(The warriors of this West African kingdom were formidable ... which suggests hunting was an important task for women in many ancient societies. Biological anthropologist Cara Wall-Scheffler ...

But long before Europeans arrived the continent was home to powerful ancient kingdoms ... centres on the Agojie, an all-women warrior army in the historical African kingdom of Dahomey, now the ...

The Agojie were fierce women warriors in the ancient Kingdom of Dahomey in West Africa. They were national heroes and symbols of female power, but also helped the rise of the 18th century slave trade.

That’s critically important, as the image of the African woman on the global stage has a long way to evolve toward becoming empowered versus impoverished. Warriors of Dahomey, a series of ...

Archaeologists had read about such warriors in ancient poetry, but female fighters “have ... In the Aka society in the Central African Republic, women were more likely to hunt with nets, and they also ...