Maps of government, abolished and traditional monarchies in Africa as per the modern nations boundaries.
Note: Maps are prone to corrections and errors
The Kingdom of eSwatini
Government: Monarchy
Head of State: King (Ingwenyama)
Royal House: Dlamini dynasty
Royal capital : Lobamba
The Kingdom of Lesotho
Government: Monarchy
Head of State: King (Motlotlehi)
Royal House: Moshoeshoe dynasty
Royal capital : Maseru
The Kingdom of Morocco
Government: Monarchy
Head of State: King
Royal House: Alaloui dynasty
Royal capital : Rabat
The Kingdom of Rwanda
Government: Monarchy abolished in 1963 but maintains a royal house.
Head of State: King (Mwami)
Royal House: Abahindiro lineage of Abanyinginya dynasty
Royal capital : Nyanza
The Kingdom of Burundi
Government: Monarchy abolished in 1966 but maintains a royal house.
Head of State: King (Mwami)
Royal House: Ganwa dynasty
Royal capital : Gitega
The Ethiopian Empire
Government: Monarchy abolished in 1974 but maintains a royal house. It was an empire (1270-1974) with other sub monarchies consolidated by Emperor Menelik like the oromo kingdoms, tigray kingdoms, shewa, Aussa sultanate etc. These sub monarchies also maintain royal heads to date.
Head of State: Emperor (Negusa nagast/King of kings)
Royal House: Solomonic dynasty
Royal capital : Addis Ababa
The Kingdom of Libya
Government: Monarchy abolished in 1969 after King Idris was overthrowned by Muammar Gadaffi but maintains a royal house. Former states of Cyrenaica, Tripolitania and Fezzan were incorporated into libya.
Head of State: King
Royal House: Senussi dynasty
Royal capital : Tripoli and Benghazi alternatively
The Kingdom of Egypt and Sudan
Government: Monarchy abolished in 1953 but maintains a royal house. Sudan which was largely under UK colonial influence was given independence in 1953. Sudan and South Sudan however still have tribal monarchies .
Head of State: King
Royal House: Muhammad Ali dynasty
Royal capital : Cairo
The Kingdom of Tunisia
Government: Monarchy abolished in 1957, maintains a royal house.
Head of State: King (Bey)
Royal House: Husainid dynasty
Royal capital : Tunis
Merina Kingdom of Madagascar
Government: Monarchy abolished in 1897 by french colonials maintains a royal house.
Head of State: King (Mpanjaka)
Royal House: Merina dynasty
Royal capital : Antananarivo
Map by Sam Bishop
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