African Queens: Incredible Stories of Africa's Legendary Women Leaders Brixton books and food photography by Jennifer

and food photography by Jennifer May

and acceptance they gained by learning to embrace their hair and free themselves from Eurocentric beauty standards

Forster Oben Oru (Cameroon)

who has fled Nigeria under mysterious circumstances

Sometimes we lose sight of who we are

African Queens: Incredible Stories of Africa's Legendary Women Leaders Brixton books and food photography by JenniferTravel through 2,000 years of history and meet the legendary women leaders of Africa from Queen Hatshepsut of ancient Egypt to the fierce Amazon warriors of Dahomey and many more! Be inspired by the empowering stories of trailblazing queens, like: the Sudanese queen, Amanirenas, who defeated the Romans the Moroccan pirate queen, Sayyida Al Hurra, who took back her treasure the mighty Queen Mother of Ghana, Yaa Asantewaa, who tricked an empire the