In Praise of Black Women V.1; Ancient African Queens
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Hardback or Cased Book
ISBN-10
0299172503
ISBN-13
9780299172503
Publisher
University of Wisconsin Press
Imprint
University of Wisconsin Press
Country of Manufacture
GB
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Oct 30th, 2001
Print length
456 Pages
Weight
2,520 grams
Dimensions
30.70 x 23.80 x 3.40 cms
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This volume is part of a series which is a tribute to women in Africa and the African diaspora. It weaves together oral tradition, folk legends and stories, songs and poems, historical accounts and traveller's tales from Egypt to Southern Africa, from prehistory to the 19th century.
This series is a tribute to women in Africa and the African diaspora from the ancient past to the present. This first volume weaves together oral tradition, folk legends and stories, songs and poems, historical accounts, and travelers'' tales from Egypt to Southern Africa, from prehistory to the 19th century. These women rulers, warriors and heroines include Amanirenas, the queen of Kush who battled Roman armies and defeated them at Aswan, Daurama, mother of the seven Hausa kingdoms and Ana de Susa Nzinga, who resisted the Portuguese conquest of Angola. These women''s stories are narrated in the style of African oral tradition and aim to prove absorbing, informative and accessible.
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