YAA ASANTEWA: GREAT AFRICAN WARRIOR, FREEDOM FIGHTER, ANTI-IMPERIALIST AND QUEEN MOTHER OF EDWESO

“ Now I see that some of you fear to go forward to fight for our king. If it [was] in the brave days of Osei Tutu, Okomfo Anokye, and Opoku Ware, chiefs would not sit down to see their king to be taken away without firing a shot. No European could have dared speak to chiefs of Asante in the way the governor spoke to you this morning. Is it true that the bravery of Asante is no more? I cannot believe it. It cannot be! I must say this: if you, the...

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PRINCESS YENNENGA: HORSE-RIDING WARRIOR AND MOTHER OF MOSSI PEOPLE OF BURKINA FASO

Princess Yennenga, also known as Yennenga the Svelte, was a legendary African princess, considered the mother of the Mossi Mole-Dagbani people of Burkina Faso. She was a famous horse-riding warrior whose son Ouedraogo founded the Mossi Kingdoms.  The origin of the "Land of Honest Men," the meaning of Burkina Faso is entrenched in the history of Princess Yennenga. The stallion, princess` own power animal became an important symbol in the country...

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DAMARA PEOPLE: THE OLDEST INHABITANTS OF NAMIBIA

The Damara are unique ancient and aboriginal hunter-gatherers but now agriculturalist-animal husbandry and Khoekhoe-speaking people inhabiting the environs of the Brandberg and Khorixas, which is now the Erongo Region of Namibia. They once inhabited large parts of central Namibia and are regarded as the oldest inhabitants of Namibia alongside San (Bushmen) and Khoekhoe (Hottentots).Damara people, NamibiaThe Damara have been giving anthropologists...

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