"Knowledge is better than riches"- Cameroon Proverb
SOME OF THE GREAT kings and queens OF AFRICA
Queen Hatsheput - The Ablest Queen of Far Antiquity (1503 - 1482 B.C.)
King Akhenaton - King of Akhenaton (1375 - 1358 B.C.)
Queen Cleopatra VII - Queen of Egypt (60 - 30 B.C.)
King Alfonso I - King of the Kongo (1506-1540 A.D.)
- She was known as warrior queen.
- She remained queen for 33 years.
King Akhenaton - King of Akhenaton (1375 - 1358 B.C.)
- He was the 1st ruler to believe in concept of one God.
- He was the husband of Queen Nefertitti.
Queen Cleopatra VII - Queen of Egypt (60 - 30 B.C.)
- She was instrumental in reaching beyond the borders of Egypt.
- She strived to elevate Egypt.
King Alfonso I - King of the Kongo (1506-1540 A.D.)
- He saw country as an uniformed nation.
- He was the 1st ruler to resist the European slave trade.
Citations
Gates, Henry Louis, and Nellie Y. McKay. The Norton Anthology of African American Literature. New York: W.W. Norton &, 2004. Print.
Photo Citations:
Home
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Slavery to Freedom
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http://fineartamerica.com/featured/from-slavery-to-freedom-sandra-pryer.html
The Reconstruction Era
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http://proliberty.com/observer/20051220.htm
The Harlem Renaissance
http://group5art.edublogs.org/files/2010/03/motley1.jpg
http://utaseptember2010harlemrenaissance.blogspot.com/
Realism, Naturalism, and Modernism
http://www.wwnorton.com/college/english/africanamericanlit2e/img/illustrated_exercise/E_image02.jpg
http://www.last.fm/music/Gwendolyn+Brooks
The Black Arts Era
http://www.wwnorton.com/college/english/africanamericanlit2e/ch/f_blackarts/illustrated.aspx
http://teasdell.edublogs.org/
Contemporary African-American Literature
http://www.nndb.com/people/577/000024505/
http://withgoodreasonradio.org/2012/10/celebrating-toni-morrison/
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Home
http://admin.fridayfunfacts.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/queen-cleopatra1.jpg
Slavery to Freedom
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Runaway_slave.jpg
http://fineartamerica.com/featured/from-slavery-to-freedom-sandra-pryer.html
The Reconstruction Era
http://cosmicamerica.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/PresidentialReconstruction1.jpg
http://www.poetryfoundation.org/uploads/authors/alice-moore-dunbar-nelson/160x/xalice-moore-dunbar-nelson.jpg.pagespeed.ic.0uS2rkU-WA.jpg
http://proliberty.com/observer/20051220.htm
The Harlem Renaissance
http://group5art.edublogs.org/files/2010/03/motley1.jpg
http://utaseptember2010harlemrenaissance.blogspot.com/
Realism, Naturalism, and Modernism
http://www.wwnorton.com/college/english/africanamericanlit2e/img/illustrated_exercise/E_image02.jpg
http://www.last.fm/music/Gwendolyn+Brooks
The Black Arts Era
http://www.wwnorton.com/college/english/africanamericanlit2e/ch/f_blackarts/illustrated.aspx
http://teasdell.edublogs.org/
Contemporary African-American Literature
http://www.nndb.com/people/577/000024505/
http://withgoodreasonradio.org/2012/10/celebrating-toni-morrison/