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| Great African Women In History by isalegan2: 2:46am On Apr 26, 2013 |
This will be a compendium of Great African/Black Women Leaders in various stages of our history. I have not decided if we should include women who are still alive. I can see that devolving into controversy if not handled maturely. If we must include living persons, please ensure they are people who have been around a long time and have a legacy that demonstrates their accomplishment, and noticeable influence they have had in the affairs of Black people. Yaa Asantewaa Queen Mother of Edewo Tribe of the Asante People (Ghana) (c.1850-c.1920) [img]http://t2.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcTGTFI_mCX0dT6er_noxCaJlqxtIJTEexHHEbAfWz-wqDC3ekHtDA[/img] Yaa Asantewaa was the queen mother of the Edweso tribe of the Asante (Ashanti) in what is modern Ghana. At the time, the Gold Coast (west-central Africa) was under the British protectorate. The British supported their campaigns against the Asante with taxes levied upon the local population. In addition, they took over the state-owned gold mines thus removing considerable income from the Asante government. Missionary schools were also established and the missionaries began interfering in local affairs. When the Asante began rebelling against the British rule, the British attempted to put down the unrests. Furthermore, the British governor, Lord Hodgson, demanded that the Asante turn over to them the Golden Stool, i.e. the throne and a symbol of Asante independence. Capt. C. H. Armitage was sent out to force the people to tell him where the Golden Stool was hidden and to bring it back. After going from village to village with no success, Armitage found at the village of Bare only the children who said their parents had gone hunting. In response, Armitage ordered the children to be beaten. When their parents came out of hiding to defend the children, he had them bound and beaten, too. This brutality was the instigation for the Yaa Asantewaa War for Independence which began on March 28, 1900. Yaa Asantewaa mobilized the Asante troops and for three months laid siege to the British mission at the fort of Kumasi. The British had to bring in several thousand troops and artillery to break the siege. Also, in retaliation, the British troops plundered the villages, killed much of the population, confiscated their lands and left the remaining population dependent upon the British for survival. They also captured Queen Yaa Asantewaa whom they exiled along with her close companions to the Seychelle Islands off Africa's east coast, while most of the captured chiefs became prisoners-of-war. Yaa Asantewaa remained in exile until her death twenty years later. http://www.distinguishedwomen.com/biographies/yaa-asantewaa.html From Wikipedia: Yaa Asantewaa (c. 1840–17 October 1921) (pronounced YAY A-san-TE-waa) was appointed queen mother of Ejisu of the Ashanti Empire—now part of modern-day Ghana—by her brother Nana Akwasi Afrane Okpese, the Ejisuhene "ruler of Ejisu". In 1900 she led the Ashanti rebellion known as the War of the Golden Stool against British colonialism. Prelude to rebellion During her brother's reign, Yaa Asantewaa saw the Asante Confederacy go through a series of events that threatened its future, including civil war from 1883 to 1888. When her brother died in 1894, Yaa Asantewaa used her right as Queen Mother to nominate her own grandson as Ejisuhene. When the British exiled him in the Seychelles in 1896, along with the King of Asante Prempeh I and other members of the Asante government, Yaa Asantewaa became regent of the Ejisu-Juaben District. After the deportation of Prempeh I, the British governor-general of the Gold Coast, Frederick Hodgson, demanded the Golden Stool, the symbol of the Asante nation. This request led to a secret meeting of the remaining members of the Asante government at Kumasi, to discuss how to secure the return of their king. There was a disagreement among those present on how to go about this. Yaa Asantewaa, who was present at this meeting, stood and addressed the members of the council with these now-famous words: “ Now I see that some of you fear to go forward to fight for our king. If it [was] in the brave days of Osei Tutu, Okomfo Anokye, and Opoku Ware, chiefs would not sit down to see their king to be taken away without firing a shot. No European could have dared speak to chiefs of Asante in the way the governor spoke to you this morning. Is it true that the bravery of Asante is no more? I cannot believe it. It cannot be! I must say this: if you, the men of Asante, will not go forward, then we will. We, the women, will. I shall call upon my fellow women. We will fight! We will fight till the last of us falls in the battlefields.