Adélina Lévêque
Empress of Haiti in the 1800s
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Patrice Lawrence
British author and journalist
Eleni
Eleni, also known as Queen of Zeila, was Empress of Ethiopia from 1434-1468, and later queen regent.
Ana II of Matamba
Ruling until 1756, Ana was regnant of Matamba and neighbouring kingdom Ndongo.
Catherine Johnson
British author and screenwriter.
Christine McKoy
Conjoined twin who, with her sister, performed song and dance around the world as “The Two-Headed Nightingale”
Millie McKoy
Conjoined twin who, with her sister, performed song and dance around the world as “The Two-Headed Nightingale”
Verónica I of Matamba
Queen Verónica of Matamba, which was situated in modern day Angola, reigned from 1681 after the death of her brother Ngola Kanini.
Leonor Nzinga a Nzala
Nzinga a Nlaza was the principal wife (ne mbanda) of Nzinga a Nkuwu, ntotila ntinu nékongo and Ngangula a Kongo in the late fifteenth/early sixteenth century.
Zewditu
Ethiopian empress of the 1910s and 1920s