Great Afrikan Kings and Qweens

Afrikan Kings

AFFONSO I
KING OF THE KONGO (1506-1540)

Affonso I was a visionary, a man who saw his country not as a group of separate cultures,
but as a unified nation fully equipped with advance knowledge and technology. He was
also known as the first ruler to resist the most despicable act ever known to man, the
European slave trade.

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AKHENATON
The Creator of Monotheism
(1375-1358 B.C)

Akhenaton was the first ruler in recorded history to believe in the concept of One God.
He also taught this concept to all his citizens. He built a new city in the desert that was
dedicated to religion, art and music. This new city, Akhenaton (now Tell el Amara), with
its lush gardens and magnificent buildings is where Akhenaton and his wife Queen
Nefertiti changed Kemet’s culture so radically that their influence is felt for centuries
right up until today. Akhenaton was also the first Pharaoh of whom a true likeness is
recorded as shown in the picture to the left.

ASKIA TOURE
KING OF SONGHAY (1493-1529)

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Askia Toure united the entire central region of the Western Sudan, and established a
governmental machine that is still revered today for its detail and efficiency. He divided
his country into provinces, each with a professional administrator as governor, and ruled
each fairly and uniformly through a staff of distinguished legal experts and judges.

BEHANZIN HOSSU BOWELLE

THE KING SHARK (1841-1906)

Behanzin was the most powerful ruler in West Africa during the end of the nineteenth
century. He strongly resisted European intervention into his country. This was done with
a physically fit army which included a division of five thousands female warriors. He is
often referred to as the King Shark, a Dahomeyan surname which symbolized strength
and wisdom. He was also fond of humanities and is credited with the creation of some of
the finest song and poetry ever produced in Dahomey.

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HANNIBAL
RULER OF CARTHAGE (247-183 B.C.)

Hannibal is well known as the greatest general and military strategist who ever lived. He
used his overpowering African armies to conquer major portions of Spain and Italy and
came very close to defeating the Roman Empire. His audacious moves-such as marching
his army with African War elephants through the treacherous Alps to surprise and
conquer northern Italy and his tactical genius, as illustrated by the battle of Cannae where
his seemingly trapped army cleverly surrounded and destroy a much larger Roman force,
won him recognition which has spanned more than 2000 years. His tactics are still being
studied in many military schools today.

IDRIS ALOOMA
RULER OF BORNU (1580-1617)

He is credited with re-uniting two of Africa’s Kingdoms, the kingdoms of Kanem and
Bornu. This union lasted many generations with sustain peace becoming a part of the
Bornu.

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IMHOTEP
THE WORLD FIRST KNOWN GENIUS

Imhotep was the royal advisor to King Zoser during the Third Dynasty of Kemet.
Regarded as the world’s first recorded multi-genius, Imhotep was an architect,
astronomer, philosopher, poet and physician. As an architect he was responsible for
designing the Step Pyramid and the Saqqara Complex. During his lifetime he was given a
host of titles, among them:Chancellor of the King of Lower Kemet, the First after the
King of Upper Kemet, High Priest of Heliopolis and Administrator of the Great Palace.
As a physcian, Imhotep is believed to have been the author of the Edwin Smith Papyrus
in which more than 90 anatomical terms and 48 injuries are described. This is well over
2,200 years before the Western Father of Medicine Hippocrates is born. Some 2,000 years
after his death, Imhotep was deified by the inhabitants of Kemet and was known later as
Asclepius, God of Medicine, to the Greeks. His very name, Im-Hotep, translates as the
Prince of Peace. His tomb near Memphis became a sacred place and the site of
pilgrimages for those seeking a cure. As a philosopher and poet, Imhotep’s most
remembered phrase is: “Eat, drink, and be merry for tomorrow we shall die.” There still
remain many bronze statuettes, temples and sanatoria bearing his name, as is depicted in
the picture of the statue above.

JA JA
KING OF THE OPOBO (1821-1891)

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He was the founder and leader of the territory of Opobo an area near the Eastern Nigeria
River. This area was very favorable to trading. This trading route soon attracted the
greedy Europeans who seek to capture this trading route. Ja Ja put up fierce resistance to
this outside intervention. This resistance lasted for many years until at an older age of 70
he was finally captured by the British and sent into exile to the West Indies. The greatest
Ibo leader of the nineteenth century never saw his kingdom again.

KHAMA
THE GOOD KING OF BECHUANALAND (1819-1923)

Khama distinguish his reign by being highly regarded as a peace loving ruler with the
desire of advancing his country in terms of technological innovations. He instituted
scientific cattle feeding techniques which greatly inproved his country’s wealth and
prestige. During his reign crimes were known to be as low as zero within his country.

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 KHUFU
The Father Of Pyramid Building (2551-
2528 B.C)
King Khufu, who is also known by the
greek name “Cheops,” was the father of
pyramid building at Giza. He ruled from
2551 – 2528 B.C. and was the son of King Sneferu and Queen Hetpeheres.

Dates Built: c. 2589-2566 B.C. Total Blocks of Stone: over 2,300,000

Base: 13 square acres, 568,500 square feet, or 7 city blocks. The length of each side of
the base was originally 754 feet (230 m), but is now 745 feet (227 m) due to the loss of
the outer casing stones.

Total Weight: 6.5 million tons. Average Weight of Individual Blocks of Stone: 2.5 tons,
the large blocks used for the ceiling of the King’s Chamber weigh as much as 9 tons.
Height: Originally 481 feet (146.5 m) tall, Khufu is now, 449 feet tall as the top stones
have since fallen off or been removed. Until early in this century, this pyramid was the
tallest building on earth.
Angle of Incline: 51 degrees 50′ 35″
Construction Material: limestone, granite

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MANSA KANKAN MUSSA
KING OF MALI (1306-1332)

A scholar, a great economists and a true man of the arts, Mansa Mussa is well known for
the impact he created with his flamboyant style. In 1324 he led his people on the Hadj, a
holy pilgrimage from Timbuktu to Mecca. His caravan consisted of 72 000 people whom
he led safely across the Sahara Desert and back, a total distance of 6,496 miles. So
spectacular was this event that Mansa Mussa gained the respect of scholars and traders
throughout the world. Also during his reign, Mali was one of the most prestigious and
wealthiest empires in the world. This empire at this time also contain one of the worlds
most prestigious university in Timbuktu.

