Uploaded March 2026 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago

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When we tell the story of resistance to colonialism, whose names are remembered — and whose are left out?

Across Africa and the diaspora, women organized uprisings, led resistance movements, disrupted colonial economies, and challenged systems of power. Yet many of their stories remain minimized, renamed, or omitted from mainstream history.

In this episode of the Sankofa Pan African Series, we examine women whose resistance shaped history:
- Mekatilili wa Menza
- The Women’s War of 1929
- Funmilayo Ransome-Kuti
- Nehanda Charwe Nyakasikana
- Queen Nanny
- Harriet Tubman
- Carlota of Cuba
- Mary Ann Shadd Cary

As part of our International Women’s Month series — African Women: Roots, Resistance & Rising — this episode asks:

Why are these women not central to how we remember resistance?