Women of strength: Dahomey Amazons
Community news. Societies where women exercised political power, which produced female warriors, and female lines of descent are a continuing theme in African history...
Amazons and Gorgons: Extraordinary women
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Community news. Traditionally, the African concept of beauty was different to that...
Amazons and Gorgons: Women of valour
Community news. Greek mythology about the Amazons first came to my attention during a lesson in primary school. The notion of warrior women who...
From Queens to Queans: Fall of the African Woman: Part lV
Community news. From the onset of slavery, European men have exploited the African female body and many concepts remain firmly rooted in the misleading...
From Queens to Queans: Fall of the African Woman: Part lII
Community news. Today, in popular culture the media portrayal of women of African descent, sees them typecast as sexually deviant and immoral (the label...
