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A map of Africa showing the continent's political systems: three monarchies (in red) and republics (in blue).. Monarchy was the prevalent form of government in the history of Africa, where self-governing states, territories, or nations existed in which supreme power resided with an individual who was recognized as the head of state. [1]
There were many kingdoms and empires in all regions of the continent of Africa throughout history. A kingdom is a state with a king or queen as its head. [1] An empire is a political unit made up of several territories, military outposts, and peoples, "usually created by conquest, and divided between a dominant centre and subordinate peripheries".
Central Africa: Bokassa I: Emperor of Central Africa: 22 February 1921: 4 December 1976: 20 September 1979: Deposed: 3 November 1996 Dahomey: Agoli-agbo: King of Dahomey: 1850: 1894: 1900: French protectorate, annexation: 1940 Egypt: Fuad II: King of Egypt and the Sudan: 16 January 1952: 26 July 1952: 18 June 1953: Deposed: Living Ethiopia ...
18th-century monarchs in Africa (1 C, 148 P) 19th-century monarchs in Africa (3 C, 217 P) 20th-century monarchs in Africa (3 C, 43 P) 21st-century monarchs in Africa ...
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The roles, powers, and influence of non-sovereign monarchs throughout Africa vary greatly depending on the state. In some states, such as Angola, the local king may play an integral role in the local governing council of a region, such is the case with the king of Bailundo, [1] or on a smaller level, such as many of the Fons of Cameroon, they may be seen as leaders or heads of a particular ...
Imperial Flag of Ethiopia Imperial Coat of Arms of Ethiopia. This article lists the emperors of Ethiopia, from the founding of the Ethiopian Empire and the Solomonic dynasty in 1270 by Yekuno Amlak, until the Ethiopian Revolution of 1974 when the last emperor was deposed.
The chronology of the Sefuwa concerns the rule of the Sayfawa dynasty first over Kanem, then over the Kanem–Bornu and finally, since c. 1380, over Bornu alone. The chronology of kings has been ascertained from dynastic records of the Sefuwa on the basis of lengths of reign for the successive kings (mai), found in the Girgam.