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

How many celebrated royal leaders can you name from history? And how many of those ... that with a focus on telling the stories of Africa's queens. From the Queen of Sheba to Egypt's Queen ...

From ‘The Woman King’ to Netflix’s ‘African Queens’ — how Africa’s history went pop on facebook (opens in a new window) From ‘The Woman King’ to Netflix’s ‘African Queens ...

It really is wonderful. And I think it introduces Queen Njinga to the world. I think not a lot of people are familiar with African history, let alone specific kingdoms and rulers. And to know that ...

Then African Queens: Njinga absolutely needs to be ... it remains far easier to list famous men from history than women. And, sadly, the numbers dwindle even further when it comes to women of ...

Jada Pinkett Smith is donning her Executive Producer cap for a new documentary series exploring the lives of prominent and iconic African Queens, just in time for Black History Month. African ...

Queen Cleopatra is the second in Jada Pinkett Smith’s African Queens series of drama-docuseries hybrids; this time the focus is on one of the most famous ... go into how the history of Cleopatra ...

On Sunday, the Grammy-winning soprano Karen Slack will give the third annual Ruth Bader Ginsburg Memorial Recital at the Kennedy Center’s Terrace Theater. “African Queens,” presented and co ...