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 ...

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 ...

She also sought information about female warriors throughout history, including high-ranking ... The film was shot in South Africa, where Mbedu is from. “It was exactly where we needed to ...

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 ...

It is a common practice to divide African history into three epochs: precolonial, colonial, and postcolonial. Yet as the philosopher Olufemi Taiwo has convincingly argued, this approach is wrong on ...