MENELEK II
KING OF KINGS OF ABYSSINIA (1844-1913)

Menelek II united many independent kingdoms into the United States of Abyssinia
(Ethiopia). The feat of pulling together several kingdoms which often fiercely opposed
each other earned him a place as one of the great statesmen of African history. His further

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acomplishments in dealing on the international scene with the world powers, coupled
with his stunning victory over Italy in the 1896 Battle of Adwa, which was an attempt to
invade his country, place him among the great leaders of world history.

MOSHOESHOE
KING OF BASUTOLAND (1815-1868)

Moshoeshoe was a wise and just king who was as brilliant in diplomacy as he was in
battle. He united many diverse groups into a stable society where law and order
prevailed. He knew that peace made prosperity possible, so he often avoided conflict
through skillful negotiations. Moshoeshoe solidified Basotho defenses at Thaba Bosiu,
their impregnable mountain capital.

Monomota

The year was 1440. The King was Mutota. In any other European country he would have
been known as Mutota the Great. He and his council was quick to see that even the most
advance states each standing independently and alone, were doomed to European
criminal exploits unless unified into a single nation with a strong central government.
This also should be achieve through voluntary association if possible. Mutota and the
new leaders understood this very well. Therefore, Mutota, in 1440, began the campaign to
carry out his grand design. This was a great plan aimed at nothing less than uniting

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Africans into a vast empire that cut across South Africa below the Limpopo river, and
covered Zimbabwe with an indefinite boundary beyond the Zambezi River in Zambia,
and on over Mozambique to the Indian Ocean, sweeping southward again to re-posses the
entire coastline fronting the New Empire. This area contained the majority of the world
precious metals such as gold, copper, tin and iron held in over 4000 mines. After 30 years
of struggle, unity was finally achieve in 1480 into the Empire of Monomotapa.

NARMER
THE FOUNDER OF DYNASTIC KEMET (3200 B.C.)

Narmer or Aha was called Menes by the Greeks. Regarded as the founder of Dynastic
Kemet, he led an army from Upper Kemet in the south to conquer Lower Kemet in the
north around 3200BC. Upon victory Narmer united Upper and Lower Kemet into one
nation after which thirty dynasties would follow. It was at this time that hieroglyphic
writing or any type of writing in the world for that matter, made its first appearance, in
the tombs and treasures of the pharaohs. One of Narmer’s first tasks was to build a city
on his newly conquered lands. Here he was met with a difficult task as the Delta region
was covered by an immense swamp. To remedy this situation, Narmer drained the swamp
by actually diverting the course of the Nile River. Upon this new land he built a city
which he named Men-Nefer:The Good Place. This city served as the capital of Kemet for
several centuries. An Arab traveler writing as late as the Middle Ages reported the city
“stretching a day’s journey in every direction.” The Greeks would rename Men-Nefer
“Memphis,” a name that even today honors an African king who lived nearly 5,000 years
ago.

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OSEI TUTU
KING OF ASANTE (1680-1717)

Osei Tutu was the founder and first king of the Asante nation, a great West African
kingdom in what is now Ghana. He was able to unite over six different nations under his
leadership. The Golden Stole became a sacred symbol of the nation’s soul, which was
especially appropriate since gold was the prime source of Asante wealth. During Osei
Tutu’s reign, the geographic area of Asante tripled in size. The kingdom became a
significant power, that with his millitary and and political prowess as an example, would
endure for two centuries.

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SAMORY TOURE
King of the Sudan (1830-1900)

The ascendance of Samory Toure began when his native Bissandugu was attacked and his
mother taken captive. After a persuasive appeal, Samory was allowed to take her place,
but later escaped and joined the army of King Bitike Souane of Torona. Following a
quick rise through the ranks of Bitike’s army, Samory returned to Bissandugu where he
was soon installed as king and defied French wicked exploits in Africa by launching a
conquest to unify West Africa into a single state. During the eigthteen year conflict with
France, Samory continully frustrated the Europeans with his military strategy and tactics.
This astute millitary prowess brought him respect world wide.

SENWORSERT I
PHARAOH OF THE 12TH DYNASTY

Senwosert I was a Twelfth Dynasty King of Kemet (1897BC). Also known as Kepre Kare
Senwosert I, he was known to the Greeks as Kekrops and Sesostris. Interestingly enough
Herodotus, Greece’s Father of History, reported that Greece had once been conquered by
a king named Sesostris. Greek mythology also indicated that the legendary founder of
Athens was an Egyptian named Kekrops.

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SHAKA
KING OF THE ZULUS (1818-1828)

A strong leader and military innovator, Shaka is noted for revolutionizing 19th century
Bantu warfare by first grouping regiments by age, and training his men to use
standardized weapons and special tactics. He developed the “assegai” a short stabbing
spear, and marched his regiments in tight formation, using large shields to fend off the
enemies throwing spears. Over time, Shaka’s troops earned such a reputation that many
enemies would flee at the sight of them. He built the Zulus into a nation of over a million
strong. He was also sucessful in uniting all the ethnic groups in South Africa against the
despicable vestiges of colonialism.

TAHARKA
KING OF NUBIA (710-664 B. C.)

Taharka is probably one of the most famous rulers of Napatan Kush. He was 32 when he
became king and was heir to a kingdom that included not only Kush but KMT(Kemet) as
well. He is said to have commanded military campaigns in Western Asia as far away as
Palestine and led expeditions all the way to Spain. Mention of his great campaigns can be
found in the Bible (Isaiah 37:9, 2 Kings 19:9). During his reign, Taharka controlled the
largest empire in Ancient Africa. He was able to initiate a building program throughout
his empire which was overwhelming in scope. The numbers and majesty of his building
projects were legendary, with the greatest being the temple at Gebel Barkal in the Sudan.
The temple was carved from the living rock and decorated with images of Taharka over
100 feet high.

