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Warrior Women with Lupita Nyong'o is a 2019 documentary about the actress' journey to Benin to learn about the history and culture of an all-woman army, the Ahosi ( Ahojie or Ahoji ), referred to by early European historians as the Amazons of Dahomey. [1] [2] The film explores the evolution of Lupita Nyong'o 's understanding of the Ahosi, from ...
The Dahomey Amazons ( Fon: Agojie, Agoji, Mino, or Minon) were a Fon all-female military regiment of the Kingdom of Dahomey (in today's Benin, West Africa) that existed from the 17th century until the late 19th century. They were the only female army in modern history. [1]
There have been various historical accounts of females participating in battle. This article lists instances of women recorded as participating in ancient warfare, from the beginning of written records to approximately 500 CE. Contemporary archaeological research regularly provides better insight into the accuracy of ancient historical accounts.
Running Eagle: she became a Blackfoot (Piegan) warrior after her husband was killed by the Crow. Colestah: In the 1858 battle of Spokane Plains in Washington, Yakama leader Kamiakin's wife Colestah was known as a medicine woman, psychic, and warrior. Armed with a stone war club, Colestah fought at her husband's side.
Onna-musha. Ishi-jo wielding a naginata, woodblock print by Utagawa Kuniyoshi, 1848. Onna-musha (女武者) is a term referring to female warriors in pre-modern Japan, [1] [2] who were members of the bushi ( warrior) class. They were trained in the use of weapons to protect their household, family, and honour in times of war; [3] [4] many of ...
Amazons. Wounded Amazon of the Capitoline Museums, Rome. A Greek fighting an Amazon; detail from painted sarcophagus found in Italy, 350–325 BC. "Amazon preparing for battle" (Queen Antiope or Hippolyta) or "Armed Venus", by Pierre-Eugène-Emile Hébert, 1860, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C. In Greek mythology, the Amazons ( Ancient ...
The Woman Warrior: Memoirs of a Girlhood Among Ghosts is a book written by Chinese American author Maxine Hong Kingston and published by Alfred A. Knopf in 1976. The book blends autobiography with old Chinese folktales . The Woman Warrior won the National Book Critics Circle Award and was named one of TIME magazine's top nonfiction books of the ...
Lucy Heartfilia, Erza Scarlet, Wendy Marvel, Carla, Mirajane Strauss and Juvia Loxar from Fairy Tail. Tuka Luna Marceau, Lelei la Lalena, Rory Mercury, Yao Haa Dushi, Mari Kurokawa, Shino Kuribayashi and others female warriors from Gate. Ryuko Matoi and Satsuki Kiryuin from Kill La Kill.