Friday Jul 08, 2022
BONUS; The Female Kings of Africa: Amanirenas, Ahebi, and Nzinga with Special Guest Mr Olasupo Shasore SAN
You may know them as Queen Nzinga, Queen Amanirenas or Queen Candace, and Ahebi Ugbabe - the Eze- This Bonus episode we talk about what is lost in translation when we speak about Africa's past - and some of the flawed and powerful monarchs who ruled.
Ahebi Ugbabe a warrant chief and only female king of colonial Nigeria who went from slave to ruler
Nzinga of Ndongo and Matamba in modern day Angola who was forcibly sterilized and forced into exile but saved her people from the Portuguese
Amanirenas of the Kush Kingdom, modern day Sudan, who lost an eye, her son, and her husband in battle but managed to defeat Caesar twice, stopping the Roman Empire's expansion
And we have our first Guest! Mr Olasupo Shasore SAN, author of A platter of Gold; Nigeria's Journey to Independence, the former Attorney General of Lagos State, and the Documentarian behind The Loot and the Lost kingdoms, and so much more. Enjoy!
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