Afrikan Queens
By Sound Women SW Network
We have collaborated with a community project called Razana Africa.
www.razanaafrika.com/
Afrikan Queens is produced by Miranda Rae and is a Sound Women SW Network production.
Afrikan Queens - to educate, empower and inspire.
Afrikan Queens Aug 16, 2022
Afrikan Queens - Highlights from across the series
Afrikan Queens is a 10-part series celebrating and sharing the often untold stories of these incredible Afrikan Queens and sheroes who all too often have been left out of the history books.
Afrikan Queens is produced and presented by Miranda Rae and is a
Sound Women South West Network production in collaboration with
Razana Afrikan
Ep 10 – Afrikan Queens - Queen Yaa Asantewa – featuring Vanessa Melody Smith
Afrikan Queens
Ep 10 – Yaa Asantewa – featuring Vanessa Melody Smith – Singer, performer, actor and therapist.
Continuing the collaboration with Razana Afrika we meet Vanessa who studied Yaa Asantewa as part of the workshops. Many of the Queens featured in this series are barely documented so to find out information and to be able to collaborate with Christelle’s project has been an absolute blessing.
Afrikan Queens is a 10-part series celebrating and sharing the often untold stories of these incredible Afrikan Queens and sheroes who all too often have been left out of the history books.
Afrikan Queens is produced and presented by Miranda Rae and is a Sound Women South West Network production in collaboration with Razana Afrika.
Razana Afrika is a 3yr community project sharing the history of Afrikan Queens through the lens of modern day sheroes and community leaders.
Visit the website here:
https://www.razanaafrika.com/
If you would like to contact Miranda, you can email:
SoundWomenSouthWest@gmail.com
Ep 9 - Afrikan Queens - features poet and actress Eulinda Antonette Clarke who shares with us the story of Queen Ndate Yalla Mbodj of the Waalo Kingdom.
Afrikan Queens
Episode 9 features poet and actress Eulinda Antonette Clarke who shares with us the story of Queen Ndate Yalla Mbodj of the Waalo Kingdom.
Afrikan Queens is a 10-part series celebrating and sharing the often untold stories of these incredible Afrikan Queens and sheroes who all too often have been left out of the history books.
Afrikan Queens is produced and presented by Miranda Rae and is a Sound Women South West Network production in collaboration with
Razana Afrika.
Razana Afrika is a 3yr community project sharing the history of Afrikan Queens through the lens of modern day sheroes and community leaders.
Visit the website here:
https://www.razanaafrika.com/
If you would like to contact Miranda you can email:
SoundWomenSouthWest@gmail.com
Ep 8 - Afrikan Queens - Queen Nzinga of Angola featuring Ruth Pitter
Afrikan Queens
Episode 8 features Ruth Pitter, voted in the Top 100 of the most influential women in the West is one of Bristol's community leaders and she shares the remarkable history of Queen Nzinga of Angola.
Afrikan Queens is a 10-part series celebrating and sharing the often untold stories of these incredible Afrikan Queens and sheroes who all too often have been left out of the history books.
Afrikan Queens is produced and presented by Miranda Rae and is a Sound Women South West Network production in collaboration with
Razana Afrika.
Razana Afrika is a 3yr community project sharing the history of Afrikan Queens through the lens of modern day sheroes and community leaders.
Visit the website here:
https://www.razanaafrika.com/
If you would like to contact Miranda, you can email:
SoundWomenSouthWest@gmail.com
Ep 7 - Afrikan Queens - The Warrior Queen of Zazzau - Queens Amina of Zaria with Yoma Smith
Afrikan Queens
Episode 7 - The Warrior Queen of Zazzau - Queens Amina of Zaria with Yoma Smith
We continue learning about Afrikan Queens and sheroes through the lens of our modern sheroes and community leaders and In this episode we hear from Yoma Smith a performer and community leader who shares the story of the warrior Queen Amina of Zaria and also princess Salma of Zanzibar and Queen Ndata.
Yoma Smith is a marketing & communications professional who loves arts and culture. She applies her vocational skills in supporting community projects; and exercises her creative skills in writing, presenting and performing songs, poetry, and spoken word … [on themes relating to heritage, diversity, social and environmental justice, personal growth and local community development].
