Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz was Queen of Great Britain and Ireland from 1761, following her marriage to King George...
Queen Charlotte’s racial identity remains one of the most intensely debated topics in modern British royal historiography. The...
Anacaona (c. 1474–1503) was a distinguished Taíno poet, and composer of sacred areitos, and a leading cacica of Xaragua—the westernmost and most culturally sophisticated of the five Taíno kingdoms of Ayiti...
Rosalie Gicanda (1928–1994) was the last Queen of Rwanda, remembered as a “People’s Queen” whose life of quiet dignity ended...
Moremi Ajasoro was a legendary Yoruba queen whose courage, intelligence, and tragic sacrifice have echoed across centuries. Remembered...
Ranavalona III was the last reigning monarch of the Kingdom of Madagascar. She ruled from July 30, 1883, to February 28, 1897. During her reign, Queen Ranavalona III tried to stop...
Mansa Musa, the ninth emperor of the Mali Empire, is among the most renowned rulers in world history....
Taytu Betul was a formidable queen and empress of Ethiopia (1889–1913). She was the wife of Emperor Menelek...
“Look to Africa when a Black king shall be crowned, for the day of deliverance is near.” Emperor Haile Selassie I was Ethiopia’s 225th and last emperor. Emperor Haile Selassie I...
Ethiopia was once ruled by a mighty Queen who destroyed Axum and its countryside, the churches and Christian...
“…the contact of her presence…was irresistible….” Plutarch on Cleopatra. “More nonsense has been written about Cleopatra than about...
Meserette Kentake, founder of Kentake Page, was born and raised in Kingston, Jamaica, and is of Yoruba descent (mtDNA). Now based in London, she holds a BSc in Counselling Psychology but is most passionate about…