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TENKAMENIN
KING OF GHANA (1037-1075)

The country of Ghana reach the height of its greatness during the reign of Tenkamenin. Through
his careful management of the gold trade across the Sahara desert into West Africa, Tenkamenin’s
empire flourished economically. But his greatest strength was in government. Each day he would
ride out on horseback and listen to the problems and concerns of his people. He insisted that no
one be denied an audience and that they be allowed to remain in his presence until satisfied that
justice had been done. His principles of democratic monarchy and religious tolerance make
Tenkamenin’s reign one of the great models of African rule.

THUTMOSE III
PHARAOH OF KEMET (1504-1450 B.C.)

Thutmose III was a member of one of the greatest families in the history of royalty anywhere in
the world, the 18th Dynasty of Kemet (Ancient Egypt). He is credited with strengthened the
sovereignty of Kemet and extended its influence into Western Asia.

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TUTANKAMUN
BOY PHARAOH OF KEMET

Tutankhaten became pharoah after the death of Smenkhkare, and became one of history’s most
famous royalty. Tutankhaten’s story has since come out, and we know more about this boy-king
than we do about any other person in the Kemartic period. Tutankhaten became pharoah at the
age of nine . He married Ankhesenpaaten and ruled from Akhetaten. Four years after he became
king, Tutankhaten moved his capital back to Memphis, and changed his name to Tutankamun, in
honor of the God Amun. Tutankamun, ruled for nine years, until he was 18. The mummy
discovered in the Valley of the Kings has an injury to the skull, and it is believed that Tutankamun
was either the victim of an accident or he was assasinated. His tomb is one of very few that have
been discovered almost untouched by theives.

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RAMSES II
THE GREAT
Ramses II (the Great) was one of the most prolific builders of ancient Egypt. Hardly a
site exists that he did not initiate, add to, complete, or build entirely himself. Some of the
greatest monuments on any tour of Egypt bear his stamp: Abu Simbel, Karnak and Luxor
Temples, the Ramesseum, and many others. He also commissioned the largest monolithic
statue ever, a seated statue of himself at the Ramesseum. Now lying in pieces, the giant
red-granite statue inspired many.

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Afrikan Qweens

AMINA
QUEEN Of ZARIA (1588-1589)
This queen of Zazzua, a province of Nigeria now known as Zaria, was born around 1533
during the reign of Sarkin (king) Zazzau Nohir. She was probably his granddaughter.
Zazzua was one of a number of Hausa city-states which dominated the trans-Saharan
trade after the collapse of the Songhai empire to the west. Its wealth was due to trade of
mainly leather goods, cloth, kola, salt, horses and imported metals. At the age of sixteen,
Amina became the heir apparent (Magajiya) to her mother, Bakwa of Turunku, the ruling
queen of Zazzua. With the title came the responsibility for a ward in the city and daily
councils with other officials. Although her mother’s reign was known for peace and
prosperity, Amina also chose to learn military skills from the warriors. Queen Bakwa died
around 1566 and the reign of Zazzua passed to her younger brother Karama. At this time
Amina emerged as the leading warrior of Zazzua cavalry. Her military achievements
brought her great wealth and power. When Karama died after a ten-year rule, Amina
became queen of Zazzua. She set off on her first military expedition three months after
coming to power and continued fighting until her death. In her thirty-four year reign, she
expanded the domain of Zazzua to its largest size ever. Her main focus, however, was not
on annexation of neighboring lands, but on forcing local rulers to accept vassal status and
permit Hausa traders safe passage. She is credited with popularizing the earthen city wall
fortifications, which became characteristic of Hausa city-states since then. She ordered
building of a defensive wall around each military camp that she established. Later, towns
grew within these protective walls, many of which are still in existence. They’re known
as “ganuwar Amina”, or Amina’s walls. She is mostly remembered as “Amina, Yar
Bakwa ta san rana,” meaning “Amina, daughter of Nikatau, a woman as capable as a

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Contributed by Danuta Bois

CANDACE
EMPRESS OF ETHIOPIA (332 B.C.)

Alexander reached Kemet (Ancient Egypt) in 332 B.C., on his world conquering
rampage. But one of the greatest generals of the ancient world was also the Empress of
Ethiopia. This formidable black Queen Candace, was world famous as a military tactician
and field commander. Legend has it that Alexander could not entertain even the possibilty
of having his world fame and unbroken chain of victories marred by risking a defeat, at
last, by a woman. He halted his armies at the borders of Ethiopia and did not invade to
meet the waiting black armies with their Queen in personal command.

CLEOPATRA VII
QUEEN OF KEMET (Ancient Egypt the land of the blacks) (69-30 B.C)

Although known to be of African descent she is still deliberately portrayed as being

white. She came to power at the tender age of seventeen and the most popular of seven
queens to have had this name. She was also known to be a great linguist and was
instumental in making Kemet(Egypt) into the world number one super power at that time.

DAHIA-AL KAHINA
QUEEN KAHINA

She fought against the Arab incursion in North Africa where under her leadership
Africans fought back fiercely and drove the Arab army northward into Tripolitania.
Queen Kahina was of the Hebrew faith and she never abandoned her religion. Her
opposition to the Arab incursion was purely nationalistic, since she favored neither
Christians nor Moslems. Her death in 705 A.D by Hassen-ben-Numam ended one of the
most violet attempts to save Africa for the Africans. She prevented Islam’s southward
spread into the Western Sudan. After her death the Arabs began to change their strategy in
advancing their faith and their power in Africa. The resistance to the southward spread of
Islam was so great in some areas that some of the wives of African kings committed

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suicide to avoid falling into the hands of the Berbers and Arabs who showed no mercy to
the people who would not be converted to Islam

HATSHEPSUT
QUEEN OF KEMET (Ancient Egypt the land of the blacks)(1503-1482 B.C.)

