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Afrikan Queens

Episode 5 - we hear from Cleo Lake, activist, creative and former Lord Mayor of Bristol.  Cleo shares an overview of some of the Queens and sheroes that are featured throughout the series including:

Queen Scotia

Amina the Queen of Zaria Nigeria

Nehanda Mbuya Nyahbinghi

Queen Moremi

Solitude - Warrior woman of Guadeloupe

Nanny of the Maroons

Yaa Asantewa

Queen Nandi

Afrikan Queens is a 10-part series celebrating and sharing the often untold stories of these incredible Afrikan Queens and sheroes who all too often have been left out of the history books.

Afrikan Queens is produced and presented by Miranda Rae and is a Sound Women South West Network production in collaboration with

Razana Afrika.

Razana Afrika is a 3yr community project sharing the history of Afrikan Queens through the lens of modern day sheroes and community leaders.

Visit the website here:

https://www.razanaafrika.com/

If you would like to contact Miranda you can email:

SoundWomenSouthWest@gmail.com