19th-century African businesspeople

Religious leader in the Sudan, self-proclaimed as the Mahdi (1844-1885)

Swahili slave and ivory trader (c. 1832/7–1905)

West African political leader, Islamic scholar, and Toucouleur military commander

Sudanese warlord and slave trader (1842–1900)

Slave trader and Sudanese governor

slave trader

wealthy Luso-African merchant, moneylender, entrepreneur, and slave trade

Euro-African businesswoman

African slave trader

trader, traditional medical practitioner, and political arbiter

Muhammad bin Khalfan bin Khamis al-Barwani () (born c. 1850, died 1919), commonly known as Rumaliza, was an Omani Swahili trader of slaves and ivory, active in Central and East Africa in the latter part of the nineteenth century. He was a member of the Arabian Barwani tribe. With the help of Tippu Tip, he became the Sultan of Ujiji. At one time, he dominated the trade of Tanganyika, before being defeated by Belgian forces under Baron Francis Dhanis in January 1894.

merchant and slave trader in Portuguese Guinea

Luso-African queen who became a prominent businesswoman

trader and matriarch active in Guinea/Conakry

West African slave trader