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2. Yennenga - Wikipedia

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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.

3. Kahina - Wikipedia

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   Post-Colonial Memories: The Legend of the Dihyā, a North African Heroine (Studies in African Literature). ISBN 0-325-00253-3. This is a study of the legend of the Dihyā in the 19th century and later. The first chapter is a detailed critique of how the legend of the Dihyā emerged after several transformations from the 9th century to the 14th.

4. Amina, Queen of Zazzau - Wikipedia

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   Amina was born in the middle of the sixteenth century CE to King Nikatau, the 22nd ruler of Zazzau, and Queen Bakwa Turunku (r. 1536–c. 1566). [4] She had a younger sister named Zaria for whom the modern city of Zaria (Kaduna State) was renamed by the British in the early twentieth century.

5. Cheyanne Vlismas - Wikipedia

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   Cheyanne Vlismas; Born June 25, 1995 (age 29)Saint Petersburg, Florida, United States: Other names: Cheyanne Buys The Warrior Princess: Height: 5 ft 3 in (1.60 m) Weight: 115 lb (52 kg; 8 st 3 lb)

6. Nzinga of Ndongo and Matamba - Wikipedia

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   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]

7. Watch live: Princess of Wales joins royal family for ... - AOL

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   Remembrance Sunday 2024 is being marked at London's Cenotaph with its annual wreath-laying ceremony, ahead of a two-minute silence at 11:00 GMT. Members of the Royal family will join politicians ...

8. Nzingha: Warrior Queen of Matamba, Angola, Africa, 1595

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   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 .

9. Mossi people - Wikipedia

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   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 ...