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Taytu Betul, the light of Ethiopia

On March 2nd, Ethiopia celebrated “Adwa day”, which marks the victory of the Ethiopian army against the Italian coloniser. Ethiopian...

Dandara, Queen of the Quilombo

Dandara is a name which, in Brazil, is attached to black history, culture and resistance during slavery. There is a lack of documentation...

Suzanne Noël and the birth of reconstructive surgery

A bit different from the previous posts, this one will focus on one woman in particular. She was not on the battlefront herself, however...

Viking Women

In the previous post, we discovered portraits of pirate women who defied the laws prohibiting them from taking the seas. The Viking...

Women in Piracy

Tales of the sea are often narrated as metaphors of men taking over women. The sea and undiscovered islands are portrayed as women whom...

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