Editing Style (form of address) (section)

=== African traditional rulers ===
In most of [[Africa]], many styles are used by [[Monarchies in Africa|traditional royalty]].

Generally the vast majority of the members of these royal families use the titles Prince and Princess, while the higher ranked amongst them also use either [[Highness]] or [[Royal Highness]] to describe secondary appellations in their native languages that they hold in their realms, appellations that are intended to highlight their relative proximity to their thrones, either literally in the sense of the extant [[kingship]]s of the continent or symbolically in the sense of its varied [[Chief of the Name|chiefships of the name]], and which therefore serve a function similar to the said styles of Highness and Royal Highness.

For example, the [[Yoruba people]] of [[West Africa]] usually make use of the word '''Kabiyesi''' when speaking either to or about their [[monarch|sovereign]]s and other royals. As such, it is variously translated as Majesty, Royal Highness or Highness depending on the actual rank of the person in question, though a literal translation of the word would read more like this: ''He (or She) whose words are beyond questioning, Great Lawgiver of the Nation''.

Within the [[Zulu Kingdom]] of [[Southern Africa]], meanwhile, the monarch and other senior royals are often addressed as '''uNdabezitha''' meaning ''He (or She) Who Concerns the Enemy'', but rendered in English as Majesty in address or reference to the king and his consorts, or Royal Highness in the case of other senior members of the royal family.