Editing Monarchy (section)

===Non-sovereign monarchies===
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A non-sovereign monarchy is one where the monarch is subject to a temporal authority higher than their own. Some are dependent on other powers (see [[vassal]]s, [[suzerainty]], [[puppet state]], [[hegemony]]). In the British colonial era, [[indirect rule]] under a [[Paramount ruler|paramount power]] existed, such as the [[princely state]]s under the [[British Raj]].

In [[Botswana]], [[South Africa]], [[Ghana]] and [[Uganda]], the ancient kingdoms and [[chiefdom]]s that were met by the colonialists when they first arrived on the continent are now constitutionally protected as regional or sectional entities.

Furthermore, in [[Nigeria]], though the hundreds of [[List of Nigerian traditional states|sub-regional polities]] that exist there are not provided for in the current constitution, they are nevertheless legally recognised aspects of the structure of governance that operates in the nation. For example, the [[Yoruba people|Yoruba]] city-state of [[Akure Kingdom|Akure]] in south-western Nigeria is something of an elective monarchy: its reigning ''[[Oba (ruler)|Oba]] [[Akure Kingdom|Deji]]'' has to be chosen by an electoral college of [[Nigerian Chieftaincy|nobles]] from amongst a finite collection of royal princes of the realm upon the death or removal of an incumbent.

In addition to these five countries, non-sovereign monarchies of varied sizes and complexities exist all over the rest of the continent of [[Africa]].