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Yennenga (born 11th-15th century) was a legendary princess, considered the mother of the Mossi people of Burkina Faso. [1] She was a famous warrior within the Kingdom of Dagbon, now in present day Ghana. The founder of the Kingdom of Dagbon was her father, Nedega. Nedega refused to let Yennenga marry, resulting in her leaving the kingdom.
Nzinga Ana de Sousa Mbande, Nzinga (/ n ə ˈ z ɪ ŋ ɡ ə /; c. 1583 – 17 December 1663) was a southwest African ruler who ruled as queen of the Ambundu Kingdoms of Ndongo (1624–1663) and Matamba (1631–1663), located in present-day northern Angola. [1]
Nzingha: Warrior Queen of Matamba, Angola, Africa, 1595 is a 2000 book by Patricia McKissack about Queen Anna Nzinga as a girl told through fictitious diary entries based on real historical events. It is part of the book series The Royal Diaries .
According to oral tradition, the Mossi come from the marriage of a Mamprusi/Dagomba princess, Yennenga, and a Mandé hunter. [citation needed] Yennenga was a warrior princess, daughter of a king, Naa Gbewaa, of present-day northern Ghana. Gbewaa's tomb is located in Pusiga in the Upper East Region of Ghana. The story has it that while exploring ...
The Princess Royal has started her two-day trip to South Africa solo, as her husband Vice Admiral Sir Tim Laurence drops out of the visit. Anne began her visit to Cape Town alone after Sir Tim ...
The origin story is unique in that a woman plays a key role as the progenitor of the royal line. [ 7 ] The origins of the Mossi state are claimed by one prominent oral tradition to come from when a Moré-Dagbamba princess, Yennenga , left home because of a dispute with her father, Naa Gbewaa , the founder of the Kingdom of the now Tri-kingdoms ...
Laura Adorkor Kofi (surname variously spelled as Kofy, Koffey or Kofey) was born near Accra, Ghana, possibly into a royal family.A plaque at her gravesite gives the title "Princess", and 1893 as a birthdate; other sources put her birthdate much earlier. [1]
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