Momodou,

Some reference material below and one other West African woman strategist.
Besides Sittoe Diatta and "Ndateh Yalla(?)", weren't there women resistance
forces in the Thies region of Senegal?

Soffie

"Dahia al-Kahina of Mauritania was especially active in the North African
resistance to the Arab invasions that occurred at the end of the seventh
century. About 690 she assumed personal command of the African forces, and
under her aggressive leadership the Arabs were briefly forced to retreat.
The Arab invaders of Africa were relentless, however, and as the African
plight deteriorated, the dauntless Kahina ordered a scorched earth policy.
The effects of the devastation can still be seen in the North African
countryside. According to tradition, Kahina eventually took her own life
rather than admit defeat to the Arabs. With her death ended a magnificent
attempt to preserve Africa for the Africans." (Runuko Rashidi)


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Makare Hatshepsut's mortuary temple

AFRICAN WOMEN IN EGYPT OF THE PHARAOHS (ANCIENT KMT)
A WORKING BIBLIOGRAPHY

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DEDICATED TO QUEEN NZINGA RATIBISHA HERU
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Clarke, John Henrik.  "The Black Woman: A Figure in World History, Pt. 1."
Essence (May 1971).

Clarke, John Henrik.  "African Warrior Queens." Black Women in Antiquity.
Rev. ed. Edited by Ivan Van Sertima. New Brunswick: Transaction Press, 1988:
123-34.

Clegg, Legrand H. II.  "The Nobility of Black Women, Pt. 1." Sepia 30, No. 2
(1981): 14-18.

Clegg, Legrand H. II.  "The Truth About Nefertiti--Queen of Ancient Egypt."
Los Angeles Sentinel, 7 Feb 1991: A-9.

Diop, Cheikh Anta.  The Cultural Unity of Black Africa: The Domains of
Patriarchy and of Matriarchy in Classical Antiquity. Introduction by John
Henrik Clarke. Afterword by James G. Spady. Chicago: Third World Press,
1978.

Hatchett, John F.  Hatshepsut: A Beautiful African Queen of the Nile.
Hampton: United Brothers and Sisters Communications Systems, 1991.

Jogunosimi, Ife.  "The Role of Royal Women in Ancient Kemet." Kemet and the
African Worldview: Research, Rescue and Restoration. Edited by Maulana
Karenga and Jacob H. Carruthers. Los Angeles: University of Sankore Press,
1986: 31-42.

Lesko, Barbara S.  "Women's Monumental Mark on Ancient Egypt." Biblical
Archaeologist 54, No. 1 (Mar 1991): 4-15.

Lumpkin, Beatrice.  Senefer and Hatshepsut: A Novel of Egyptian Genius.
Preface by Margaret G. Burroughs. Chicago: DuSable Museum, 1983.

Lumpkin, Beatrice.  "Hypatia and Women's Rights in Ancient Egypt." Black
Women in Antiquity. Rev. ed. Edited by Ivan Van Sertima. New Brunswick:
Transaction Press, 1987: 155-61.

Rashidi, Runoko.  "African Goddesses: Mothers of Civilization." Black Women
in Antiquity. Rev. ed. Edited by Ivan Van Sertima. New Brunswick:
Transaction Press, 1987: 72-88.

Rashidi, Runoko. " The African Woman as Heroine: A Salute to Great Black
Women in History." Rhythm of the Drum 1, Nos. 2-3 (1995): 18-20.

Redd, Danita R.  "Hatshepsut: The Female Horus." Great Black Leaders:
Ancient and Modern. Rev. ed. Edited by Ivan Van Sertima. New Brunswick:
Transaction Press, 1987: 166-204.

Sanchez, Sonia.  "Nefertitti: Queen to a Sacred Mission." Black Women in
Antiquity. Rev. ed. Edited by Ivan Van Sertima. New Brunswick: Transaction
Press, 1988: 49-55.

Sharp, Saundra.  Black Women for Beginners. New York: Writers and Readers,
1993.

Simon, Virginia Spottswood.  "Tiye: Nubian Queen of Egypt." Black Women in
Antiquity. Rev ed. New Brunswick: Transaction Press, 1988: 56-63.

Sweetman, David. Women Leaders in African History. Oxford: Heinemann, 1984.

Williams, Larry Obadele.  "Black Women in Search of Kemet: A Bibliography."
Egypt Revisited. Edited by Ivan Van Sertima. New Brunswick: Transaction
Press, 1989: 413-15.

Williams, Larry Obadele, and Charles S. Finch III.  "The Great Queens of
Ethiopian." Black Women in Antiquity. Rev. ed. Edited by Ivan Van Sertima.
New Brunswick: Transaction Press, 1988: 12-35.

Wimby, Diedre (Rekhety).  "The Female Horuses and Great Wives of Kemet."
Black Women in Antiquity. Rev. ed. Edited by Ivan Van Sertima. New
Brunswick: Transaction Press, 1988: 36-48.

Winlock, Herbert E.  "On Queen Tetisheri, Grandmother of Ahmose I." Ancient
Egypt (1st qtr. 1921): 14-16.

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