Great Woman Leaders of Our Past

By Patrick Freeman, The Mighty Ob’a

Patrick Freeman, The Mighty Ob’a

African Culture has been attacked for centuries by those motivated by power and conquest. Understanding history helps us in determining the damage done to those of us today who unfortunately start practicing the value system of those who came in the form of conquerors. This explains how we have drifted from what is called the “maathian creed” which means balance in our culture. This is where you have the ignorance of race relations, when there is only one race on the earth and that is the human race.

Queen Nanny (c. 1685-c. 1750)

Yaa Asantewaa (c. 1840-1921)

The difference in people is based on cultural practices and not color. Dr John Henrik Clarke stated “That it was man that created the races to manipulate the control over people. So, it is natural for us to have both women and men as leaders in our culture because we have a history of great male and female leaders in our society. Below you will find some of the great African Queen leaders. Part of our demand for reparations is also to correct the mental damage that we see and read on a regular basis of those that have been and still are being affected by the oppressive misinformation machine that alters our words and actions.

Truly , it is not anyone’s fault, but you must begin recognizing the damage done to our culture based on enslavement. It is unnatural and not in our culture to be a chauvinist, or a misogynist. This practice is not in our culture that recognizes the equal value of the various roles of male and female. Great warrior queens have led our culture from ancient times and now. We also respect all practices of various cultures when the conqueror came; it was their way or death. This is the damage of the results of enslavement and oppression that must be fixed so we can move forward as we should.

1. Queen Amanirenas, (circa 40 B.C.)

2. Queen Nzinga Mbande, (c. 1583-1663)

3. Queen Nanny, (c. 1685-c. 1750)

4. The Dahomey Amazons, (1600s-1890s)

5. Yaa Asantewaa, (c. 1840-1921)