List of current constituent African monarchs
This is a list of reigning constituent monarchs, including traditional rulers and governing constitutional monarchs. Each monarch listed below reigns over a legally recognised dominion, but in most cases possess little or no sovereign governing power. Their titles, however, are recognised by the state. Entries are listed beside their respective dominions, and are grouped by country.
African monarchs
Benin
Botswana
| State | Polity | Monarch | Since | House | Succession | Refs |
| Botswana | Bakgatla | Kgosikgolo Kgafela II | 20 September 2008 | Masilo | Hereditary | |
| Botswana | Bakwêna | Kgosikgolo Kgari III | 17 August 2002 | Masilo | Hereditary | |
| Botswana | Balete | Kgosigadi Mosadi | 7 January 2002 | Badimo | Hereditary | |
| Botswana | Bamangwato | Kgosikgolo Ian Khama | 5 May 1979 | Masilo | Hereditary | |
| Botswana | Bangwaketse | Kgosikgolo Malope | 5 August 2010 | Masilo | Hereditary | |
| Botswana | Barolong | Kgosikgolo Lotlamoreng II | 23 February 2002 | Morolong | Hereditary | |
| Botswana | Batawana | Kgosigadi Kealitile | 28 January 2004 | Masilo | Hereditary | |
| Botswana | Batlôkwa | Kgosikgolo Puso Gaborone | 30 May 2006 | Gaborone | Hereditary | |
| Botswana | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Botswana | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Namibia
Nigeria
For a full list of the extant Nigerian traditional states and their rulers, see List of Nigerian traditional states.| State | Polity | Monarch | Since | House | Succession | Refs |
| Nigeria | Abeokuta | Oba Adedotun Aremu Gbadebo III | 2005 | Egba Alake clan dynasty of the Yoruba people | Hereditary and Elective | |
| Nigeria | Akure | Oba Aladetoyinbo Ogunlade Aladelusi Odundun II | 8 July 2015 | Omoremilekun Asodeboyede dynasty of the Yoruba people | Hereditary and Elective | |
| Nigeria | '''Onitsha | Obi Nnayelugo Alfred Nnaemeka Achebe | 3 June 2002 | Onitsha subgroup of the Igbo people | Elective |
South Africa
In 2004, the Mbeki administration established the Commission on Traditional Leadership Disputes and Claims to determine the legitimacy of the nation's traditional kingships. The purpose of the commission was to reconstruct the institutions of indigenous leadership after their distortion under the colonial and apartheid regimes.In July 2010, acting on the findings of the commission, the Zuma administration announced that the government would cease recognising a total of six of the thirteen traditional kingships upon the deaths of their incumbent monarchs. Their successors would be recognised as "principal traditional leaders", a status yet to be defined. The commission was denounced by several senior traditional leaders, who have taken the government to court in an attempt to reverse the ruling.