The Adventures of Cosmic Yoruba
& Her Flying Machines too
‘Who was…?’ a series that explores the African women who pop up in history yet remain mysterious. The quote below this image says enough, “A warrior woman near Kambole insisted on fighting with the men”. Abeg, what’s her story? Image source, USC Libraries Digital Collection via Tumblr I did a quick search and it seems…
‘Who was…?’ a series that explores the African women who pop up in history yet remain mysterious. I think it was from the ladies of Old Oyo post that I started remarking on the powerful women in West African history. It should come as no surprise that in the Hausa city-states, women also occupied positions…
If there’s one thing that came out from reading about Nana Asma’u, it’s more women who we will probably never know more about outside a few sentences in diverse literature. Let’s share this frustration together. Nana Asma’u wrote in 1837 of “Joda Kawuuri, Quranic scholar who benefited people in many towns…Yar Hindu the Quaranic scholar…
‘Who was…?’ a new series that explores the African women who pop up in history yet remain mysterious. History. When I look into it, what I see is men, men, men, oh here’s a woman, men and more men. This pattern repeats itself when one investigates that part of history that is even less popular…
‘Who was…?’ a new series that explores the African women who pop up in history yet remain mysterious. After Mansa Musa, the most famed Malian king, came Mansa Maghan I and after him, Mansa Suleiman. Suleiman assumed the throne in 1341, he was described as miserly, forgetful or a liar by ibn Battuta the medieval…