Nehanda Nyakasikana
[dropcap size=small]N[/dropcap]ehanda Charwe Nyakasikana was a female spiritualist leader from Mashonaland and a key leader in the First Chimurenga uprisings against colonial settlers 1896-1897. She...
Tag : Black Women’s History
Solitude of Guadeloupe
“As for Solitude, not only does her name now grace squares and avenues in Guadeloupe but she has also become a poem, a song, a...
Cleopatra: The last Pharaoh of Egypt
“…the contact of her presence…was irresistible….” Plutarch on Cleopatra. “More nonsense has been written about Cleopatra than about any other African queen, mainly because it...
Dorothy Height: Civil Rights and Women’s Rights Activist.
Dorothy Irene Height was an African-American activist, administrator and educator, who dedicated her life to seeing racial and women’s equality in the United States. She...
Anastacia: Saint of Brazil
Every day, at the Noir de Rio Museum, hundreds of people venerate an image of a Black woman wearing a mask and collar. They pray…...