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There are presently 13 monarchies in Africa; that is: self-governing states, territories, or nations on the continent of Africa where supreme power resides with an individual, who is recognised as the head of state. All are similar in that the sovereign inherits his or her office and usually keeps it until death or abdication. However, only four are sovereign, while the remaining nine are sub-national monarchies. Of the former, three are constitutional monarchies, wherein the sovereign is bound by laws and customs in the exercise of their powers, and one is an absolute monarchy, wherein the sovereign rules without bounds; currently three of these monarchies are independent states, while the remaining one is a dependency of a European monarchy. Those monarchies that are sub-national in nature are not sovereign, and exist within a larger political associations.
[edit] Current monarchies
[edit] Former Commonwealth realms
[edit] Former monarchies
[edit] Pre-colonial Africa
- Iron Age empires of North Africa
- Medieval (8th to 13th century) Islamic empires (caliphates) in North Africa
- the medieval Sahelian kingdoms
- The Ethiopian Empire is notable as an empire in continuous existence from the 13th to the 20th centuries, succumbing neither to the Islamic conquests nor to European colonialism.
- empires of the "transitional period" of the 15th to 19th centuries.
[edit] 20th century
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The Gambia (abolished 1970)
Ghana (abolished 1960)
Kenya (abolished 1964)
Malawi (abolished 1966)
Mauritius (abolished 1992)
Federation of Nigeria (abolished 1963)
Sierra Leone (abolished 1971)
South Africa (abolished 1961)
Tanganyika (abolished 1962)
Uganda (abolished 1963)
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Ankole (Uganda) (abolished 1967)
Kingdom of Burundi (abolished 1966)
Central African Empire (abolished 1979)
Congo Free State (annexed by Belgium, 1908)
Egypt Kingdom of Egypt (abolished 1953)
Ethiopia Empire of Ethiopia (abolished 1975)
Libya Kingdom of Libya (abolished 1969)
Rhodesia (not recognized; abolished 1970)
Kingdom of Rwanda (abolished 1961)
Tunisia (abolished 1957)
Zanzibar Sultanate of Zanzibar (abolished 1964)
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