[1] ” With this, she took on leadership of the Asante Uprising of 1900, gaining the support of some of the other Asante nobility. The rebellion and its aftermath Beginning in March 1900, the rebellion laid siege to the fort at Kumasi where the British had sought refuge. The fort still stands today as the Kumasi Fort and Military Museum. After several months, the Gold Coast governor eventually sent a force of 1,400 to quell the rebellion. During the course of this, Queen Yaa Asantewaa and 15 of her closest advisers were captured, and they too were sent into exile to the Seychelles.[2] The rebellion represented the final war in the Anglo-Asante series of wars that lasted throughout the 19th century. On 1 January 1902, the British were finally able to accomplish what the Asante army had denied them for almost a century, and the Asante empire was made a protectorate of the British crown. Yaa Asantewaa died in exile in the Seychelles on October 17, 1921. Three years after her death, on 27 December 1924, Prempeh I and the other remaining members of the exiled Asante court were allowed to return to Asante. Prempeh I made sure that the remains of Yaa Asantewaa and the other exiled Asantes were returned for a proper royal burial. Yaa Asantewaa's dream for an Asante free of British rule was realized on 6 March 1957, when the Asante protectorate gained independence as part of Ghana, the first African nation in Subsaharan Africa to achieve this feat. Social roles of Asante women The confrontation of a woman, serving as political and military head of an empire, was foreign to British colonial troops in 19th century Africa. Yaa Asantewaa's call upon the women of the Asante Empire is based upon the political obligations of the Akan women and their respective roles in legislative and judicial processes. The hierarchy of male stools among the Akan people were complimented by female counterparts. Within the village, elders known as (mpanyimfo) heads of the matrilineages, constituted with the village council known as the ôdekuro. These women known as the mpanyinfo referred to aberewa or ôbaa panyin, to look after women's affairs. For every ôdekuro, an ôbaa panyin acted as the responsible party for the affairs of the women of the village and served as a member of the village council. The head of a division, the ôhene and the head of the autonomous political community, the ômanhene, had their female counterparts known as the ôhemma: a female ruler who sat on their councils. The ôhemma and ôhene were all of the same mogya, blood or localized matrilineage. The occupant of the female stool in the Kumasi state, the Asantehemma, and therefore, the united Asante, since her male counterpart was ex officio of the Asanthene, was a member of the Ktôtôkô Council, the Executive Committee or Cabinet of the Asanteman Nhyiamu, General Assembly of Asante rulers. Female stool occupants participated in not only the judicial and legislative processes, but also in the making and unmaking of war, and the distribution of land.[3] Place in history and cultural legacy Yaa Asantewaa remains a much-loved figure in Asante history and the history of Ghana as a whole for the courage she showed in confronting injustice during the colonialism of the British. She is immortalized in song as follows: Koo koo hin koo Yaa Asantewaa ee! Obaa basia Ogyina apremo ano ee! Waye be egyae Na Wabo mmode ("Yaa Asantewaa The woman who fights before cannons You have accomplished great things You have done well" )[4] To highlight the importance of encouraging more female leaders in Ghanaian society, the Yaa Asantewaa Girls' Secondary School was established at Kumasi in 1960 with funds from the Ghana Educational Trust. In 2000, week-long centenary celebrations were held in Ghana to acknowledge Yaa Asantewaa's accomplishments. As part of these celebrations, a museum was dedicated to her at Kwaso in the Ejisu-Juaben District on 3 August 2000. Unfortunately, a fire there on 23 July 2004, destroyed several historical items, including her sandals and battle dress (batakarikese) seen in the photograph above.[5] The current Queen-mother of Ejisu is Yaa Asantewaa II. A second Yaa Asantewaa festival was held 1–5 August 2006, in Ejisu.[6] The Yaa Asantewaa Centre in Maida Vale, west London, is an African-Caribbean arts and community centre.[7] It took its name in 1986.[8] A television documentary by Ivor Agyeman-Duah entitled Yaa Asantewaa - The Exile of King Prempeh and the Heroism of An African Queen was premiered in Ghana in 2001.[9] A stage show written by Margaret Busby, Yaa Asantewaa: Warrior Queen, featuring master drummer Kofi Ghanaba and with a pan-African cast, toured the UK and Ghana in 2001–2001.[10][11] A radio drama by the same author was also serialized 13–17 October 2003[12] on BBC Radio Four's Woman's Hour.[13][14] Further reading Ivor Agyeman-Duah, Yaa Asantewaa: The Heroism of an African Queen, Accra, Ghana: Centre for Intellectual Renewal, 1999. Nana Arhin Brempong (Kwame Arhin), "The Role of Nana Yaa Asantewaa in the 1900 Asante War of Resistance", Ghana Studies 3, 2000, pp. 97–110. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yaa_Asantewaa 3 Likes |