She is a founding co-director of Black Women Let Loose Theatre Company CIC - created to highlight the experiences of women of African and Caribbean descent. Company members write, develop and perform their own material; and have delivered several innovative, live and virtual performances to wide-ranging audiences in Bristol and beyond. www.bwlltheatre.co.uk
Afrikan Queens is a 10-part series celebrating and sharing the often untold stories of these incredible Afrikan Queens and sheroes who all too often have been left out of the history books.
Afrikan Queens is produced and presented by Miranda Rae and is a Sound Women South West Network production in collaboration with
Razana Afrika.
Razana Afrika is a 3yr community project sharing the history of Afrikan Queens through the lens of modern day sheroes and community leaders.
Visit the website here:
https://www.razanaafrika.com/
If you would like to contact Miranda you can email:
SoundWomenSouthWest@gmail.com
Ep 6 - Afrikan Queens featuring Professor Marie-Annick Gournet
Afrikan Queens
Episode 6 - we meet academic and Professor at University of Bristol,
Marie-Annick Gournet. Marie is also a Director of Razana Afrika who we have collaborated with to produce this series Afrikan Queens. Marie shares her incredible research and knowledge of Queen Nandi, the mother of Shaka Zulu, the most iconic of Afrikan heroes. As with all the women in this series there is so little documentation, but Marie has searched archives and listened to stories and shares these with us in this episode and also explains why having a series like this is so important. We also hear about Solitude, the Warrior Woman of Guadeloupe who is barely known in history.
Afrikan Queens is a 10-part series celebrating and sharing the often untold stories of these incredible Afrikan Queens and sheroes who all too often have been left out of the history books.
Afrikan Queens is produced and presented by Miranda Rae and is a Sound Women South West Network production in collaboration with
Razana Afrika.
Razana Afrika is a 3yr community project sharing the history of Afrikan Queens through the lens of modern day sheroes and community leaders.
Visit the website here:
https://www.razanaafrika.com/
If you would like to contact Miranda you can email:
SoundWomenSouthWest@gmail.com
Ep 5 - Afrikan Queens with Cleo Alberta Lake
Afrikan Queens
Episode 5 - we hear from Cleo Lake, activist, creative and former Lord Mayor of Bristol. Cleo shares an overview of some of the Queens and sheroes that are featured throughout the series including:
Queen Scotia
Amina the Queen of Zaria Nigeria
Nehanda Mbuya Nyahbinghi
Queen Moremi
Solitude - Warrior woman of Guadeloupe
Nanny of the Maroons
Yaa Asantewa
Queen Nandi
Afrikan Queens is a 10-part series celebrating and sharing the often untold stories of these incredible Afrikan Queens and sheroes who all too often have been left out of the history books.
Afrikan Queens is produced and presented by Miranda Rae and is a Sound Women South West Network production in collaboration with
Razana Afrika.
Razana Afrika is a 3yr community project sharing the history of Afrikan Queens through the lens of modern day sheroes and community leaders.
Visit the website here:
https://www.razanaafrika.com/
If you would like to contact Miranda you can email:
SoundWomenSouthWest@gmail.com
Afrikan Queens - Episode 4 - Egyptian Queens
Episode 4 - Afrikan Queens - In this episode we hear from Cheryl Morgan, author, publisher and member of the Trans community. Cheryl is a student of Ancient History and specialises in Egyptian history and in this episode shares her fascinating knowledge, incuding the rare occasion in history we have discovered a female Pharaoh.
Afrikan Queens is a 10 part series celebrating and sharing the often untold stories of these incredible Afrikan Queens and sheroes who all to often have been left out of the history books.
Afrikan Queens is produced and presented by Miranda Rae and is a Sound Women South West Network production in collaboration with
Razana Afrika.
Razana Afrika is a 3yr community project sharing the history of Afrikan Queens through the lens of modern day sheroes and community leaders.
