#thewomanking

[biglisbonnews]

Netflix releases a new docuseries on African Queens Queen Njinga of Ndongo and Matamba—now present-day Angola—has just made her debut on Netflix’s new series African Queens released today, which will highlight the stories of prominent African female rulers.Read more... https://qz.com/netflix-releases-a-new-docuseries-on-african-queens-1850116840

[nicholasbrooklyn]

Now available at Nicholas Brooklyn Repost @adikabutler ・・・ Da Homey in Modern Dahomey is part personal memoir, part ethnography, part theoretical social science. This elegant and poignantly written work of literature explores my visit to Benin in January 2019 complete with full color photography by me. It is a rich and highly nuanced contribution to the body of information concerning the Vodun tradition of Benin in West Africa and its cultural relevance to Humanity past, present, and future. There is a particularly unique and inspiring message directed at the descendants of slaves who were shipped across the Atlantic ocean on horrific bruise cruise lines to the Caribbean, North, Central, and South America. In the spirit of cultural anthropologist, Zora Neale Hurston, I spent time speaking with Vodun priests and practitioners in Benin to deliver a message that will be a reference point for further exploration as other writers, researchers, and scientists (hard science and social science) catch up to what is written here in the years ahead. Cover Design: @studioclitandre Image based on canvas painting by @bidexmat #dhimd #culturalanthropology #africanpsychology #africanreligion #benin #dahomey #thewomanking (at Nicholas Brooklyn) https://www.instagram.com/p/ChAQRGaLyWr/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[tubbsmccracken]

Tonight's fillum was 'The Woman King' (2022) starring Viola Davis and a mature John Boyega exuding the gravitas of a Denzel Washington. Trivia The Woman King is set in the kingdom of Dahomey in the year 1823. The kingdom existed from around 1600 through 1904, and the Agojie existed for most of that time.

Viola Davis plays the Agojie general Nanisca, who is fictional. History vs. Hollywood speculated her name was inspired by an Agojie teenage recruit of the same name who was written about by a French naval officer in 1889. John Boyega plays King Ghezo, a real-life figure who ruled Dahomey from 1818 to 1858 and engaged in the Atlantic slave trade through the end of his reign. Hero Fiennes Tiffin plays the white Portuguese-speaking slave trader Santo Ferreira who is fictional and portrayed as an enemy to Ghezo. History vs. Hollywood said the character was "possibly loosely inspired" by Francisco Félix de Sousa, a Brazilian slave trader who in actuality helped Ghezo gain power.

Historically, Dahomey was a kingdom that conquered other African states and enslaved their citizens to sell in the Atlantic slave trade, and most of the kingdom's wealth was derived from slavery. The Agojie had a history of participating in slave raiding, and slavery in Dahomey persisted after the British Empire stopped Dahomey from continuing in the Atlantic slave trade.In the film's setting of the 1820s, Nanisca confronts Ghezo about the immorality of selling Dahomey slaves to the Portuguese and suggests trading in palm oil production instead. Nanisca being fictional, the confrontation did not take place. Smithsonian wrote, 

"Though Ghezo did at one point explore palm oil production as an alternative source of revenue, it proved far less lucrative, and the king soon resumed Dahomey’s participation in the slave trade."In the film, Nanisca confronts Ghezo about the immorality of selling black slaves to the Portuguese and suggests trading in palm oil production instead. While this conversation is fictional, it is based on the historic fact that the Agojie favored trading palm oil with the Europeans between 1840 to 1870. Whether they considered it immoral is unclear, especially given their history of participating in slave raids.

 Slavery in Dahomey persisted after the British Empire stopped Dahomey from continuing in the Atlantic slave trade. The British Empire's Royal Navy successfully blockaded Dahomey's slave-trading in the 1840s, which led to Dahomey's two political parties becoming polarized about what to trade.The film's title comes from the fact that the people of Dahomey believed in a legend of two kings, a man and a woman who are exact equals, and Nanisca is expected to be crowned a Woman King, hence why the film isn't simply called "The Queen" or something similar.Lupita Nyong'o was first to be offered the role of Izogie that ultimately went to Lashana Lynch.The film does not mention or depict the Kingdom of Dahomey's practice of human sacrifice. The kingdom had a tradition of beheading large numbers of people for certain observances. For example, as many as 800 people were sacrificed in honor of King Ghezo shortly after he died.

