Zeinab Badawi

Yeah, that was King Caleb, who was a very devout Christian king. And he went into southern Yemen in order to help his fellow Christians, because it was said at the time that they were being persecuted by peoples who followed the Jewish religion. So he went in, dressed exactly as you just described, And he was a sort of great Christian king. He had support from the Portuguese.

And he went in and he managed to save the Christians of southern Yemen from the Jews. It was the leader of the Jewish people was Nua Iwas. You'd have to just check that one, the spelling, the pronunciation.

And he went in and he managed to save the Christians of southern Yemen from the Jews. It was the leader of the Jewish people was Nua Iwas. You'd have to just check that one, the spelling, the pronunciation.

And he went in and he managed to save the Christians of southern Yemen from the Jews. It was the leader of the Jewish people was Nua Iwas. You'd have to just check that one, the spelling, the pronunciation.

And then after he had corrected this injustice to the Christians, he then went back to his capital in what would be modern day Ethiopia. And some accounts say that he just carried on in his reign. He was a very kind of magnanimous man. And other accounts say that actually

And then after he had corrected this injustice to the Christians, he then went back to his capital in what would be modern day Ethiopia. And some accounts say that he just carried on in his reign. He was a very kind of magnanimous man. And other accounts say that actually

And then after he had corrected this injustice to the Christians, he then went back to his capital in what would be modern day Ethiopia. And some accounts say that he just carried on in his reign. He was a very kind of magnanimous man. And other accounts say that actually

He retreated and became a monk and just spent the rest of his years, the next 15 years of his life before he died in a monastery. So, you know, that is a very, very interesting story. I have to find you the dates of King Caleb, but it is a bit later, as you say, than Izzanah.

He retreated and became a monk and just spent the rest of his years, the next 15 years of his life before he died in a monastery. So, you know, that is a very, very interesting story. I have to find you the dates of King Caleb, but it is a bit later, as you say, than Izzanah.

He retreated and became a monk and just spent the rest of his years, the next 15 years of his life before he died in a monastery. So, you know, that is a very, very interesting story. I have to find you the dates of King Caleb, but it is a bit later, as you say, than Izzanah.

Yeah, you know, this idea that African women are kind of downtrodden wretches is really not supported either by history or the present day. If you go to any African country, you know, you'll go to the market and you'll see how it's dominated by these African women who grow their own food because most food is produced by small farmers in Africa and most small farmers are the women.

Yeah, you know, this idea that African women are kind of downtrodden wretches is really not supported either by history or the present day. If you go to any African country, you know, you'll go to the market and you'll see how it's dominated by these African women who grow their own food because most food is produced by small farmers in Africa and most small farmers are the women.

Yeah, you know, this idea that African women are kind of downtrodden wretches is really not supported either by history or the present day. If you go to any African country, you know, you'll go to the market and you'll see how it's dominated by these African women who grow their own food because most food is produced by small farmers in Africa and most small farmers are the women.

And so any surplus they have, they'll go to the market and they'll sell it and that's going to be you know, good money to bring up their children and for themselves. And actually what their husbands are doing is almost by the way. And that's always been the case that, you know, African women are very strong.

And so any surplus they have, they'll go to the market and they'll sell it and that's going to be you know, good money to bring up their children and for themselves. And actually what their husbands are doing is almost by the way. And that's always been the case that, you know, African women are very strong.

And so any surplus they have, they'll go to the market and they'll sell it and that's going to be you know, good money to bring up their children and for themselves. And actually what their husbands are doing is almost by the way. And that's always been the case that, you know, African women are very strong.

I mean, in some cases, the line of succession was matrilineal, as you saw with the Asante people. In the case of the Kushites, queens, Kushite women had a very powerful role to play in society. They could rule equally as co-regents with their husbands or their sons. They could be warrior queens. African history is littered with

I mean, in some cases, the line of succession was matrilineal, as you saw with the Asante people. In the case of the Kushites, queens, Kushite women had a very powerful role to play in society. They could rule equally as co-regents with their husbands or their sons. They could be warrior queens. African history is littered with

I mean, in some cases, the line of succession was matrilineal, as you saw with the Asante people. In the case of the Kushites, queens, Kushite women had a very powerful role to play in society. They could rule equally as co-regents with their husbands or their sons. They could be warrior queens. African history is littered with

examples of strong female leadership, such as Queen Njinga of the Ndongo Kingdom, which was a vassal state of the Kingdom of Congo. So she was born in 1563 and died in 1663. She was a remarkable woman who fought the Portuguese. I like her story because it shows how once the Europeans started encroaching on African land, they didn't just take it lying down, they resisted. Queen Njinga