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The name California comes from a sixteenth century conquistador fantasy of a formidable island inhabited by free-loving black Amazons. They were led by a brave queen: Know th[ere] . . . exists an ...

Unbeknownst to most people, the state of California was named after Calafia, a fictional Black queen who ruled over a mythic all-female island of Black women just off the coast of Asia. She used an ...

Editor’s Note: The audio version of this piece incorrectly identified Sankofa as a Swahili word. Its origins are with the Akan tribe in Ghana. Earlier this month, a modest crowd gathered at Dunphy ...