Amina the Queen of Zaria, Nigeria Amina, the Queen of Zaria, was the first woman to rule over Nigeria. She was born in 1533, in the city-state of Zazzau. A fierce warrior, she would lead her people in engagements for over a decade before the death of her brother, Karama, in 1566...
Amina, Queen of Zazzau(~ 1533 - ~ 1600): warrior queen, extended territory of her people Andal(10th century): Alvar saint, Tamil devotional poet, daughter of Periyalvar Margaret of Anjou(1429 - 1482): Queen Consort of Henry VI of England, figure in the Wars of the Roses and the Hund...
Queen Amina of Zazzau: A West African Warrior Queen Image of Queen Amina of the Zazzau Kingdom of West Africa Queen Amina (also known as Queen Aminatu), was the elder daughter of Queen B... The African Renaissance Monument in Dakar, Senegal ...
Photo: Pio de Jesus Pico, c. 1800s, the last governor of Alta California, Mexico. On September 4, 1781, 44 non-natives settled at what they would describe as El Pueblo de Nuestra Señora la Reina de los Ángeles (The Town of Our Lady the Queen of Angels), now known as Los Ange...
Gaston’s mother enrolled him in the Tuggle Institute when they arrived in Birmingham. The Tuggle Institute was a privately run charitable school for African American, the namesake of the social reformer Carrie Tuggle. The school was modeled after the Booker T. Washington industrial educational schoo...