| Re: Great African Women In History by JeSoul(f): 3:28pm On Apr 26, 2013 |
Nice! we need more history threads like these. Good job sis...pls post on. |
| Re: Great African Women In History by Nobody: 4:08pm On Apr 26, 2013 |
Interesting... Queen Nzinga of Ndongo and Matamba, Moremi, Dahomey female warriors, and Efunroye Tinubu gatts be on this list... Err... If African American women are also allowed on the list - adding the great Mama Harriet Tubman and Mama Queen Mother Moore won't be a bad idea... They both lived and died as Africans...  1 Like |
| Re: Great African Women In History by Nobody: 4:12pm On Apr 26, 2013 |
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| Re: Great African Women In History by isalegan2: 6:05pm On Apr 26, 2013 |
ShyM-X: Yes, African/Black women wherever they may have settled/resettled or FORCEFULLY settled are included. This is actually one in a series I started a couple of years ago. Included are: Nigeria's Pre-Colonial Greats: https://www.nairaland.com/675773/great-leaders-nigerias-history-before African/Black Speakers that made a difference: https://www.nairaland.com/672198/great-speeches-african-black-history Africa/Black Peoples' political struggles: https://www.nairaland.com/1259767/political-movements-black-african-peoples African/Black Women leading their people: https://www.nairaland.com/1270134/herstory-great-african-women-history |
| Re: Great African Women In History by isalegan2: 6:25pm On Apr 26, 2013 |
ShyM-X: Actually, I thought about Madam Tinubu her when I started the thread, being that I grew up on Lagos Island hearing her name, and then learning as an adult that she was bold enough to threaten the stranglehold Oyinbos aspired to have on us into perpetuity. Here she is. Culled from https://www.nairaland.com/675773/great-leaders-nigerias-history-before/2#8400976 [size=14pt]Madam Efunroye Tinubu[/size]  Nigerian businesswoman and patriot, after whom a prominent Lagos landmark, "Tinubu Square," is named. She lived in the 19th century and was born in Abeokuta, Ogun State, Western Nigeria, to a trading family. After a period of trading apprenticeship under her mother, Tinubu went to Badagry, an important trading post on the outskirts of Lagos, where, despite her lack of formal education, she soon established a flourishing trade in tobacco and salt. The entreprising Tinubu was later to expand her trade, which brought her into contact with the European slave traders, with whom she dealt as a middleperson. In 1846 Tinubu, now a successful businesswoman, played hostess to the exiled King Akintoye of Lagos who sought refuge in Badagry; she used her influential position to inaugurate a pro-Akintoye movement dedicated to the eventual return of the king to the throne in Lagos. Thus commenced her involvement in the politics of Lagos, which was dominated by men of wealth and education. In 1851 Akintoye regained his throne and Tinubu was invited to Lagos where she soon transfer her business activity. She strengthened her position as an intermediary in the trade between the expatriate community and the indigenous population of Lagos on the one hand and the interior which include her birthplace, Abeokuta, on the other. Her influence in the court of Akintoye grew to such an extent that she was often accused of beign the power behind the throne, a belief which in 1853 led to the rebellion of two prominent chiefs. By 1853, when Akintoye was succeeded by Prince Dosunmu, Tinubu's influence grew even more. In 1855 she led a campaign against the Brazilian and Sierra Leonean immigrants in Lagos for using their wealth and power against the King and for subverting the ancient customs of the island, thus displaying a degree of nationalism which worried the British. The latter retaliated with mass arrests of the organisers, followed by explusion from Lagos. Tinubu and her followers were deported to Abeokuta in May 1856. In Abeokuta Tinubu expanded her business activities to include a wide range of wares such as gunpowder and bullets. In time her influence began to be felt also in Egba politics in which she played two important roles; her contribution to the successful defence of Egbaland during the Dahomean invasion of 1863 following which she was awarded the title of Iyalode (First Lady) in 1864. In the Alake succession crisis of 1877 her chosen candidate