African Princess: The Amazing Lives of Africa's Royal Women

Type

Book

Authors

Joyce Hansen

ISBN 10

0786851163

ISBN 13

9780786851164

Tags

Africa, Royalty, Women, Multicultural

Description

What was it like to live as a queen in ancient Egypt, or as an Amazon warrior in western Africa? African Princess tells the stories of six remarkable royal women and the eras in which they lived, from 1473 B.C. to the present. Some lived in great luxury; others lived in exile as freedom fighters. The rise of the slave trade and the arrival of European colonists unsettled the entire continent and forced rulers to find ways to govern and protect their kingdoms. Consequently, many of these royal women ruled in extremely difficult times, marked by palace intrigue, foreign invasion, and harrowing adventure. - from Amzon

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