One of the greatest queens of ancient Kemet was Queen Hatshepsut. While she was
known as a “warrior” queen, her battles were engaged with her own rivals for the position
of power in Kemetic hierarchy. A born dynast in her own right, Hatshepsut proved to be
an aggressive and overpowering force. However, it was not in war, but in her aspiration
to ascend to the “Heru (Horus) consciousness,” she displayed the strength that has given
her a place in history. She adopted the Truth of Maat and became involved in the
elimination of undesirable people and elements from Kemet. Determined to be revered in
times yet to come, Hatshepsut depicted herself in as many masculine attributes as
possible, i.e. male attire, king’s beard, etc. Although she ascended to the throne upon the
death of her king-brother Thutmose II, she exerted her rightful claim to the throne. In
exercising her power, she involved herself in foreign campaigns, a concentration on
domestic affairs, extensive building and commercial ventures. The most famous of her
commercial ventures was the Punt expedition in which goods and produce were acquired
from the rich market there to be brought back to Kemet. While it would appear that her
opponents were not antagonistic regarding her sex, they were so regarding her non-
aggressive philosophy.
Even before becoming legal ruler, Hatshepsut, was actively pushing things dearest to the
hearts of all Africans leaders: the expansion of foreign trade, international diplomatic
relations, perfection of national defense, vast public building programs, securing the
South and the North through either peace or war and, one of her “pet projects”, building a
great navy for both commerce and war. Her success on most of these fronts made her one
of the giants of the race.

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MAKEDA
QUEEN OF SHEBA (The symbol of Beauty) (960 B.C.)

“I am black but comely, O ye daughters of Jerusalem, As the tents of Kedar, As the curtains of
Solomon, Look not upon me because I am black Because the sun hath scorched me.” (Song of
Solomon)

Although most of Black history is suppressed, distorted or ignored by an ungrateful modern

world, some African traditions are so persistent that all of the power and deception of the Western
academic establishment have failed to stamp them out. One such story is that of Makeda, the
Queen of Sheba, and King Solomon of Israel. Black women of antiquity were legendary for their
beauty and power. Especially great were the Queens of Ethiopia. This nation was also known as
Nubia, Kush, Axum and Sheba. One thousand years before Christ, Ethiopia was ruled by a line of
virgin queens. The one whose story has survived into our time was known as Makeda, “the Queen
of Sheba.” Her remarkable tradition was recorded in the Kebar Nagast, or the Glory of Kings, and
the Bible. The Bible tells us that, during his reign, King Solomon of Israel decided to build a
magnificent temple. To announce this endeavor, the king sent forth messengers to various foreign
countries to invite merchants from abroad to come to Jerusalem with their caravans so that they
might engage in trade there. At this time, Ethiopia was second only to Egypt in power and fame.

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Hence, King Solomon was enthralled by Ethiopia’s beautiful people, rich history, deep spiritual
tradition and wealth. He was especially interested in engaging in commerce with one of Queen
Makeda’s subjects, an important merchant by the name of Tamrin.1 Solomon sent for Tamrin who
“packed up stores of valuables including ebony, sapphires and red gold, which he took to
Jerusalem to sell to the king.”2 It turns out that Tamrin’s visit was momentous. Although
accustomed to the grandeur and luxury of Egypt and Ethiopia, Tamrin was still impressed by
King Solomon and his young nation. During a prolonged stay in Israel, Tamrin observed the
magnificent buildings and was intrigued by the Jewish people and their culture. But above all
else, he was deeply moved by Solomon’s wisdom and compassion for his subjects. Upon
returning to his country, Tamrin poured forth elaborate details about his trip to Queen Makeda.
She was so impressed by the exciting story that the great queen decided to visit King Solomon
herself.3 To understand the significance of state visits in antiquity in contrast to those of today,
we must completely remove ourselves from the present place and time. In ancient times, royal
visits were very significant ceremonial affairs. The visiting regent was expected to favor the host
with elaborate gifts and the state visit might well last for weeks or even months. Even by ancient
standards, however, Queen Makeda’s visit to King Solomon was extraordinary. In I Kings 10:1-2,
the Bible tells us: “1. And when the Queen of Sheba heard of the fame of Solomon concerning the
name of the Lord, she came to prove him with hard questions. “2. And she came to Jerusalem
with a very great train, with camels that bear spices and very much gold, and precious stones.
And when she was come to Solomon she communed with him of all that was in her heart.” I
Kings 10:10 adds: “She gave the king 120 talents of gold, and of spices very great store and
precious stones; there came no more such abundance of spices as these which the Queen of Sheba
gave to King Solomon.” We should pause to consider the staggering sight of this beautiful Black
woman and her vast array of resplendent attendants travelling over the Sahara desert into Israel
with more than 797 camels plus donkeys and mules too numerous to count. The value of the gold
alone, which she gave to King Solomon, would be $3,690,000 today and was of much greater
worth in antiquity. King Solomon, and undoubtedly the Jewish people, were flabbergasted by this
great woman and her people. He took great pains to accommodate her every need. A special
apartment was built for her lodging while she remained in his country. She was also provided
with the best of food and eleven changes of garments daily. As so many African leaders before
her, this young maiden, though impressed with the beauty of Solomon’s temple and his thriving
domain, had come to Israel seeking wisdom and the truth about the God of the Jewish people.
Responding to her quest for knowledge, Solomon had a throne set up for the queen beside his. “It
was covered with silken carpets, adorned with fringes of gold and silver, and studded with
diamonds and pearls. From this she listened while he delivered judgments.”4 Queen Makeda also
accompanied Solomon throughout his kingdom. She observed the wise, compassionate and
spiritual ruler as he interacted with his subjects in everyday affairs. Speaking of the value of her
visit with the King and her administration for him, Queen Makeda stated: “My Lord, how happy I
am. Would that I could remain here always, if but as the humblest of your workers, so that I could
always hear your words and obey you.