was installed. The conferment of the title of Iyalode placed her in a position of power, which she was denied in Lagos, for, by virtue of it, she not only acquire d a constitutional right to participate in Egba affairs but was also accorded honour and esteem in the community. She died in 1887 when she was at the height of her popularity. Today in Abeokuta, a monument stands in the town square named after her, Ita Iyalode (Iyalode Square). http://culturaltips..com/2009/07/meet-madam-efunroye-tinubu.html From Oxford Encyclopedia of Women in World History: Madame Tinubu (c.1810–1887), a West African woman who acquired wealth and power through participation in the Atlantic slave trade and later the European palm produce trade, as well as from domestic exchange. Efunroye Tinubu gained notoriety in the 1850s and 1860s because of her fierce opposition to British imperial policies in the town of Lagos on the Bight of Benin. Born in the Egba forests at the beginning of the nineteenth century, Tinubu learned commerce from her grandmother, a successful trader. As a young woman Tinubu married a local man and bore him two sons, but she was widowed following the family's migration to the town of Abeokuta in 1830. Shortly afterward she met Adele, a deposed king of Lagos, married him, and moved with her new husband and sons to the coastal town of Badagry, where Adele was temporarily recognized as ruler. Tinubu arrived in Badagry at a time when the then illegal Atlantic slave trade was peaking on the eastern Slave Coast. Although her sons soon died, she used two slaves, allegedly a gift from her father, to trade between Abeokuta and the coast in slaves and other commodities. Never again blessed with children, she invested her growing income from trade in slaves and other retainers, beginning the process of amassing personal followers and expanding her commercial operations. In 1835, Adele was invited back to Lagos to become king once again, and Tinubu accompanied him as a royal wife. Following her husband's death two years later, she married Yesefu Bada (also known as Obadina), a successful Muslim warrior and favored retainer of the new king, Oluwole , ensuring Tinubu continued access to the commercial and other advantages associated with royal patronage. In the bitter succession dispute between Akitoye and Kosoko that followed Oluwole's death in 1841, Tinubu and Obadina actively supported Akitoye, who was initially crowned king but was defeated in 1845 and forced with his followers into exile at Badagry. Throughout these years of political turmoil, Tinubu seized opportunities to expand her trade and build a large and powerful household of slaves and other retainers. She also took a keen interest in Islam, which was spreading in Lagos. When in 1851 the British, encouraged by Akitoye , bombarded Lagos, deposed Kosoko, and reinstated Akitoye as king in the name of ending the Atlantic slave trade and developing new kinds of commerce, Tinubu returned to the town. A fierce defender of African interests and autonomy, she soon ran afoul of the British, however, and was eventually driven by them out of Lagos and into exile at Abeokuta. There Tinubu reestablished a large household and used her slaves and retainers to produce and trade palm produce, a new export, and other commodities. She also began exercising considerable influence in politics in Abeokuta and was eventually recognized as the iyalode, or leading female chief, in the town. Although the British represented Tinubu as an inveterate slave trader and fierce opponent of abolition, she was committed more to the success of her own political factions and to African autonomy than she was to a particular kind of foreign trade. Tinubu is significant historically both for her own activities and achievements and as an unusually well-documented example of a type of powerful precolonial West African woman, too often obscured from the historical record. Read more: http://www.answers.com/topic/madame-tinubu#ixzz2RaoMu9K7 1 Like
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| Re: Great African Women In History by isalegan2: 6:38pm On Apr 26, 2013 |
