Pre-colonial women warlords were feminists through acts, not labels

Evidence

But history is not without exceptions, as women warlords like Yaa Asantewaa, Queen of the Ashanti Kingdom in Ghana, led an army against colonialists who had sent the Ashanti King into exile. These women cannot be labelled as outright feminists given the fact that the concept did not exist then. Further- more, these heroines might not have conceptualized themselves as such. How- ever, the power of their feminism lies more in their acts and their impact as opposed to their being named as feminists. — Frans Dokman, Beyond Bantu Philosophy_…, 983

Categorization

Category: Contrarian or Surprising Claims

• QUESTION: Whether anachronistic concepts like feminism can apply to pre-colonial figures remains worth probing.

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Broader Connections

• Unlettered Black women practiced liberation without formal feminist theory #corroborates (0.85)