This book is being counted towards the Africa Reading Challenge.
Summary: What was it like to be a female pharaoh in ancient Egypt or a warrior queen in central Africa? Here are the fascinating stories of six of Africa’s most remarkable royal women and the eras in which they lived.
This is a children’s non-fiction book. In this book you will learn about Hatshepsut of Egypt, Njinga of Matamba, Taytu Betul of Ethiopia, Amina of Zaria, Tata Ajache of Dahomey, Elizabeth of Toro.
I found the stories very interesting. Hatshepsut was a princess who became a king. She’s probably the most popular of the princesses. Tata Ajache of Dahomey was an Amazon woman who became a Princess. Her story is quite interesting, the story of all the amazons actually.
I enjoyed this book and would recommend it to children and even adults interested in Africa’s royal women.
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