Black Women have have always been leaders in our community. Here is thread of notable AFRICAN QUEENS throughout history
QUEEN MAKEDA, Queen of Sheba
Location: Ethiopia
Year: 10th Century BCE
Background: Mother of the Solomonic Dynasty of Ethiopia.
QUEEN MAKEDA, Queen of Sheba
Location: Ethiopia
Year: 10th Century BCE
Background: Mother of the Solomonic Dynasty of Ethiopia.
QUEEN TIYE, Queen of Egypt
Location: Egypt
Year: 14th Century BCE
Background: Most likely of Nubian ancestry, she is the grandmother of King Tut.
Location: Egypt
Year: 14th Century BCE
Background: Most likely of Nubian ancestry, she is the grandmother of King Tut.
QUEEN AMINA, Queen of Zaria
Location: Nothern Nigeria
Year: 16th Century
Background: Warrior Queen of the Hausa people.
Location: Nothern Nigeria
Year: 16th Century
Background: Warrior Queen of the Hausa people.
QUEEN AMANISHAKETO, Queen of Kush
Location: Nubia (Sudan)
Year: 10 BCE
Background: Kandake Queen of Kush (Warrior Queen), famous for defeating Emperor Augustus’s Roman Army.
Location: Nubia (Sudan)
Year: 10 BCE
Background: Kandake Queen of Kush (Warrior Queen), famous for defeating Emperor Augustus’s Roman Army.
QUEEN NZINGA, Queen of Ndongo and Matamba Kingdoms
Location: Angola
Year: 17th Century
Background: Fought Portuguese Slave raiders.
Location: Angola
Year: 17th Century
Background: Fought Portuguese Slave raiders.
QUEEN GUDIT
Location: Ethiopia
Year: 10th Century
Background: Ethiopian Jewish warrior Queen
Location: Ethiopia
Year: 10th Century
Background: Ethiopian Jewish warrior Queen
QUEEN AMANITORE, Queen of Kush
Location: Nubia (Sudan)
Year: 1 BCE - 20CE
Background: Kandake Queen of Kush, famed for being a great builder and a tolerant Queen.
Location: Nubia (Sudan)
Year: 1 BCE - 20CE
Background: Kandake Queen of Kush, famed for being a great builder and a tolerant Queen.
QUEEN NERFITITI, Queen of Egypt
Location: Egypt
Year: 14th Century BCE
Background: With her husband, Akhenaten, an Egyptian Pharaoh. she reigned during what was arguably the wealthiest period of Ancient Egyptian history.
Location: Egypt
Year: 14th Century BCE
Background: With her husband, Akhenaten, an Egyptian Pharaoh. she reigned during what was arguably the wealthiest period of Ancient Egyptian history.
QUEEN NANDI
Location: South Africa
Year: 18th Century
Background: Mother of Xhaka Zulu, King of the Zulus who united the Zulu Kingdom.
Location: South Africa
Year: 18th Century
Background: Mother of Xhaka Zulu, King of the Zulus who united the Zulu Kingdom.
QUEEN RANAVALONA III , Kingdom of Madagascar
Location: Madagascar
Year: 19th Century
Background: Last monarch of Madagascar, resisted French colonisation .
Location: Madagascar
Year: 19th Century
Background: Last monarch of Madagascar, resisted French colonisation .
QUEEN MOTHER YAA ASANTEWAA, Asante Empire
Location: Ghana
Year: 19th Century
Background: Fought to resist British colonisation
Location: Ghana
Year: 19th Century
Background: Fought to resist British colonisation
QUEEN AMANIRENAS, Queen of Kush
Location: Nubia (Sudan)
Year: 1st Century BCE
Background: One of the most famous Kandake Queens of Kush because of her role leading Kushite armies against the Romans in a war that lasted five years
Location: Nubia (Sudan)
Year: 1st Century BCE
Background: One of the most famous Kandake Queens of Kush because of her role leading Kushite armies against the Romans in a war that lasted five years
QUEEN IDIA, Benin Kingdom
Location: Southern Nigeria
Year: 16th Century
Background: described as a great warrior who fought relentlessly before and during her son's reign as the oba (king) of the Edo people
Location: Southern Nigeria
Year: 16th Century
Background: described as a great warrior who fought relentlessly before and during her son's reign as the oba (king) of the Edo people
ALAAFIN OROMPOTO, Alaafin of Oya
Location: Southern Nigeria
Year: 16th Century
Background: First Queen of the Yoruba Oyo Empire
Location: Southern Nigeria
Year: 16th Century
Background: First Queen of the Yoruba Oyo Empire
QUEEN YENNENGA, Dagomaba Kingdom
Location: Ghana, Burkina Faso
Year: 12th Century
Background: Legendary warrior who is considered the mother of Mossi Kingdoms and the Mossi people of Burkina Faso
Location: Ghana, Burkina Faso
Year: 12th Century
Background: Legendary warrior who is considered the mother of Mossi Kingdoms and the Mossi people of Burkina Faso