“How happy I am when I interrogate you! How happy when you answer me. My whole being is
moved with pleasure; my soul is filled; my feet no longer stumble; I thrill with delight.

“Your wisdom and goodness,” she continued, “are beyond all measure. They are excellence itself.
Under your influence I am placing new values on life. I see light in the darkness; the firefly in the
garden reveals itself in newer beauty. I discover added lustre in the pearl; a greater radiance in the
morning star, and a softer harmony in the moonlight. Blessed be the God that brought me here;
blessed be He who permitted your majestic mind to be revealed to me; blessed be the One who
brought me into your house to hear your voice.

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Solomon had a harem of over 700 wives and concubines, yet, he was enamored by the young
Black virgin from Ethiopia. Although he held elaborate banquets in her honor and wined, dined
and otherwise entertained her during the length of her visit, they both knew that, according to
Ethiopian tradition, the Queen must remain chaste. Nevertheless, the Jewish monarch wished to
plant his seed in Makeda, so that he might have a son from her regal African lineage. To this end
the shrewd king conspired to conquer the affection of this young queen with whom he had fallen
in love. When, after six months in Israel, Queen Makeda announced to King Solomon that she
was ready to return to Ethiopia, he invited her to a magnificent farewell dinner at his palace. The
meal lasted for several hours and featured hot, spicy foods that were certain to make all who ate
thirsty and sleepy (as King Solomon had planned.) Since the meal ended very late, the king
invited Queen Makeda to stay overnight in the palace in his quarters. She agreed as long as they
would sleep in separate beds and the king would not seek to take advantage of her. He vowed to
honor her chastity, but also requested that she not take anything in the palace. Outraged by such a
suggestion, the Queen protested that she was not a thief and then promised as requested. Not long
after the encounter, the Queen, dying of thirst, searched the palace for water. Once she found a
large water jar and proceeded to drink, the King startled her by stating: “You have broken your
oath that you would not take anything by force that is in my palace. The Queen protested, of
course, that surely the promise did not cover something so insignificant and plentiful as water, but
Solomon argued that there was nothing in the world more valuable than water, for without it
nothing could live. Makeda reluctantly admitted the truth of this and apologized for her mistake,
begging for water for her parched throat. Solomon, now released from his promise, assuaged her
thirst and his own, immediately taking the Queen as his lover.”6 The following day as the Queen
and her entourage prepared to leave Israel, the King placed a ring on her hand and stated, “If you
have a son, give this to him and send him to me.” After returning to the land of Sheba, Queen
Makeda did indeed have a son, whom she named Son-of-the-wise-man, and reared as a prince
and her heir apparent to the throne. Upon reaching adulthood, the young man wished to visit his
father, so the Queen prepared another entourage, this time headed by Tamrin. She sent a message
to Solomon to anoint their son as king of Ethiopia and to mandate that thenceforth only the males
descended from their son should rule Sheba. Solomon and the Jewish people rejoiced when his
son arrived in Israel. The king anointed him as the Queen had requested and renamed him
Menelik, meaning “how handsome he is.” Though Solomon had many wives, only one had
produced a son, Rehoboam, a boy of seven. So the king begged Menelik to remain, but the young
prince would not. Solomon therefore called his leaders and nobles and announced that, since he
was sending his first born son back to Ethiopia, he wanted all of them to send their firstborn sons
“to be his counselors and officers.” And they agreed to do so. Menelik asked his father for a relic
of the Ark of the Covenant to take back with him to the land of Sheba. It is said that while
Solomon intended to provide his son with a relic, the sons of the counselors, angry at having to
leave their homes and go to Sheba with Menelik, actually stole the real Ark and took it to
Ethiopia. Menelik returned to Sheba and, according to tradition, ruled wisely and well. And his
famous line has continued down to the 20th century when, even now, the ruler of Ethiopia is the
“conquering lion of Judah” descended directly from King Solomon and the Queen of Sheba.

Written by Legrand H. Clegg II

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NANDI
QUEEN OF ZULULAND (Symbol of a woman of high esteem) (1778-1826)

Mother of the great leader Shaka Zulu. Nandi is the evalasting symbol of hard work
patience and determination. She withstood and overcame many obsticles to raise to a
position of power in all Zululand.

NEFERTITI
QUEEN OF KEMET (Ancient Egypt the land of the blacks)(1292-1225 B.C)

Her marriage to the great Rameses II of lower Ancient Egypt is known as one of the
greatest royal love affair ever. This marriage also brought an end to the hundred year war
between upper and lower ancient Kemet (Egypt), which in essence unified both sections
into one great Kemet which was the world leading country. Monuments of this love affair
still remains today in the temples that Rameses built for his wife at Abu Simbel.
The immense structures known as the two temples of Abu Simbel are among the most
magnificent monuments in the world. Built during the New Kingdom nearly 3,000 years

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ago, it was hewn from the mountain which contains it as an everlasting dedication to
King Ramses and his wife Nefertari. Superb reliefs on the temple detail the Battle of
Kadesh, and Ramses and Nefertari consorting with the deities and performing religous
rituals. The rays of the sun still penetrate to the Holy of Holies in the rock of the main
temple on the same two days of the year: the 20th of October and the 20th of Febuary.
This timing is probably connected to the symbolic unification, via the rays of the sun, of
the statue of Ra-Herakhty and the statue of Ramses II. Up to today these structures
remains as the largest, most majestic structures ever built to honor a wife.

It is believe by some historians that Nefertiti was the daughter of Aye and Tiy, while other
claims her as the oldest daughter of Amenhotep III. Nefertiti was married to Akhenaten
the originated of the one god concept(monotheism) as it became known today. During the
early life of Nefertiti she lived in a Kemet where a new model of human nature in relation
to god was emerging. This belief considered man primarily has a material entity, whose
happiness was measured by his ability to acquire and maintain a material heaven(wealth
and pleasure). In this material heaven women were not principals that predicted or
participated in social policy, but were objects of sensuality or objects to be used by men.
As weaker members of this paradise women could not be participants in its building. This
belief was completely contrary to the beliefs of the ancients and the principles of Ma’at.
Akhenaten developed another model. The nature of his new religion was that Aton
represented by the Sun was the sole god and creator of all life.