[richardmurrayhumblr]

viola davis, lashana lynch, thuso mbedu, sheila atim, in "the woman king" https://aalbc.com/tc/profile/6477-richardmurray/?status=1916&type=status #rmaalbc #model #viola  

[jonnyha]

#王 #king #sovereign . #TheWomanKing ウーマン・キング . #おう #オウ #TheWomanKingMovie #ウーマンキング #映画 #Movie #ペン習字 #筆ペン #漢字 #書道 #書法 #書遊 #毛筆 #墨 #習字 #日本文化 #筆文字 #文字 #和文化 #創作書道 #インスタ書道部 #書道好きな人と繋がりたい https://www.instagram.com/p/CldZgCbvmMv/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[thejudahite]

(@THEJUDAHITE) -IF YOU SAY #THEWOMANKING WASN'T A GOOD MOVIE, YOUR LYING AND I AM NO LONGER INTERESTED IN TRYING TO HAVE AN INTELLIGENT CONVERSATION WITH YOU! IF YOU DO BELIEVE IT WAS A GOOD MOVIE BUT ARE NOT SURE WHY PEOPLE HAVE SUCH A PROBLEM WITH IT, THEN LET ME EXPLAIN. SOME JUST PLAIN 'OL HAVE A PROBLEM WITH SEEING BLACK WOMEN WITH STRENGTH, OTHERS ARE UPSET BECAUSE THE MEN LOOKED WEAK & EFFEMINIZED (WELL SOME OF THEM). BUT THE INTELLECTUALS PROBLEM, (THE PEOPLE THAT RESEARCH, STUDY AND READ). THEIR PROBLEM IS THAT WHEN SOME PEOPLE SEE MELANIN AND HEAR WORDS LIKE AFRICA, THEY THINK WE ARE ALL THE SAME PEOPLE, BUT THE BIBLE DISAGREES. GOD CHOSE PEOPLE AND FAMILIES IN WHICH HE WOULD DEAL WITH. HE CHOSE NOAH, AND AFTER, IN GENESIS 9:26 (HE IS CALLED THE (POWER)-GOD OF SHEM). HE IS NOT CALLED THE GOD OF JAPETH OR THE GOD OF HAM BECAUSE OVER TIME THEY GET THEIR OWN GODS TO WORSHIP. SHEM'S CHILDREN LEAD TO HIS GREAT+GRANDSON ABRAHAM. ABRAHAM LEADS TO ISAAC, WHO HIMSELF LEADS TO JACOB, THE FATHER OF THE 12TRIBES OF ISRAEL. TO BE KIN TO ISRAEL, YOU HAVE TO COME THRU SHEM BUT MORE SPECIFICALLY, TERAH GREAT+GRANDSON OF SHEM, OTHERWISE YOU ARE CONSIDERED A GENTILE/HEATHEN. HEATHENS ARE SIMPLY CHILDREN OF NOAH WHO FAILED TO ESTABLISH WORSHIP OF THE TRUE CREATOR AND INSTEAD FOLLOWED AFTER GODS THEY THEMSELVES CREATED OR WERE TAUGHT OF BY ANGELS/SPIRITS, (SPIRITS ASSIGNED TO DECEPTION & EXPANDING EVIL ON THE EARTH). SO WHAT'S THE POINT? THE POINT IS WHEN YOU WATCH THE MOVIE 'THEWOMANKING, YOUR WATCHING A HOLLYWOOD VERSION OF A TRIBE OF PEOPLE WHO WERE ENEMIES TO OUR ANCESTORS. PEOPLE CHEERED BECAUSE THEY WERE HAPPY TO SEE PEOPLE WITH SIMILIAR COLORED SKIN WINNING IN BATTLE. PROBLEM IS THEY ARE THE PEOPLE IN HISTORY WHO FOUGHT AND CAPTURED AND SOLD OUR ANCESTORS, INTO SLAVERY WHICH RESULTED IN YOU BEING BORN HERE IN AMERICA. THERE ARE HAMITES IN THE WORLD CALLED BY DIFFERENT NAMES BASED ON HOW THEY SEPERATED, THERE ARE ALSO JAPHETIES, AND SHEMITES. WHEN ISRAELITES (SHEMITES) WERE CHASED OUT OF ISRAEL, THEY WENT WHERE THEY ALWAYS WENT, INTO AFRICA TO HIDE, BECAUSE THE PEOPLE OF THAT LAND LOOKED SIMILIAR AND IT WAS EASY TO BLEND IN. (SEE MATTHEW 2:13 & Hosea 11:1) SO WHEN WATCHING THE MOVIE, YES BE CAREFUL NOT TO CHEER BECAUSE YOU ARE CHEERING ABOUT THE DESTRUCTION THAT CAME TO YOUR PEOPLE FOR THEIR DISOBEDIENCE TO THE LAWS OF OUR GOD. #SHALOM #EDIFY (ISRAELITEBIBLESTUDY.COM)

[akamatthewmurdock]

The WOMAN KING, based on true events, casts Viola Davis and Lupita Nyong’o as mother and daughter.

« The Woman King tells the story of Nanisca (Davis), general of the all-female military unit known as the Amazons, and her daughter Nawi (Nyong’o), who together fought the French and neighboring tribes who violated their honor, enslaved their people, and threatened to destroy everything they’ve lived for. »

[tubbsmccracken]

Are you ready? It’s coming.