Spotlight Lecture: The Kandake Today: The legacy of Sudanese Hero-Queens

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The Kandake or ‘queen’ was a prominent figure in the Kushite Empire, often ruling the realm independently, not just as the consort of kings. Famed Kandakes such as Amanirenas fought against the Romans, while Amanishakheto is renowned as the owner of a hoard of gold jewellery found in her pyramid at Meroe. As a symbol of female independence and royalty, Kandake’s legacies did not die with the fall of Kush, but were continually celebrated until the present. This talk will narrate how and why the symbol of the Kandake continues to inform and vivify the present, from politics and theatre, to computer games and fashion.
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Julien Cooper is an Egyptologist and Archaeologist specializing in the cultures of ancient Nubia and Sudan. Julien graduated with a PhD from Macquarie University in 2016 and has since taken up roles at Oxford and Yale universities, more recently teaching Egyptology at United International College-Beijing Normal University (Zhuhai, China). He directs a survey of Eastern Sudan, the Atbai Survey Project, which seeks to uncover the history of gold exploitation and nomadism in this forgotten corner of Nubia.
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GREAT INFORMATIONS ON THE KANDAKÉ' S QUEEN OF SUDAN 🇸🇩. WAS GREAT TO MENTION ALA SALAH AND HER CONTRIBUTION TO THE SUDANESE REVOLUTION. BLESS