Visit the website here:
https://www.razanaafrika.com/
If you would like to contact Miranda you can email: SoundWomenSouthWest@gmail.com
Afrikan Queens - Episode 3 featuring Sister Jendayi Serwah
Afrikan Queens - Episode 3 we hear from Sister Jendayi Serwarh. Jendayi is an expert in Race equality and works as a consultant and specialises in precolonial history and women in ancient history, she talks to us about several Queens including the Kandake's and Yaa Asantewa. She also talks about the importance of this series and how we need to share these stories of these wonderful role models.
Afrikan Queens is a 10 part series celebrating and sharing the often untold stories of these incredible Afrikan Queens and sheroes who all to often have been left out of the history books.
Afrikan Queens is produced and presented by Miranda Rae and is a Sound Women South West Network production in collaboration with
Razana Afrika.
Razana Afrika is a 3yr community project sharing the history of Afrikan Queens through the lens of modern day sheroes and community leaders.
Visit the website here:
https://www.razanaafrika.com/
If you would like to contact Miranda you can email: SoundWomenSouthWest@gmail.com
Afrikan Queens - Episode 2 - Nanny of the Maroons
Afrikan Queens - Episode 2 - Nanny of the Maroons.
In this episode we learn about Nanny of the Maroons through the lens of one of our modern sheros and leaders, the Deputy Mayor of Bristol, Councillor Asher Craig.
Asher is the first Rastafarian councillor in Europe. Asher took part in the Razana Afrika Exhibition and chose to research and embody Nanny of the Maroons so Asher shares her learnings with us. We also hear from the founders of Razana Afrika, Christelle and Shawn and also Jendayi Serwarh.
Afrikan Queens is a 10 part series celebrating our ancestors and Afrikan Queens and Sheroes that all too often have been forgotten or left out of the history books. The 1st episode of Afrikan Queens sets up the series & explains the importance of sharing this rarely heard of history. We launched the series on International Womens Day as the Queens & Sheroes we will feature are wonderfully inspiring & great role models, this series is a celebration of women.
We have collaborated with a community project called Razana Africa to educate, empower & inspire.
Afrikan Queens is produced by Miranda Rae of SWSW Network.
Afrikan Queens - Episode 1
Afrikan Queens is a 10 part series celebrating our ancestors and Afrikan Queens and Sheroes that all too often have been forgotten or left out of the history books. The 1st episode of Afrikan Queens sets up the series & explains the importance of sharing this rarely heard of history. We launch the series on International Womens Day 2021 as the Queens & Sheroes we will feature are such incredibly inspiring role models. So often black history, which is everyones history, focuses just on the trafficking of enslaved Afrikans and the victimisation whereas this series is a celebration of women. We have collaborated with a community project called
Razana Africa to educate, empower & inspire.
In Episode 1 we meet Christelle Pellecuer & Dr Shawn Sobers, experts in Black History and the founders of Razana Africa. They give an overview of some of the Queens that will be featured in the series & explain how they used prominent black women from the community, like the Deputy Mayor of Bristol, Asher Craig & Europe’s 1st Rastafarian Councillor, to select a Queen/Sheroe that she resonated with & they were then dressed & made up and a beautiful photographic Exhibition came to life. In the series we will hear from some of these women who also researched their Queen and will share their findings. All too often theres very little documented and so it takes an awful lot of research to uncover & discover the true history of these amazing women.
Afrikan Queens is produced by Miranda Rae of Souns Women South West.
Afrikan Queens - Trailer
On International Womens Day 2021 Sound Women SW Network Productions published the 1st episode of Afrikan Queens.
This is the trailer.
Afrikan Queens is a 10 part series celebrating our ancestors and Afrikan Queens and Sheroes that all too often have been forgotten or left out of the history books. The 1st episode of Afrikan Queens sets up the series & explains the importance of sharing this rarely heard of history. We launch the series on International Womens Day as the Queens & Sheroes we will feature are wonderfully inspiring & great role models. So often black history, which is everyones history, focuses just on the trafficking of enslaved Afrikans and the victimisation whereas this series is a celebration of women. We have collaborated with a community project called
Razana Africa to educate, empower & inspire.
Afrikan Queens is produced by Miranda Rae of Sound Women South West. The series broadcast on a network of radio stations all over the UK that wouldnt normally have this type of content and was so warmly received, we are so grateful to all the programme controllers for their forward thinking in sharing this series.