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afrikanwomen: Queen Ndaté Yalla Mbodj She was the last Queen of the Waalo Kingdom, in Senegal. The Queen (who was also an educator) was crowned October the 1st of 1846, she took the throne after the death of her sister  Ndjeumbeut Mbodj. She fought against the invasion of the Europeans and the Moors. Her reign was marked by an ongoing defiance of the French against which she fought a fierce battle. By 1847, she opposed the free passage of “Sarakolés” by sending a letter to the governor expressing her willingness to defend the respect of sovereignty over the valley in these terms: “We guarantee and control the passage of cattle in our country and we will not accept it the other way. Each leader governs his country as he pleases “.

afrikanwomen:

Queen Ndaté Yalla Mbodj

She was the last Queen of the Waalo Kingdom, in Senegal. The Queen (who was also an educator) was crowned October the 1st of 1846, she took the throne after the death of her sister  Ndjeumbeut Mbodj. She fought against the invasion of the Europeans and the Moors.

Her reign was marked by an ongoing defiance of the French against which she fought a fierce battle.

By 1847, she opposed the free passage of “Sarakolés” by sending a letter to the governor expressing her willingness to defend the respect of sovereignty over the valley in these terms: “We guarantee and control the passage of cattle in our country and we will not accept it the other way. Each leader governs his country as he pleases “.

(via theevolutionofalexander)



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