African slave traders

14th-century emperor (mansa) of the Mali Empire

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

thumb|The Royal flag of Ghezo Ghezo, also spelled Gezo, was King of Dahomey (present-day Republic of Benin) from 1818 until 1858. Ghezo replaced his brother Adandozan (who ruled from 1797 to 1818) as king through a coup with the assistance of the Brazilian slave trader Francisco Félix de Sousa. He ruled over the kingdom during a tumultuous period, punctuated by the British blockade of the ports of Dahomey in order to stop the Atlantic slave trade.

Sudanese warlord and slave trader (1842–1900)

Nigerian aristocrat

Slave trader and Sudanese governor

thumb|250px|Msiri portrayed in an 1886 book.

Senegalese slave

Brazilian slave trader

Sudanese military commander (1836-1926)

second Iyalode of Ibadan

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

Oba Osinlokun or Eshinlokun (died 1829) reigned as Oba of Lagos from 1821 to 1829. His father was Oba Ologun Kutere and his siblings were Obas Adele and Akitoye, making the Ologun Kutere Obaship line the dominant one in Lagos. Among Osinlokun's children were Idewu Ojulari, Kosoko, and Opo Olu.

Senegalese Signare

18th century African slave trader

African slave trader

Gambian slave trader

Akitoye (died 2 September 1853), sometimes wrongly referred to as Akintoye, reigned twice as Oba of Lagos; first, from 1841 to 1845, and a second time, from 1851 to 1853. His father was Oba Ologun Kutere and his siblings were Obas Osinlokun and Adele.

Euro-African businesswoman

Oba Akinsemoyin reigned as Oba of Lagos from around 1704 to 1749. His father was Oba Ado and his siblings were Erelu Kuti and Oba Gabaro, whom he succeeded.

thumb|Negresse of quality from the Island of Saint Louis in Senegal, accompanied by her slave, Illustration from Costumes civils de tous les peuples connus, Paris, 1788, by . thumb|300px|A Signares ball, with European men.

king of Loango

slave trader

slave trader and slave holder

Kosoko (died 1872) was a member of the Ologun Kutere Lagos Royal Family who reigned as Oba of Lagos from 1845 to 1851. His father was Oba Osinlokun and his siblings were Idewu Ojulari (who was Oba from 1829 to 1834/35), Olufunmi, Odunsi, Ladega, Ogunbambi, Akinsanya, Ogunjobi, Akimosa, Ibiyemi, Adebajo, Matimoju, Adeniyi, Isiyemi, Igbalu, Oresanya, and Idewu-Ojulari.

Luso-African queen who became a prominent businesswoman

merchant and slave trader in Portuguese Guinea

oba of Lagos

emir of Madagali

slave trader

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.

Fante man

slave trader

trader, traditional medical practitioner, and political arbiter

slave trader

19th century Nigerian slave merchant

West African slave trader

trader and matriarch active in Guinea/Conakry