she’s been an elusive figure who’s proved highly adaptable — a wise and powerful monarch; an idolatrous sun worshiper; the founding mother of an Ethiopian dynasty; a Black feminist pop icon. There’s ...

A headline on the online Jewish feminist site Alma declares her “the Black Jewish queen […] you probably didn’t learn about in Hebrew school.” Meet the Queen of Sheba, a scarcely mentioned figure in ...

to a Mozambican swimming prodigy, to a drag artist fighting for the rights of queer South Africans. We end off with a tour of Nigeria’s ancient city Ile Ife with singer Queen Sheba.