Ndoye Demba
She was a princess of the Serer people, before marrying the Brak, or king, of Waalo, Caaka Mbaar Mbooj, around 1367, making her Queen of Waalo.
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Nandi
Whilst he was building his empire, her son Shaka did not marry which meant that Nandi executed considerable influence and authority in her role as queen mother.
Béti
Béti (1735-1805) was queen regnant of the Betsimisaraka people and the kingdom of Foulpointe, Madagascar upon the death of her father, Ratsimilaho, in 1750.
Ranavalona I
Queen of Madagascar
Rasoherina
Queen Rasoherina reigned first as queen consort alongside her husband until his death in 1863, and then ruled as queen regnant of Madagascar until her own death in 1868.
Mahalia Jackson
Mahalia Jackson (1911–1972) was an American gospel singer, widely considered one of the most influential vocalists of the 20th century.
Gudït
Ethiopian queen who brought down the ruling house of Aksum in the tenth century, a dynasty which was not to rise again until c. 1270.
Ahebi Ugbabe
Igbo queen of Enugu-Ezike
Amina of Zazzau
This sixteenth century queen ruled over her domains for nearly forty years and is the only female ruler of Zazzau, modern day northern Nigeria, recorded for almost nine hundred years.
Marie-Claire Bonheur Dessalines
Marie-Claire and her husband became the first emperor and empress of Haiti.