Afrikan Queens Sound Women SW Network

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

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

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

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

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

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