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Book Synopsis Amazons of Black Sparta by : Stanley Bernard Alpern
Download or read book Amazons of Black Sparta written by Stanley Bernard Alpern and published by C. HURST & CO. PUBLISHERS. This book was released on 1998 with total page 310 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The only Amazons in history whose existence has been verified via documents and eyewitness accounts are those who fought for the West African kingdom of Dahomey in the 18th and 19th centuries. This book tells their story.
Book Synopsis Amazons of Black Sparta by : Stanley B. Alpern
Download or read book Amazons of Black Sparta written by Stanley B. Alpern and published by NYU Press. This book was released on 1998-12-01 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: History is rife with tales of fighting women. More often than not, these stories prove more legend than history. Dating back to the amazons of ancient Asia Minor, myths of fierce, autonomous women of martial excellence abound. And yet, the only thoroughly documented amazons in world history are the women warriors of Dahomy, an eighteenth- and nineteenth-century Western African kingdom. Once dubbed a "small black Sparta," residents of Dahomy shared with the Spartans an intense militarism and sense of collectivism. Moreover, the women of both kingdoms prided themselves on bodies hardened from childhood by rigorous physical exercise. But Spartan women kept in shape to breed male warriors, Dahomean amazons to kill them. Originally a praetorian guard, the Dahomeans developed into a force 6,000 strong and were granted semi-sacred status. They lusted for battle, fighting with fury and valor until the kingdom's final defeat by France in 1892. Stanley B. Alpern has chronicled this remarkable history in depth for the first time. The product of meticulous archival research, Amazons of Black Sparta is defined by Alpern's gift for narrative and will stand as the most comprehensive and accessible account of the woman warriors of Dahomy.
Download or read book African Amazons written by Ron R Price and published by Independently Published. This book was released on 2023-03-27 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a story of the Dahomey Agojie female warriors of Africa who battled during the 17th through 19 centuries. The Agojie warriors grew from elephant hunters to royal guards and fierce fighters in the jungles of West Africa. Their prowess was so well respected that Western Europeans called them Amazons, alluding to the female warriors of Greek mythology. This book follows their story from humble beginnings to defenders of the African Kingdom of Dahomey. The reader will find a real-life example of what women are truly capable of when given a chance. Their courage, leadership and sense of duty should inspire girls and women of all ages and all races.
Download or read book The Amazons written by Emanuel Kanter and published by . This book was released on 1926 with total page 138 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis A Mission to Gelele, King of Dahome by : Sir Richard Francis Burton
Download or read book A Mission to Gelele, King of Dahome written by Sir Richard Francis Burton and published by . This book was released on 1893 with total page 332 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis The Amazons in Antiquity and Modern Times by : Guy Cadogan Rothery
Download or read book The Amazons in Antiquity and Modern Times written by Guy Cadogan Rothery and published by . This book was released on 1910 with total page 382 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Amazons written by Emanuel Kanter and published by . This book was released on 1926 with total page 138 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis A-E by : Library of Congress. Office for Subject Cataloging Policy
Download or read book A-E written by Library of Congress. Office for Subject Cataloging Policy and published by . This book was released on 1990 with total page 1548 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Amazons written by Merina Valasca and published by . This book was released on 2004-12 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The myth of a female-only tribe that lived in isolation and fought valiantly in war is showcased in this collection of anecdotes, stories, paintings, drawing, sculptures, and other renderings of warrior women. Folklore drawn from Greek, ancient Egyptian, African, and Asian sources depicts the Amazons, providing a distinctive cross-cultural perspective on gender conceptions. Historical evidence and centuries-old stories offer accounts of daring women who fought against armies of men and emerged victorious.
Book Synopsis Secret Cities of Old South America by : Harold T. Wilkins
Download or read book Secret Cities of Old South America written by Harold T. Wilkins and published by Cosimo, Inc.. This book was released on 2008-11-01 with total page 490 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Monstrous beasts, lost worlds, vanished civilizations, Amazon warriors, even Atlantis and Noahs ark figure in this wondrous and rare book. Hard to find in print before now, this obscure 1952 work is an artifact itself, of the postwar fascination with all things mysterious, from flying saucers to ancient astronauts to the third eye. In this wildly entertainingand more than a little bit preposterousdocument, Wilkins takes us from mountain jungles to unexplored swamps on a search for the hidden secrets of old South America. Seekers after the arcane and fans of the paranormal will delight in this odd and extraordinary volume. British journalist and historian HAROLD T. WILKINS (18911960) is also the author of Mysteries of Ancient South America (1945) and Mysteries of Time and Space (1958).
Book Synopsis Encyclopedia of African Peoples by : The Diagram Group
Download or read book Encyclopedia of African Peoples written by The Diagram Group and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-11-26 with total page 401 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Africa is a vast continent, home to many millions of people. Its history stretches back millennia and encompasses some of the most ancient civilizations in the world. Modern Africa boasts a rich cultural heritage, the legacy of many diverse influences from all around the world, reflecting the central role African plays in world history. Encyclopedia of African Peoples provides extensive information about Africa's cultures, history, geography, economics, and politics; it provides an invaluable overview of the whole continent, region by region, ethnic group by ethnic group, nation by nation, personality by personality. Sections include: *Africa Today * The Peoples of Africa * Culture and History * The Nations of Africa * Biographies Past to Present * Glossary * Index.
