Iman, Somali Supermodel

Iman shot for the Pirelli Calendar, 1985

Makeda, Queen of Sheba

Alek Wek as Queen Sheba, shot by Herb Ritts for Vogue Paris

Cleopatra, Queen of Egypt

Elizabeth Taylor in Cleopatra, 1963

Ann Zingha, Queen of Matamba, leader of an army of women warriors who resisted the Portuguese colonization

Plate from 'Memoirs of celeberated women of all countries. by Madame Junot. with portraits by the most eminent masters' (London, 1834)

Lupita Nyong'o, Kenyan actress

Lupita Nyong'o at the MET Gala, 2016

Idina Sackville, English-Kenyan socialite and member of the Valley set

Portrait of Idina Wallace by Sir William Orpen