Queen Mothers

Many cultures believed their king
possessed tremendous power
because he had descended directly
from mythological gods and goddesses.
Queen mothers were often honored
for their role in continuing
the royal lineage.

Black Queen of Beauty

Black Queen of Beauty of beauty, thou
ha’st given color to the world!
Among other women thou art
royal and the fairest!
Like the brightest of jewels
in the regal diadem, Shin’st thou,
Goddess of Afrika, Nature's purest emblem!

Black men worship at thy virginal
shrine of truest love,
Because in thine eyes are
virtue's steady and holy mark,
As we see in no other,
clothed in silk or fine linen.
When Afrika stood at the
head of the elder nations,
The Gods used to travel from
foreign lands to look at thee:
On couch of costly Eastern
materials, all perfumed, Reclined thee,
as in thy path flow'rs were
strewn- sweetest that bloomed.

Thy transcendent marvelous beauty made
the whole world mad,
Bringing Solomon to tears as
he viewed thy comeliness;
Anthony and the elder Ceasars
wept at thy royal feet,
Preferring death than to leave thy presence,
their foes to meet.
You, in all ages, have attracted
the adoring world, And caused many a
bloody banner to be unfurled:
You have sat upon exalted
and lofty eminence,
To see a world fight in
your ancient Afrikan defense.

Today you have been dethroned,
through the weakness of your men,
While, in frenzy, those who of yore
craved your smiles and your hand-those
who were all monsters and could
not with love approach you-have
insulted your pride and now attack
your good virtue.
Because of union you became
Mother of the world,
Giving us robust of color
to five continents,
making a greater world of
millions of colored races,
Whose claim to beauty is reflected
through our black faces.
Who have borne trials and
troubles and racial burden.

Once more we shall, in Afrika, fight
and conquer for you,
Restoring the pearly crown
that proud Queens did wear:
Yea, it may mean blood,
it may mean death; but still we shall fight,
Bearing our banners to Victory,
men and women of Afrika’s might.
For thou art fairest,
queen of the seasons,
queen of our love:
No condition shall make us ever
in life desert thee again,
Sweet Goddess of the evergreen
land and deep blue sea.

Afrikan Name Change