[size=14pt]Margaret Ekpo (1914-2006)[/size] Political Activist from Calabar (Nigeria) [img]http://t2.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcTIXB5ljX3VWSO8FBGvCSw1wpWRajo2y9sTLDVRJYFHzX4yk60OTQ[/img] Margaret Ekpo – The Fashionable Feminist Margaret Ekpo was famous for being a fashionable woman who combined western and Nigerian fashion influences. Perhaps her background as a seamstress enabled her to even better express her ‘Afropolitan’ lifestyle via her clothing. She loved ballroom dancing and was a devout Christian, but when it came to her political activism, which really is what she was about, she made sure to uphold an image of Africaness, wearing traditional clothes and plaiting hair during political campaigns. A few women can lay claim to as many legacies for their countrymen as Maragaret Ekpo. At the time of her death she left behind a legacy of ‘One Nigeria’, ‘Women in Politics’, ‘Women in Business and Leadership’ and ‘Emancipation for Women’. http://www.msafropolitan.com/2010/12/7-african-female-icons-that-shaped-history.html From Wikipedia: Margaret Ekpo (1914-2006) was a Nigerian women's rights activist and social mobilizer who was a pioneering female politician in the country's First Republic and a leading member of a class of traditional Nigerian women activists, many of whom rallied women beyond notions of ethnic solidarity.[1] She played major roles as a grassroot and nationalist politician in the Eastern Nigerian city of Aba, in the era of an hierarchical and male-dominated movement towards independence, with her rise not the least helped by the socialization of women's role into that of helpmates or appendages to the careers of males.[2] Early life and education Margaret Ekpo was born in Creek Town, Cross River State, to the family of Okoroafor Obiasulor and Inyang Eyo Aniemewue. She reached standard six of the school leaving certificate in 1934. However, tragedy struck at home with the death of her father in 1934, her goals of further education in teachers training was as a result put on hold. She then started working as a pupil teacher in elementary schools. She married a doctor, John Udo Ekpo, in 1938. He was from the Ibibio ethnic group who are predominant in Akwa Ibom State, while she was of Igbo and Efik heritage. She later moved with her husband to Aba. In 1946, she had the opportunity to study abroad at Rathmines School of Domestic Economics (now DIT Aungier Street), Dublin. She earned a diploma in domestic science and on her return to Nigeria she established a Domestic Science and Sewing Institute in Aba. Political career Early politics Margaret Ekpo's first direct participation in political ideas and association was in 1945. Her husband was indignant with the colonial administrators treatment of indigenous Nigerian doctors but as a civil servant, he could not attend meetings to discuss the matter. Margaret Ekpo then attended meetings in place of her husband, the meetings were organized to discuss the discriminatory practices of the colonial administration in the city and to fight cultural and racial imbalance in administrative promotions. She later attended a political rally and was the only woman at the rally, which saw fiery speeches from Mbonu Ojike, Nnamdi Azikiwe and Herbert Macaulay. By the end of the decade she had organized a Market Women Association in Aba to unionize market women in the city.[3] She used the association to promote women solidarity as a platform to fight for the economic rights of women, economic protections and expansionary political rights of women. Activism Margaret Ekpo's awareness of growing movements for civil rights for women around the world prodded her into demanding the same for the women in her country and to fight the discriminatory and oppressive political and civil role colonialism played in the subjugation of women. She felt that women abroad including those in Britain, were already fighting for civil rights and had more voice in political and civil matters than their counterparts in Nigeria. She later joined the decolonization-leading National Council of Nigeria and the Cameroons (NGNC), as a platform to represent a marginalized group. In the 1950s, she also teamed up with Funmilayo Ransome-Kuti to protest killings at an Enugu coal mine; the victims were leaders protesting colonial colonial practices at the mine. In 1953, Ekpo was nominated by the NCNC to the regional House of Chiefs, and in 1954 she established the Aba Township Women's Association. As leader of the new market group, she was able to garner the trust of a large amount of women in the township and turn it into a political pressure group. By 1955, women in Aba had outnumbered men voters in a city wide election.[4] She won a seat to the Eastern Regional House of Assembly in 1961, a position that allowed her to fight for issues affecting women at the time. In particular, there were issues on the progress of women in economic and political matters, especially in the areas of transportation around major roads leading to markets and rural transportation in general.[5] After a military coup ended the First Republic, she took a less prominent approach to politics. In 2001, Calabar Airport was named after her. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Margaret_Ekpo 1 Like |
| Re: Great African Women In History by Nobody: 6:41pm On Apr 26, 2013 |
