Mar 7, 2021

Can you name these iconic African women?

By Jim Stroud • Issue #91 • View online

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Can you name these iconic African women?

Mama Africa

1.) This Grammy award winner openly opposed South Africa’s apartheid regime, and lost her citizenship because of her activism. “Mama Africa” introduced the world to South African music, and political struggles. What is her name?

Madame President

2) This Harvard educated leader made history by becoming Africa’s first female president in 2006. This leader shared her 2011 Nobel Peace Prize with Liberian peace activist Leymah Gbowee, and Yemeni journalist Tawakkol Karman for “their non violent struggle for the safety of women, and for women’s rights to full participation in peace-building work.”

What were these warriors called?

3) The admired but feared warriors of Dahomey Kingdom served and protected their lands in the 18th century. They contributed to the kingdom’s military power, and were respected for being brave and never running away from danger.

Where in the world is this?

All pyramids are not in Egypt. Can you name the African country where these 3,000 year old pyramids are located?

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BHQ ANSWERS: Iconic African Women

1) Miriam Makeba

2) President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf

3) Dahomey Amazons

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Africa's 10 iconic women leaders | This is africa

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The Legendary Battles Of The Dahomey Amazons (Mature Content)

BHQ ANSWER: Pyramids

The Great Pyramid of Giza in Cairo is rightly considered one of the seven wonders of the ancient world. But travel further south along the River Nile and you will find a thousand pyramids that belonged to the Kingdom of Kush, in what is now Sudan.

Kush was an African superpower and its influence extended to what is now called the Middle East.

The kingdom lasted for many hundreds of years and in the eighth Century BC, it conquered Egypt and governed for the best part of a century.

What remains of the kingdom is equally impressive. More than 300 of these pyramids are still intact, almost untouched since they were built nearly 3,000 years ago. [Source: BBC]

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