📚✨ Happy World Book Day! ✨📚

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Today we celebrate the power of books to carry voices across centuries, continents, and cultures. Reading allows us to rediscover stories that history sometimes forgets—especially the stories of powerful African women of the ancient world.

From visionary queens and fearless warriors to scholars and builders of civilizations, African women helped shape history in extraordinary ways. Leaders like Hatshepsut ruled one of the most powerful empires of the ancient world, Amanirenas defended her kingdom with courage, and Njinga resisted the slave trade in a complex global era.

Their stories remind us that knowledge, leadership, and resilience have always lived in African history. Books allow us to reclaim these narratives, learn from them, and pass them on to future generations.

So today, pick up a book that explores African history, mythology, or biographies of remarkable women. Let’s read, learn, and celebrate the brilliance of women whose legacies still inspire the world.

 What book about African history or powerful women are you reading today?
#WorldBookDay #AfricanHistory #WomenInHistory #ReadMoreBooks

Say it with History!

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I had the pleasure of joining @holleysnaith on her podcast Say It With History to talk about my book African Women of the Ancient World, and the remarkable women who defied empires and shaped history.

🎧 Tune in wherever you get your podcasts!
#SayItWithHistory #HistoryPodcast #WomensHistory #AfricanHistory #Storytelling 

Happy New Year!

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Welcome to 2026, my friends! New Years has always fascinated me. So many embark on the uncharted terrain that reveals itself in the early days of January, expecting to be a “new” or “better” version of themselves than they were the last 365 days. However, as I press forward into the new year, I realize that I am content to keep going as I am in this moment, the same as who I have been while also looking forward to any knowledge, wisdom, and valuable experience that I will achieve as the days go by this year. Growth is a journey all its own. 2026 has many wonderful things in store and I am excited to press ahead!

That’s a Wrap, 2025!

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Merry Christmas and a very happy upcoming New Year to all of you! As the end of the year approaches, I want to express my gratitude for all of the support and encouragement many of you have given me throughout the year. 2025 was a special kind of busy with my book’s publication, podcast interviews, and securing events at local book festivals and signings, all in addition to the demands of everyday life. This year was a blessing, and I am excited for new chapters that are sure to unfold with the coming of the new year. Have a blessed holiday!

Recently, someone reached out to me to let me know that they had purchased my book for a friend for Christmas. What a thrill to know my book will be wrapped under someone’s Christmas tree! The support is so appreciated and I cannot express my gratitude enough. If you have someone in your life who is interested in ancient African Women and the vibrant cultures they came from, consider picking them up a copy of my book, African Women of the Ancient World-Queens, Consorts and Warriors! 🎄https://a.co/d/fNWbBvG

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If you’re looking for a book that explores the cultures and women from ancient Africa and their influence on future rulers of the modern age, then pick up a copy of my new book, African Women of the Ancient World-Queens, Consorts and Warriors! Today is a great day to explore the past.
https://a.co/d/5GXfIge