Isale gan, do you remember the name of that female Oba. . ..efesiwa or sth like that. She was a great queen, until her daughter died in childbirth. She's from Ibadan or Osun |
| Re: Great African Women In History by isalegan2: 6:57pm On Apr 26, 2013 |
Texas.Cowgirl: Beaded-Waist, Kilode wrote about her for you here. Did you thank him?  You can re-post if you wish.https://www.nairaland.com/675773/great-leaders-nigerias-history-before/5#8406114 |
| Re: Great African Women In History by slimyem: 6:58pm On Apr 26, 2013 |
Should be Efunsetan Aniwura-an iyalode of Ibadan 2 Likes 1 Share |
| Re: Great African Women In History by Nobody: 7:02pm On Apr 26, 2013 |
isale_gan2: trust me, I have bad memory. I was trying to remember. I watched a movie about her, best Yoruba movie ever. slimyem: Should be Efunsetan Aniwura-an iyalode of Ibadan thanks guys |
| Re: Great African Women In History by slimyem: 7:08pm On Apr 26, 2013 |
Interesting thread btw.. Didn't know Tinunbu Square was named after a woman until now.  |
| Re: Great African Women In History by Nobody: 7:09pm On Apr 26, 2013 |
^^^olodo..  |
| Re: Great African Women In History by Nobody: 7:10pm On Apr 26, 2013 |
isale_gan2: Thanks, sis.. |
| Re: Great African Women In History by isalegan2: 7:28pm On Apr 26, 2013 |
slimyem: Interesting thread btw.. Ita Faji, on Lagos Island, is also named after a woman. |
| Re: Great African Women In History by slimyem: 7:39pm On Apr 26, 2013 |
ShyM-X:...if i catch you..  |
| Re: Great African Women In History by Nobody: 10:57am On Apr 27, 2013 |
#girlpower  1 Like |
| Re: Great African Women In History by Akpaife(m): 10:57am On Apr 27, 2013 |
Old piple Space 4 sale |
| Re: Great African Women In History by DisGuy: 11:02am On Apr 27, 2013 |
isale_gan2: who? |
| Re: Great African Women In History by Nobody: 11:28am On Apr 27, 2013 |
Breath of fresh air from the numerous "nairalander with" crap hitting the front page Great job OP 2 Likes |
| Re: Great African Women In History by Akshow: 11:42am On Apr 27, 2013 |
Where is my queen Amina of xaxxau? 1 Like |
| Re: Great African Women In History by PAGAN9JA(m): 11:50am On Apr 27, 2013 |
yes bring on Queen AMina!  2 Likes 1 Share |
| Re: Great African Women In History by dasparrow: 12:19pm On Apr 27, 2013 |
Akshow: Where is my queen Amina of xaxxau? Seconded! bring on queen Amina of Zaria. A beautiful woman who had much courage to protect her people. 1 Like |
| Re: Great African Women In History by OkikiOluwa1(m): 12:19pm On Apr 27, 2013 |
So...inspiring. The story reminds me of Madam Tinubu. Last Bullet: Anytime I read past stories like this, it's like it's re-opening the wound of the Whiteman's brutality to Africans. Those pigs made us suffer no be small. But thank God for today, they are forgiven. 2 Likes |
| Re: Great African Women In History by sholay2011(m): 12:21pm On Apr 27, 2013 |
Where is our Efunsetan Aniwura, Iyalode Ibadan  Dat woman badt gan  |
| Re: Great African Women In History by NOIBMUUL(m): 12:39pm On Apr 27, 2013 |
so Tinubu generation don dey import gun powder and bullets from way back! |
| Re: Great African Women In History by gerrardomendes(m): 12:39pm On Apr 27, 2013 |
MMA EKPE IKOT (1900-1965)
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| Re: Great African Women In History by basilo101: 12:42pm On Apr 27, 2013 |
dasparrow:I actually expected her to be the number one on the list |
| Re: Great African Women In History by solomon111(m): 12:48pm On Apr 27, 2013 |
slimyem: Should be Efunsetan Aniwura-an iyalode of Ibadanwho the hell is she? What did she contribute to Africa? |
| Re: Great African Women In History by Nobody: 12:56pm On Apr 27, 2013 |
Kilode?!: |
| Re: Great African Women In History by polokor60(m): 1:07pm On Apr 27, 2013 |
The prestigious socio-cultural heritage of the african race.Much respect to the Great pan african women,the first among women in the entire universe.You cultivated cash and food crops,brought the knowledge of about precious vegetables for minerals and medicines,had variaties of meals ,had and still have the greatest bond when it comes to child and mother relationship. History never acknowledge the africa woman has the first among women when it came to civilization but you remain the pillar of the african race and first role models for women all around the world before the era of oppression/slave trade and colonization.Once again much respect to the true pan african women. 1 Like |
| Re: Great African Women In History by bukatyne(f): 1:37pm On Apr 27, 2013 |
This thread is very inspiring. It will remind us as women and there is more to life than Brazilian/Indian/Peruvian/Abuja hair, clothes, shoes, marriage etc. and ginger us to leave lasting legacies like these women of old did. @OP, thanks so much.  |
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