14 Most powerful Women in African history

Candace Amanirenas or Kendig
This was a name given to any queen or empress of Ethiopia by the Europeans, and these great women were seen to be wives of the gods or the living God.

[00:06:54] Kandis of 332 B.C. has a particular story that still stands tall today. Despite native knowledge of these queens. Does Legend made his way out? Her actual name was said to be among leeriness. She was blind in one eye due to losing it in the battle with the Romans and was known to be a fierce tactical. And Unite in Leader A Legend and Alexander Romanes claims that when King Alexander the Great attempted to conquer her land in 332 B.C., she arranged her armies strategically to meet him and was present on a war elephant when he approached Ethiopia. Having says the strength of our armies, Alexander decided to withdraw from Nubia head into Egypt instead. This account originated from the Alexander Romans by an unknown writer. It is commonly quoted, but there seems to be no historical reference to this event from Alexander's time, the whole story of Alexander and Candice's encounter appears to be legendary. 


Yaa Asantewa 



was an influential Ashanti queen of the Ashanti Confederacy in Present-day, Ghana. She was a skilled farmer before ascending to the title of Queen Mother in the late 80s.

 It is believed that she was chosen for this title due to the matrilineal culture of the Ashanti people and that her elder brother Nana, a quasi African embassy, was a powerful ruler at the time, appointed her to the role as a Queen Mother, a shanteau. I held many responsibilities, including being the gatekeeper of the Godin's to.

Additionally, since the Queen Mother is the main adviser for the King and is the second highest position within the Empire, she fulfills a role of God in the golden stool. In 1896, the Ashanti began to rebel against the British presence in your land and the British attempt to construct a Gold Coast colony to retaliate. 







The British captured and exiled Ashanti DNAPrint, the first king of the Ashanti and Ashanti's grandson,who was also a powerful ruler. The British removed the King and other Ashanti leaders to the Seychelles Island in an effort to acquire the Golden Stone. While the remaining leaders within the community debated on how best to respond to the British threat.

Ashantiwa I held her ground and rallied troops. Her leadership and passion led to her role as commander in chief of the Ashanti Army.

 In turn, the Anglo Ashanti wars against the British became known as the Ashan Civil War of Independence or the War of the Golden Stool in 1900 to inspire the leaders of the community.

Ashantiwa proclaimed that if the men of the kingdom would not defend the people, the women would rise to the challenge. Her action invigorated the men and challenge traditional gender roles. She led the rebellion and became an image of strength and resistance. Unfortunately, she was captured during the rebellion and exiled to Seychelles, where she died in 1921.


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