Angélica Larrea
The Bolivian Yungas forests are home to the Afro-Bolivian kingdom. At the centre is Mururata, where lives ‘el rey afroboliviano’ or ‘the Afro-Bolivian king’ Julio Bonifaz Pinedo and queen consort Angélica Larrea.
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Sarah Forbes Bonetta
The famous princess and goddaughter of Queen Victoria.
Ngalifourou
Ngalifourou was the last Queen of the Teke, or Bateke, people in the Tio kingdom (a region located in Gabon, Congo Republic and Democratic Republic of Congo).
Nefertiti
Queen-Consort of ancient Egypt and religious revolutionary.
Nofret
Queen-Consort of Egypt
Eslanda Robeson
A staunch opponent of injustice, Eslanda found her intellectual community and political point of view in New York, where she was located in history on the eve of the Harlem Renaissance and the end of the Bolshevik revolution.
Adelaide Casely-Hayford
Sierra Leone activist, teacher and fiction writer Adelaide Casely-Hayford advocated for the Creole community, cultural nationalism, feminism and education for women and girls.
Amaza Lee Meredith
Despite being prevented from a career as a professional architect as an African-American woman in the early and mid-1900s, Amaza Lee Meredith left a legacy through her work.
Deolinda Rodrigues Francisco de Almeida
Angola’s “Mother of the Revolution”, Deolinda Rodrigues Francisco de Almeida had many roles throughout her short life: nationalist, militant, writer, poet and translator, teacher and radio host.
Eugenia Charles
Dominica’s first female prime minister