Nefertiti could not relegate herself to the traditional role of subservient-queen. She
envisioned an active role for herself in reshaping civilization. This was later manifested
as she is shown participating in all the religious ceremonies with Akhenaten. It was only
through the combined royal pair that the god Aton’s full blessing could be bestowed.
Nefertiti is displayed with a prominence that other Egyptian queens were not. Her name
is enclosed in a royal cartouche, and there are in fact more statues and drawings of her
than of Akhenaten. Yet the priest with their materialist model were powerful and they
dominated the higher government offices. In this arena women were incapable of
divinity. Akhenaten and Nefertiti countered a revolt by the priest and emerged victorious
and created a new capital for Kemet called Akhetaten a city that could give birth to their
scared mission, a mission in pursuit of Divine life. She insisted on being portrayed has a
equal divine partner to Akhenaten and their exist many illustrations of her riding a chariot
with Akhenaten during major rituals. While Akhenaten’s ideas wanned without him their
to defend them. The priest still considered Nefertiti’s heresy a greater threat. The concept
of a woman bypassing the male priest hood via a mother-goddess to worship the divine
was totally unacceptable. And sadly enough continues to be unacceptable in the major
religions that dominate the world today. Nefertiti though her devotion and her demand for
respect proved she deserved a special place in the history of women.

NEHANDA
MBUYA(Grandmother) OF ZIMBABWE

When the English invaded Zimbabwe in 1896 and began confiscating land and cattle,
Nehanda and other leaders declared war. Nehanda also displayed remarkable leadership

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and organizational skills at a young age. Though dead for nearly a hundred years,
Nehanda remains what she was when alive, the single most important person in the
modern history of Zimbabwe. She is still referred to as Mbuya (Grandmother) Nehanda
by Zimbabwean patriots.

NZINGHA
AMAZON QUEEN OF MATAMBA WEST AFRICA (1582-1663)
A very good military leader who waged war against the savage slave-hunting Europeans.
This war lasted for more than thirty years. Nzingha was of Angoloan descent and is
known as a symbol of inspiration for people everywhere. Queen Nzingha is also known
by some as Jinga by others as Ginga. She was a member of the ethnic Jagas a militant
group that formed a human shield against the Portuguese slave traders. As a visionary
political leader, competent, and self sacrificing she was completely devoted to the
resistance movement. She formed alliances with other foreign powers pitting them
against one another to free Angola of European influence. She possessed both masculine
hardness and feminine charm and used them both depending on the situation. She even
used religion as a political tool when it suited her. Her death on December 17, 1663
helped open the door for the massive Portuguese slave trade. Yet her struggle helped
awaken others that followed her and forced them to mount offensives against the
invaders. These include Madame Tinubu of Nigeria; Nandi, the mother of the great Zulu

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warrior Chaka; Kaipkire of the Herero people of South West Africa; and the female army
that followed the Dahomian King, Behanzin Bowelle.

TIYE
THE NUBIAN QUEEN OF KEMET (Ancient Egypt) (1415-1340 B.C.)
Black, beautiful and georgous, Queen Tiye is regarded as one of the most influential
Queens ever to rule Kemet. A princess of Nubian birth, she married the Kemetan King
Amenhotep III who ruled during the New Kingdom Dynasties around 1391BC. Queen
Tiye held the title of “Great Royal Wife” and acted upon it following the end of her
husband’s reign. It was Tiye who held sway over Kemet during the reign of her three sons
Amenhotep IV (Akhenaton), Smenkhare, and the famous child king Tut-ankh-amen. For
nearly half of a century, Tiye governed Kemet, regulated her trade, and protected her
borders. During this time, she was believed to be the standard of beauty in the ancient
world.

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YAA ASANTEWA
Yaa Asantewa of the Ashanti Empire

Her fight against British colonialists is a story that is woven throughout the history of
Ghana.
One evening the chiefs held a secret meeting at Kumasi. Yaa Asantewa, the Queen
Mother of Ejisu, was at the meeting. The chiefs were discussing how they should make
war on the white men and force them to bring back the Asantehene. Yaa Asantewa
noticed that some of the chiefs were afraid. Some said that there should be no war. They
should rather go to beg the Governor to bring back the Asantehene King Prempeh. Then
suddenly Yaa Asantewa stood up and spoke. This was what she said: “Now I have seen
that some of you fear to go forward to fight for our king. If it were in the brave days of,
the days of Osei Tutu, Okomfo Anokye, and Opolu Ware, chiefs would not sit down to
see thief king taken away without firing a shot. No white man could have dared to speak
to chief of the Ashanti in the way the Governor spoke to you chiefs this morning. Is it
true that the bravery of the Ashanti is no more? I cannot believe it. It cannot be! I must
say this, if you the men of Ashanti will not go forward, then we will. We the women will.
I shall call upon my fellow women. We will fight the white men. We will fight till the last
of us falls in the battlefields.” This speech stirred up the men who took an oath to fight

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the white men until they released the Asantehene. For months the Ashantis led by Yaa
Asantewa fought very bravely and kept the white men in the fort. Yet British
reinforcements totaling 1,400 soldiers arrived at Kumasi. Yaa Asantewa and other leaders
were captured and sent into exile. Yaa Asantewa’s war was the last of the major war in
Africa led by a women.

16 Comments

1. Comment by amon on August 14, 2009 7:29 pm

black women are the creators of the universe

2. Comment by Adam on January 9, 2010 5:24 am

Hannibal Barca and Rameses II (along with almost every other Egyptian Pharaoh)
were white. Get your facts straight nigger and learn how to spell “Queens”. North
Africa would be nothing without help from the Middle East and Europe. The
average Sub-Saharan (pure blooded) Negro has an IQ of 75 and hasn’t progressed
beyond the stone age in more than 6000 years of recorded history. In general,
Africa is a class A shithole. DOn’t you dare pull the colonization BS, as the
poorest and least developed/literate nations were never colonised.

