Fri 26 October 2018 18:30-20:00
The Students Union- Upper Engagement Space
The African Queen Project is partnering with Dr Michelle Yaa Asantewa, writer and publisher from Way With Words and Course Leader at Black History Walks to give a special talk into some of the stories behind key African Queens who were great spiritual and political leaders of their time and their role as feminist leaders in pre-colonial Africa. https://africanqueencollection.wordpress.com/ Dr Michelle Yaa Asantewa taught Fiction and Non-Fiction Writing and English Literature for a number of years. She is the Co-founder of Way Wive Wordz Publishing, Editing and Tuition Services. Her books include Elijah, The Awakening and other Poems, Guyanese Komfa: the ritual art of Trance, Something Buried in the yard, Mama Lou Tales: a folkloric biography of a Guyanese Elder. She is currently and independent Scholar and the co-course leader of the Amazing James Baldwin and African Resistance Leaders Courses, delivered by Black History Walks.