Afrikan Queens - a 10 part series celebrating Afrikan Queens & Sheroes

The complete series of 10 episodes is availble on many other platforms usig this link:

https://anchor.fm/sound-women-sw-network

 

Afrikan Queens is a 10 part series celebrating our ancestors and Afrikan Queens and Sheroes that all too often have been forgotten or left out of the history books. The 1st episode of Afrikan Queens sets up the series & explains the importance of sharing this rarely heard of history. We launch the series on International Womens Day as the Queens & Sheroes we will feature are wonderfully inspiring & great role models. So often black history, which is everyones history, focuses just on the trafficking of enslaved Afrikans and the victimisation whereas this series is a celebration of women. We have collaborated with a community project called 

Razana Africa to educate, empower & inspire.

 

https://www.razanaafrika.com/

 

In Ep 1 we meet Christelle Pellecuer & Dr Shawn Sobers, experts in Black History and the founders of Razana Africa. They give an overview of some of the Queens that will be featured in the series & explain how they used prominent black women from the community, like the Deputy Mayor of Bristol Asher Craig & Europe’s 1st Rastafarian Councillor to select a Queen/Sheroe that that resonated with & they were then dressed & made up and a beautiful photographic Exhibition came to life. In the series we will hear from some of these women who also researched their Queen will share their findings. All too often theres very little documented and takes a lot to uncover & discover the true history of these amazing women.

 

Afrikan Queens is produced by Miranda Rae of SWSW Network and supported by The Audio Content Fund.

 

http://www.djmcmiranda.com/