KC Washington is an English Language Lecturer at Gyeongsang National University in South Korea, a novelist, travel blogger, and freelance independent historian. She has a Master of Arts in Bilingual Education/ ESL and Reading from the University of Texas Permian Basin and writes articles on travel, feminism, African American culture, and education.
Madam Yoko (c. 1849-1906)
Madam Yoko, born Soma in the Gbo Chiefdom, was the head of the Mende people of Sierra Leone. She ruled the extensive Kpa Mende Confederacy for decades before her death. Also known as Mammy Yoko, she and three brothers were raised by their warrior father … Read MoreMadam Yoko (c. 1849-1906)