In Part 2 of the Female Heroines of Africa, Aileen talks about Mekatilili wa Menza and Dona Beatriz of the Congo

Digressions include Dear White People, the Protestant Reformation and Shrek

Image Credits:

Mekatilili – Google Arts & Culture

Donna Beatriz – Wikipedia

Sources:

Alexander Ives Bortolot, Women Leaders in African History: Dona Beatriz, Kongo Prophet (2003)

Benjamin Hendrickx & Tebatso Molefe, Dona Beatriz (Kimpa Vita): Some New Considerations on Her Role And Death in The Kingdom Of Kongo (2010)

Capuchin Fransiscans, Who we Are

Celia Nyamweru and Neil Carrier, The (re)creation of a heroine: the case of Mekatilili wa Menza

Ciaran Conliffe, Beatriz Kimpa Vita, African Prophet (2017)

Nita Bhalla, Kenyan female freedom fighter Mekatilili wa Menza celebrated on Google (2020)

Rejected Princesses, Mekatilili wa Menza

Zarina Patel and Neil Carrier (trs.) The Ferguson Centre for African and Asian Studies, Mekatili: Local Heroine

Cool Additional Resources

The Nest Collective – Mekatilili wa Menza Comic Book