Tag: African Queens
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Pharaoh Queens
This is the final installment in my Queens of Africa series. To catch up on the others first click the links below: Kandakes of Kush Queens of Ethiopia Queens of Madagascar Warrior and Rain Queens Queens of Africa: Full Bundle Like the other resources before, Pharaoh Queens is a collection of short reads that are…
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Warrior and Rain Queens
When I decided to create the African Queens series, I began with two areas that I knew: Egypt and Nubia. I knew of one Nubian kandake and a handful of Egyptian queens. I like that advice. Start with what you know. Researching Nubia led me down a research rabbit hole that led to gathering names…
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Queens of Madagascar
Madagascar has a long history of queen regnants and was a country of unrelenting materialism. Until the Europeans arrived anyway. Once the Europeans set their sights on Madagascar, they infused their code of paternalism and a great social shift occurred. The women of Madagascar fought changing gender roles and expectations while at the same time…
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Kandakes of Kush: Part of the Queens of Africa Series
The Kandakes of Kush had to handle the pressure from their northern neighbor, the Ancient Egyptians while they maintained their prominence on the African continent. Combine those pressures with an impending patriarchal shift and you have a group of amazing women. We don’t know a lot about them. We know when some of them ruled…