The Power of a Queen Mother
TweetUnlike most Western civilizations the female in West African cultures can hold a great deal of power, especially in the position of Queen Mother. Historians view West African Queen Mothers as:...
View ArticleThe Queen Mother and the Golden Stool of Ashanti
TweetThe Golden Stool symbolizes the spirit of the Ashanti peopleThe Ashanti Kingdom in Ghana West Africa, was founded in the seventeenth century by King Osei Tutu I, with the help of his feared Priest...
View ArticleThe Power of Women in West Africa: Queen Mothers
TweetWives of the Oba of Benin (Photograph by Joseph Nevadomsky) For West Africa, one aspect remains consistent: the African people have a very different approach to power among women than the...
View ArticleAmazons of Black Sparta: Women Warriors of Dahomey
TweetStanley B. Alpern (Author) This volume examines the “Amazons”, whose existence has been verified via documents and eye-witness accounts from battles for the West African kingdom of Dahomey in the...
View ArticleAfrican Matriarchal Foundations: The Igbo Case
TweetAuthor: Ifi Amadiume The received anthropological view is that the Igbo are not a matriarchal society. This book is a contribution to this debate and the author uses a variety of lines to...
View ArticleFemale Song Tradition and the Akan of Ghana: The Creative Process in Nnwonkoro
TweetAuthor: Kwasi Ampene Nnwonkoro is a genre of women’s song found among the Akan speaking peoples of Ghana. Based on extensive field work this book investigates the nature of composition in oral...
View ArticleThe Queenmother, Matriarchy and the Question of Female Political Authority
Tweet The Queenmother, Matriarchy, and the Question of Female Political Authority in Precolonial West African Monarchy Journal of Black Studies 1997 27: 579-597. By Tarikhu Farrar Granted permission to...
View ArticleThe Important World Shamanic Healing Work of Rain Queen Mother
TweetRain Queen Mother is a Namwign Bea – or a Bosom Mba – this translates into English as a Child of a Nature Deity. She is one of a few practicing Lunar Shaman Rain Queen Mothers from West Africa,...
View ArticleIyoba Idia: The Hidden Oba of Benin
TweetSourced: Nkiru Nzegwu. “Iyoba Idia: The Hidden Oba of Benin” JENDA: A Journal of Culture and African Women Studies: Issue 9, 2006. The task of piecing together women’s history has been difficult....
View ArticleSeh-Dong-Hong-Beh of Abomey (Benin)
TweetSeh-Dong-Hong-Beh, leader of the en:Dahomey Amazons, drawn by Frederick Forbes in 1851. Leader of the Dahomey Amazons, she led an army of 6,000 women against the Egba fortress of Abeokuta. Because...
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