the Committee of Administration (1896–1900)
- German East Africa - Wilhelm II, German Emperor (1888–1918)
- Burundi - Mwezi IV Gisabo, King of Burundi (1852–1908)
- Rwanda - Yuhi V, King of Rwanda (1896–1931)
- Liberia - William D. Coleman, President of Liberia (1896–1900)
- Orange Free State - Martinus Theunis Steyn, State President of the Orange Free State (1896–1902)
- South African Republic (Transvaal) - Paul Kruger, State President of the South African Republic (1883–1902)
- Zanzibar - Sayyid Hamud bin Muhammed Al-Busaid, Sultan of Zanzibar (1896–1902)
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Famous quotes containing the word africa:
“I who have cursed
The drunken officer of British rule, how choose
Between this Africa and the English tongue I love?
Betray them both, or give back what they give?
How can I face such slaughter and be cool?
How can I turn from Africa and live?”
—Derek Walcott (b. 1930)
“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)