These African women fighters include the Dahomey Amazons an all-women army during the reign of King Ghezo of Benin led by Seh-Dong-Hong-Be.

Names of african female warriors. All of these Queens have stories of fighting wars changing nations and lively boldly despite their environments so many decades and centuries ago. African warrior queens Ahosi or Mino Dahomey AmazonsAhosi Amanirenas assata shakur black female warriors CARLOTA Dahomey Amazons harriet tubman Kaigirwa kandakes Mino Muhumusa Queen Nanny Queen Nzinga Mbande Tarenorerer Yaa Asantewaa 54 5 161. Queen Amina was an eager warrior even from a tender age she showed interest in wielding weapons.

The Dora Milaje are a special all-female unit of elite warriors that serve as the personal bodyguards of the King of Wakanda the fictional African nation from which king TChalla aka Black Panther comes from. Tags african warrior queens Ahosi or Mino Dahomey AmazonsAhosi Amanirenas assata shakur black female warriors CARLOTA Dahomey Amazons harriet tubman Kaigirwa kandakes Mino Muhumusa Queen Nanny. The battle against Romans had stood for five years.

The slave catchers tracked them into town but the bounty they were after turned out to be elusive. History tells of her military victories over Roman Emperor Augustus Caesars legions in Egypt. When Angola became an independent nation in 1975 a street in Luanda was named in her honor.

On the Coast of West Africa the Dahomey Kingdom 1625 -1894 was home to the only appointed elite female warrior troop in history. 1840October 17 1921 Yaa Asantewaa was the queen mother of the Edweso tribe of the Asante Ashanti in what is modern Ghana. 10 Fearless Black Female Warriors Throughout History.

ABIDEMI born while Father is away. Their name means our mothers and from their beginnings in the 1700s as an all-female palace guard they grew by the mid-1800s into a military force of 6000 dubbed the Dahomey Amazons by Europeans. Amina also referred to as Aminatu was a renowned female warrior of the Zaria Emirate today Nigeria.

Majaji Another great warrior queen Majaji meaning goddess of the rain lead the Lovedu tribe which was a part of the great Kushite Empire which spanned across much of what is today the modern day nation of Sudan. AFRICAN AMERICAN WOMEN BEAT BACK SLAVECATCHERS In the summer of 1848 eight or ten people made it across the Ohio river in their northward flight from slavery. Our Greatest Black Warrior Queens list takes us to African Queen of the Kushites Ameniranas who reigned from 40 BC.