Former monarchies of Africa

Madagascar, officially the Republic of Madagascar, is an island country in the Indian Ocean that includes the island of Madagascar and numerous smaller peripheral islands. Lying off the southeastern coast of Africa, it is the world's fourth-largest island, the second-largest island country, and the 46th-largest country overall. Its capital and largest city is Antananarivo.

Egyptian civilization from the 4th millennium BC

Zanzibar is a Tanzanian archipelago off the coast of East Africa. It is located in the Indian Ocean, and consists of many small islands and two large ones: Unguja (the main island, referred to informally as Zanzibar) and Pemba Island. The capital is Zanzibar City, located on the island of Unguja. Its historic centre, Stone Town, is a World Heritage Site.

Iranian (Persian) empire (550–330 BC)

independently administered western provinces of the Roman Empire

Shia Islamic caliphate (909–1171)

Rhodesia ( , ; ), officially the Republic of Rhodesia from 1970, was a country in Southern Africa that existed from 1965 to 1979. Rhodesia served as the de facto successor state to the British dominion of Southern Rhodesia following a unilateral declaration of independence issued by the ruling government. Throughout this fourteen-year period, Rhodesia faced internal conflict and political unrest. Following the Lancaster House Agreement in 1979, the territory returned to British political control and then subsequently gained internationally recognised independence as Zimbabwe in 1980.

Berber dynasty that once ruled over Al-Andalus and Maghreb

trading nation in the area of Eritrea and Northern Ethiopia

1270–1974 state in the Horn of Africa

area in Central Africa controlled by Leopold II of Belgium (1885–1908)

state in southern Africa from 1910 to 1961, predecessor to the Republic of South Africa

former state located in western Africa

The Kingdom of Dahomey (, ) was a West African kingdom located within the present-day Republic of Benin that existed from approximately 1600 until 1904. It developed on the Abomey Plateau among the Fon people in the early 17th century and became a regional power in the 18th century by expanding south to conquer key cities like Whydah belonging to the Kingdom of Whydah on the Atlantic coast, which granted it unhindered access to the Atlantic Slave Trade.

former African kingdom located in west central Africa

1856–1964 monarchy in the Indian Ocean

ancient kingdom on the northern coast of the Horn of Africa

kingdom in southern Africa between 1430 and 1760

1121–1269 Berber empire in North Africa and Iberia

West African kingdom (1180–1897)

Makuria (Old Nubian: , Dotawo; ; ) was a medieval Nubian kingdom in what is today northern Sudan and southern Egypt. Its capital was Dongola (Old Nubian: , Touggoul) in the fertile Dongola Reach, about halfway between the 3rd and 4th Nile cataract.

former monarchy in Southern Africa

former country

Alodia, also known as Alwa (Greek: Ἀρούα, Aroua; , ʿAlwa), was a medieval kingdom in what is now central Sudan. Its capital was the city of Soba, located near modern-day Khartoum at the confluence of the Blue and White Nile rivers.

Matabeleland is a region located in southwestern Zimbabwe that is divided into three provinces: Matabeleland North, Bulawayo, and Matabeleland South. These provinces are in the west and south-west of Zimbabwe, between the Limpopo and Zambezi rivers and are further separated from Midlands by the Shangani River in central Zimbabwe. The region is named after its inhabitants, the Ndebele people who were called "Amatabele" (people with long shields – Mzilikazi 's group of people who were escaping the Mfecani wars). Other ethnic groups who inhabit parts of Matabeleland include the Tonga, Bakalanga,

former country

pre-colonial African state, during approximately the 16th to 19th centuries

which preceded Portuguese rule

ethnic group in Ghana

Ancient Sudanese kingdom

former kingdom in Central/Eastern Africa up to 1966

short-lived (1878–1898) empire of West Africa

kingdom in Central Africa (1625–1884)

oldest and one of the most organised traditional kingdoms in Ghana founded by the Dagbamba in the 15th century

1956-1957 monarchy in Northern Africa

former country

former kingdom in East Africa from the 15th century and up to 1962

Baol or Bawol was a kingdom in what is now central Senegal. Founded in the 11th century, it was a vassal of the Jolof Empire before becoming independent in the mid-16th century. The ruler bore the title of Teigne (or Teeň) and reigned from the capital in Lambaye. The kingdom encompassed a strip of land extending east from the ocean and included the towns of Touba, Diourbel, and Mbacke. It was directly south of the Kingdom of Cayor and north of the Kingdom of Sine.

Omani maritime empire (1696–1856)

former country

The Cayor Kingdom (; ) was from 1549 to 1876 the largest and most powerful kingdom that split off from the Jolof Empire in what is now Senegal. The Cayor Kingdom was located in northern and central Senegal, southeast of Waalo, west of the kingdom of Jolof, and north of Baol and the Kingdom of Sine.

Empire (1660-1880) in present Zimbabwe

Waalo () was a kingdom on the lower Senegal River in West Africa, in what is now Senegal and Mauritania. It included parts of the valley proper and areas north and south, extending to the Atlantic Ocean. To the north were Moorish emirates; to the south was the kingdom of Cayor; to the east was Jolof.

1880s state in Africa

state set up by Akan people that flourished in the 17th and 18th centuries

former Pulaar kingdom of Senegal, which dominated the Futa Tooro region from 1490 to 1776

former country

kingdom in Western Africa during the 12th and 13th centuries

Dotawo was a Christian kingdom in Lower Nubia (northern Sudan and southern Egypt) in the Middle Ages. It is attested in Old Nubian documents from the 12th to the 15th centuries. It is one of the last attested Christian states to survive in the region.

African country from 1965 to 1970

former kingdom in present-day Benin

which included Ouidah but was headquartered in Savi

pre-colonial (c. 1450 - 1683) African state located in what is now south-western Zimbabwe, governed by the Torwa dynasty until 1683 from its capital at Khami, whose people were ancestors of the Bakalanga

former country

sorted list of kingdoms that existed in Africa during pre-colonial times

capital town of Pru East in Bono East Region, Ghana

dynasty in the area of Great Lakes of Africa

former country

kingdom from c. 1490 to 1865, located along the banks of the White Nile river in modern South Sudan

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