Book Synopsis Explorations in Africa by : Lurton Dunham Ingersoll
Download or read book Explorations in Africa written by Lurton Dunham Ingersoll and published by . This book was released on 1872 with total page 460 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: David Livingstone (1813-73) was a Scottish missionary and medical doctor who explored much of the interior of Africa. In a remarkable journey in 1853-56, he became the first European to cross the African continent. Starting on the Zambezi River, he traveled north and west across Angola to reach the Atlantic at Luanda. On his return journey he followed the Zambezi to its mouth on the Indian Ocean in present-day Mozambique. Livingstone's most famous expedition was in 1866-73, when he explored central Africa in an attempt to find the source of the Nile. Not heard from for years, he was believed lost. Both the Royal Geographical Society and the sensationalist New York Herald organized expeditions to find him. Henry M. Stanley (1841-1904), a British-born reporter who was to become a noted explorer in his own right, led the Herald's expedition. On November 10, 1871, Stanley found Livingstone in the town of Ujiji, on the shores of Lake Tanganyika, in present-day Tanzania. News of the discovery caused a worldwide sensation. This book, which appeared in Chicago in 1872, was part of the effort by publishers to capitalize on the demand from the public for information about Livingstone and Stanley and about Africa in general.
Book Synopsis Amazons, Bluestockings and Crones by : Cheris Kramarae
Download or read book Amazons, Bluestockings and Crones written by Cheris Kramarae and published by Routledge. This book was released on 1992 with total page 612 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Oorsp. titel: A feminist dictionary (1985).
Book Synopsis I Am a Dahomey Warrior! by : Dionne Hunter
Download or read book I Am a Dahomey Warrior! written by Dionne Hunter and published by . This book was released on 2021-10-20 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As an African American, have you hungered for information about your Ancestral home? Or hungered for stories with historical significance that show your ancestors as anything but slaves? In your youth or even now as a parent, have you searched for fiction that displays women and girls of African heritage as Strong, Powerful, Complex, Beautiful beings, but found only one-dimensional caricatures?"I AM A DAHOMEY WARRIOR" follows the gripping journey of a young girl coming of age prior to the colonization of Africa. This take on the narrative poem and short story form follows our heroine from the early days of her childhood through the heart-stopping events that mold her into the warrior she is today. Although fictional, this story is based on a real tribe of female African Warriors. The Dahomey Warriors, through their incredible power and prowess, were often compared to the mythical Greek Amazons by European scouts. These comparisons continue to this day.Come, step into the mind of a warrior and be lead through her adventures by the use of poetry as a means of powerful storytelling.The Huntress pulled me closer, hugging me tightly. She looked down at me with dark piercing eyes and said, "None of this is your fault." "Today you are only a child, and you did what you were able to do, Survive!"
Book Synopsis Oriental Women by : Edward B. Pollard
Download or read book Oriental Women written by Edward B. Pollard and published by . This book was released on 1908 with total page 396 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Amazons in America by : Keira V. Williams
Download or read book Amazons in America written by Keira V. Williams and published by LSU Press. This book was released on 2019-03-06 with total page 351 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With this remarkable study, historian Keira V. Williams shows how fictional matriarchies—produced for specific audiences in successive eras and across multiple media—constitute prescriptive, solution-oriented thought experiments directed at contemporary social issues. In the process, Amazons in America uncovers a rich tradition of matriarchal popular culture in the United States. Beginning with late-nineteenth-century anthropological studies, which theorized a universal prehistoric matriarchy, Williams explores how representations of women-centered societies reveal changing ideas of gender and power over the course of the twentieth century and into the present day. She examines a deep archive of cultural artifacts, both familiar and obscure, including L. Frank Baum’s The Wizard of Oz series, Progressive-era fiction like Charlotte Perkins Gilman’s utopian novel Herland, the original 1940s Wonder Woman comics, midcentury films featuring nuclear families, and feminist science fiction novels from the 1970s that invented prehistoric and futuristic matriarchal societies. While such texts have, at times, served as sites of feminist theory, Williams unpacks their cyclical nature and, in doing so, pinpoints some of the premises that have historically hindered gender equality in the United States. Williams also delves into popular works from the twenty-first century, such as Tyler Perry’s Madea franchise and DC Comics/Warner Bros.’ globally successful film Wonder Woman, which attest to the ongoing presence of matriarchal ideas and their capacity for combating patriarchy and white nationalism with visions of rebellion and liberation. Amazons in America provides an indispensable critique of how anxieties and fantasies about women in power are culturally expressed, ultimately informing a broader discussion about how to nurture a stable, equitable society.
Book Synopsis Heroes of the Dark Continent by : James William Buel
Download or read book Heroes of the Dark Continent written by James William Buel and published by . This book was released on 1889 with total page 606 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