Niggers are a virus, Africa should be nuked.

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4. Comment by sp on February 7, 2010 11:15 pm

Young man who wrote that very ignorant piece,get a life fool,do your research
before you start saying things like Mother Africa is a this or that.go do research
BOY.

5. Comment by BLACK MAN on February 7, 2010 11:20 pm

Adam you ignorant fool,do you even now who you are,you are very shallow,it
hurts people like you to even think that we are the original people,go do your
research,go read books BOY written by white people telling you about this

6. Comment by The White God on May 1, 2010 9:50 pm

Wait a second. The only thing that the niggers can come up with is that “books
were written by White people” so it must be true. But these are the same niggers
that hate Whites and cry about “White man’s lies” and “Dats Raciss”. WTF.

The next thing you know they are going to claim that niggers were first in space
because a White man wrote the script for Star Trek Voyager and invented Tuvoc
the nigger Vulcan. Either that or they’ll claim that the first chimpanzee in space
was actually a nigger named Tyrone. This is more of the same bullshit where
niggers try to reinvent history “hisstree” so that people forget that niggers have
always been shit-tossing spear throwers.

7. Comment by shbkyn on July 5, 2010 5:30 pm

Adam, one thing you got right, the African has not progress in 6000 years, that is
because the Africans have been under attack by Europeans, and Arabs since that
time. They came to Africa looking to steal, and kill, African people prior to the
envasion, were a progressive, and peaceful people, you nasty no melalin beast.
Europeans do not have a continient, they took part of Asia and made Europe. You

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 white haters must feel so bad about your hybirds, artifical asses, you are not real
humans, and you act the part. As one of your own white scientist said the sun is
going to burn white people up, for all the human rights violations they have
committed against African people, whites have committed every law of nature
violation in the book, one reason you are so hateful is because you do not have
melanin, nature will take care of you Adam, your very existance goes against the
laws of nature.

8. Comment by Ahkenaton(Abraham) on September 11, 2010 10:34 am

This message is for “Adam”: If Niggers are a Virus and Africa should be Nuked”,
then Honkies are PARASITES and “Europe” should be leveled with a Hydrogen
bomb. WE “Niggers” CIVILIZED YOUR RACE. YOUR people had no concept
of AMUN-RA(GOD);Your people read one of OUR books that was plagarized
and called it the “Bible”. Your people plagarized OUR discoveries, advancements
for humanity and even OUR HISTORY. While your disgusting race was living in
caves, screwing animals, were (and still are) infested with plagues and diseases,
we were and still are CLEAN, God-concious people. We never waged war on
your kind. Your people waged war on us. Your people are a hateful, uncivilized,
hypocritical, vulgar, unsanitized, ignorant and Godless race. Your time on this
earth is coming to an end. HATER…

9. Comment by Genesis on September 11, 2010 12:15 pm

To Adam. Yes, you are indeed Adam. You, the caucasians are a made race (have
a beginning and an end). Your are mankind. Look in Genesis – Let us make man,
a kind of a man, mankind! You are not the original man. You came into being as a
result of an experiment one of our great scientist’s performed. You are the
manufactured, mutated materialization of a germ that was inbred for 600 years
until it reached it pinnacle of degeneration becomming albinoid totally void of
original nature and color (non-melanated). You and yours are alien to everything
in the original man and woman’s universe, as everything in nature has melanin.
You, Adam are the antithesis of natural/original. Through the process of grafting
you out of original, all natural connection to earth and universe in your people
was destroyed. Point of fact, all caucasian’s have a calcified pineal gland, so you
steal melanin from the original people. Original or melanated people’s pineal
gland is not calcified. Your ‘race’ has only 6 ounces of brain, which is 1/3 less
than that of the original black man and woman. When you speak on things you
have no knowledge of, it just demonstrates your ignorance and limited brain
capacity. Caucasians once ‘made’ from the original-melanated people were ran
out of the holy land for making mischief and causing trouble. Your people were
savages from the beginning. You came into existence through a manufacturing
process of murder, lying, trickery, thievery, injustice and oh did I mention

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murder? This is just your make [allow me to be clearer so you are able to
understand with your limited mental capacity] – your physiological structure and
mental ability. I omit spiritual because the grafting process which made the
caucasian race removed the natural God essence that is in melanated people.
Only when you ape (copy) the melanated people do you pretend to have a
spiritual connection but you are only self-deluding. Note the dour services your
people observe in the name of religion.

Now, back to your ignorant view of colonization and the Pharaoh’s. When your
people were ran across the desert, you went into the hillsides and caves of Europe
for shelter and starting eating meat raw, mating with animals and anything else
you could find. We stationed Muurs at borders to take your heads off if you tried
to get back into the holy land. Unfortunately, some of us hid you demons to our
own detriment. When Moses came to civilize you alien kind of life forms, he had
a two-fold job. He had to corral you from the holy land and extract you from the
caves of Europe, while teaching and civilizing caucasian people for you had gone
completely savage and had lost the knowledge of how to speak – walking on all-
fours like apes. You were grunting and making noises to communicate with each
other copying the activities of animals, killing animals and wrapping the bloody
hides on yourselves for covering. You were swinging from trees (yes, you are the
real Tarzan the ape man). Not bathing for decades (look at your history of
purported monarchs – urinating on buildings, walking on refuse after defecating
in the streets with hoop skirts), scratching and gnawing on insects that lived on
your hairy bodies (male and female) and licking blood off one another and eating
each other (cannibalism is alive and well with you people). Powdering your faces
to hide disease and filth. This is the caucasian’s true history. Watch ‘Quest for
Fire’ and learn about your people. This movie is a minor indication of how
caucasian’s existed prior to coming into contact with a civilized original tribe. So,
your prophet Moses was sent to civilize your people. It didn’t work!!!!!!!!
Everywhere he lead you, you broke the law, whatever he commanded you to do
through God, you did the opposite of. God sent your people numerous prophets
and you continued to break the law and kill them. The smart ones of you, jews
schemed and made the rest of you gentiles servants to them but allowed you rule
over other peoples. Your people came down into the civilized land of Asia. There
was no Africa prior to the savages from Europe (caucasian named Africaanus
stuck his name on the land that had a name) invading, raping, persecuting,
stealing, murdering, warring with and destroying the indigenous-original people
of the land, which was called Asia Minor. Then you infested the original woman
with your slimy seed everywhere you went (mixing with our blood) because you
are beasts and we demonstrated the culture and refinement you so craved. When
you came down as warring destructive factions from different parts of Europe,
you met us. Napoleon found black people all over Kemet (Ancient Eqypt) and
Asia so he blew the noses off the statues and defaced them. All over the world one
can find defaced images of us (noses and lips blown off) with distinctly black-
original features. When caucasian archeologists from all over the world went in to
the renamed land Africa, Asia, South America, the Mediterranean, North America,

