Never mind Cleopatra – what about the forgotten queens of ancient Nubia?
- Written by Yasmin Moll, Assistant Professor of Anthropology, University of Michigan
Jewelry of the kandake Amanishakheto from a pyramid at Meroe.Einsamer Schütze/Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SAJada Pinkett Smith’s new Netflix documentary series on Cleopatra aims to spotlight powerful African queens. “We don’t often get to see or hear stories about Black queens, and that was really important for me, as well as...
