Black Empires
the first of the 3 Great Black West Afrikan Empires
Ghana
she bodied the British when they tried to take ova the Ashanti kingdom
Queen Mother Nana Yaa Asantewa
these women warriors were an elite fighting force for the Dahomey Empire
Mino Warriors
the real life Lion King, he founded the Mali Empire
Emperor Mansa Musa
our muhvas
this was the 3rd and the largest of the 3 Great Black West Afrikan Empires
Songhay
warrior Queen of the Hausa peoples of northern Nigeria
Queen Amina
this peoples spiritual traditions survived slavery and are still used to empower Blacks today in places like Cuba, Brazil, and Haiti
Yoruba peoples
powerful early ruler, possibly one of the founders of the Songhay Empire
Emperor Sunni Ali
this was a famous university city of the Mali and Songhay empires
Timbuktu
this is where they got the idea for the Kingdom of Wakanda in the Black Panther movie
Monomutapa Empire
she was the wife of King Amenhotep III, and the grandmuhva of King Tutankhamun
Queen Tiye
these Black folks traditions is where we get the Orisha spiritual traditions from
Yoruba peoples
this Black man was the wealthiest human who ever lived, he was an emperor of the Mali Empire in the early 14th century
Mansa Musa
this kingdom is located in southern Guinea and northern Sierra Leone, the enslaved Black man from Mississippi - Abdul Rahman was from here
Futa Jallon Kingdom
this empire of the Fon people in Benin is where the Vodún spiritual system comes from
Dahomey Empire
she was the wife of King Rameses II, her beauty set the standards for centuries
Queen Nefertari
the Dahomey empire had these famous women warriors
Mino warriors
this emperor of the Mali Emperor sailed west across the Atlantic Ocean to the Americas, over 150 years before Columbus
Mansa Abubakari II
Timbuktu Blacks hid they most prized possession unda they houses when the Arabs and French came fa dem, what were these possessions?
books
this was an empire populated in large part by the Yoruba peoples of southwest Nigeria and eastern Benin
Oyo Empire
this queen bodied the Portuguese when they tried to take ova the Kongo kingdoms of Angola in the sixteenth century
Queen Nzinga
this King of Kemet created THE FIRST university on planet EARTH
King Amenhotep III
this King of the Zulu people bodied ova a thousand British soldiers in one day during a famous battle in South Afrika
Shaka Zulu
Ashanti Kingdom