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 the Isles of the Pacific, Autstralia etc., they found heiroglyphs and cartouches
(writings and pictograms simply put for Adam). What they found in Ancient
Kemet (Eqypt) the caucasian archeologists calculatedly and deliberately,
chemically lightened them in the name of ‘cleaning and preservation’ destroying
the original colors to make the people appear beige or pink and not dark brown,
black and blue-black. Finally, everywhere you go on the planet (even into our
galaxy-outer space) you find proof of the original black man because this is OUR
planet and WE left monuments, pyramids, writings, glyphs, schools, mummies,
skeletons and other proof of OUR existence prior to your (caucasian people)
being made and loosed on our planet. Caucasian history does not go back beyond
6,000 years. Investigate for yourself. Your people were not around prior to 6,000
years ago as of 1914. The gorilla is a sign of your people trying to graft
themselves back to original man. It could not be done – it would take too long.
There were none on the planet prior to your appearance on the scene. Get your
facts straight. You, Mr. Adamite are so blinded by institutional racism and false
white-supremacy that you will never acknowledge any actual facts presented.
The reason this world is in the condition it is, is because of the grafted-minds of
your people, who were given 6,000 years to rule the original people. Study facts.
We know you don’t deal in facts because the rant you attempted to sully this
informative body of information with is filled with baby language and idiocy. We
the original, black-melanated people ARE the Ancient of Days. We come with
this planet earth. It is ours. The caucasian race is a johnny-come-lately on OUR
planet, in OUR Solar System, in OUR Universe, in OUR Galaxy. We have no
beginning nor ending. We came with the Universe because we extracted from it
and made what you understand as Sun, Moon, Star and Planets. This is probably
too much information for you to comprehend because we date back to over 66
trillion years, while your history on OUR planet is only 6,000 years. As for
‘nuking’, we put moon in orbit by exploding earth, as moon was one at one time
part of planet earth (trillions of years ago) before unalike people (caucasians)
were a thought in our mind about self-experimentation. Caucasian scientists in
their attempt to conquer space discovered this when they went to the moon and
smelled gunpowder. Whatever evil you call for, on us the original, black-
melanated peoples will come back on you and your own soon enough. Study the
Bible for it shows the white race’s history and predicts your future. It shows
justice meeted-out on the peoples for their evil intentions and ways. It is a part of
a book that records history for your white race. You have a beginning and an
ending. WE, the original-melanated people do not. Since you have such hate for
us, stop reading OUR history. It is for US not you. You can’t change your make
and your time for ruling is OVER.

10. Comment by JA on December 17, 2010 4:25 pm

FAIL! Hannibal was not black !!! Wrong informations on this page

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11. Comment by K on March 8, 2011 5:15 pm

Cleopatra was black??? You obviously don’t know history. She was descended
from Ptolemy, a general of Alexander the Great and other Greeks. Her whole
bloodline was incestuous, no new blood came in. Outside the fact that she be from
Africa what makes you think she was black. Are you that stupid or are you trying
to latch on to superior civilizations?

12. Comment by Sis Stoddart on June 2, 2011 6:04 pm

Thanks for the history, keep up the good works, may Yah bless you.

13. Comment by Geoffrey Hunts on June 21, 2011 10:56 pm

Egyptians were white???!?!!? BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!! wow! Some

people are sooooooooo stupid lmfao!!

14. Comment by Geoffrey Hunts on June 21, 2011 10:58 pm

Hannibal was part pheonican and he had some Libyan ancestry. Therefore he was
african looking. The libyans were African up until the Arabs came in and watered
down the black features after a few hundred years. The pyro icana constantly
mixed with Ethiopians and Nubians.

15. Comment by Geoffrey Hunts on June 21, 2011 11:02 pm

Adam stfu. You are an imbecile. Africans founded the great empire of Greece. The
Greeks in Athens say that they are descendants from them. Don’t believe me??
Well explain the African markers and haplogroups found in their DNA and many
other whites. The Romans constantly hired blacks as soldiers because they were
regarded as shameless. The kingdom of Scotland and many Norse kingdoms were
founded by a black race called the fomorians. Look them up. after Europe went
into the dark ages they were civilized by the black moors who came into Iberia
via Morrocco. They gave them countless things such as clothes paved roads
astronomy. You name it. don’t take my word for it. Look it up yourself because
these are FACTS

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16. Comment by Tarascan on June 29, 2011 10:48 pm

Makes me think. What about the Great Kings and Queens of Whiteness!

Cleopatra was an inbred. Pagan dynastic families would allow their sons and
daughters to share a bed (and to bear children). And you say that “God” concept is
more applicable to someone that would have allowed their own flesh and blood to
impregnate them.

Why does my Hebrew Isrealite collague say something completly different. He

believes that the succesive empires being Babylon, Persia, Greece and Rome were
all non-black. And as these rise and fall the Hebrews would have “fealt
consequences”.

I never get bored of contradicting claimsn. I need to wipe his browness from my
white!

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