Queen Cleopatra is the second in Jada Pinkett Smith’s African Queens series of drama-docuseries hybrids; this time the focus is on one of the most famous African queens of them all, Egypt’s ...

“African Queens,” presented and co-commissioned by Washington Performing Arts, is about as ambitious as a recital could get: It looks back on Black ancestry with a thematic focus on great ...

EXCLUSIVE: The story of Alexander the Great is being given the docudrama treatment by Netflix, Deadline understands. Following on from the success of shows such as The Last Czars and African ...

But "Queen Cleopatra" merits both approaches, along with pinpointing the business reasons we're seeing another take on her tale instead a different great Black woman's profile.

Peres Owino chatted about her Emmy nomination for the series “African Queens: Njinga” on Netflix, and working with Jada Pinkett Smith. This docuseries, executive produced and narrated by Jada ...

Queen's death prompts questions about Kohinoor, Great Star of Africa diamonds. Two crowns and a scepter are adorned with famous diamonds. By Meredith Deliso. September 14, 2022, 10:23 PM.

I n 1624, the kingdom of Ndongo in West Central Africa (modern-day Angola) got a new queen: Njinga. Her life as the first female ruler (or woman king) of the region forms the story of African ...

On the morning of Queen Elizabeth II's death at the age of 96, before the news was made public, the Twitter account @Africa_Archives tweeted, "Queen Elizabeth II owns the largest clear-cut diamond ...

With ‘African Queens,’ Karen Slack puts her stamp on Black history. ... Eva and Corinne, from their great-great-great-grandmother, Queen Ufua of Esanland. ...