In the 17th century, Dahomey flourished under the protection of its all-woman military regiment that inspired Viola Davis's acclaimed film The Woman King. From the late 1600s to the early 1900s ...

Now the soon-to-be-released film The Woman King is set to highlight the pivotal role they played in Africa’s history. The film centres on the Agojie, an all-women warrior army in the historical ...

Marvel found inspiration in history when it used tales of West African women warriors as the basis for the fearsome Dora Milaje in Black Panther: Wakanda Forever. The fictional Dora Milaje ...

Sub-Saharan history is tougher to Europeanize without ... histories without directing people toward them. One of Africa's most famous warrior queens, Amina of Zaria, is said to have inspired ...

Thomas Lockley, co-author of ‘African Samurai: The True Story of Yasuke, a Legendary Black Warrior in Feudal Japan’, theories he was enslaved and trafficked as a child. The historical details ...