Women in West African Kingdoms

What was different about the way women were treated in West African Kingdoms?

• They were treated with more respect and had greater power compared to women in other cultures.

• Women were often excluded from leadership roles and decision-making.
• Women were only allowed to work in the home and had no economic or social power.

• Women had no rights and were treated as property.

How does the narrator define Matrilineal?

• A cultural practice that ignores maternal connections.
• How West African Kingdoms respected women

• A method of inheritance based on wealth and property.
• A system of lineage traced through the father's side.

Which of these is NOT a position of power women held in West African Kingdoms?

• High ranking officials

• Military leader
• Regents

• Queen

What power did Queens in West African Kingdoms have?

SELECT ALL THAT APPLY

• Queens had political influence, control over trade, and leadership roles in social and religious matters.
• Queens were not involved in religious activities.
• Queens had no influence in trade matters.
• Queens were only responsible for military leadership.

The agency of women in ___________ spaces in West African Kingdoms made them very powerful.

• political
• cultural
• religious

• military

True or false: there is evidence to suggest women participated in battle in West African Kingdoms

• True
• False

What evidence do we have that non-elite women also had rights in West African Kingdoms?

• Non-elite women were excluded from all forms of trade.
• Only elite women had rights to property in West African Kingdoms.
• Non-elite women had no social roles in their communities.
• There are legal documents that women would sue for compensation and other legal issues

What is one reason women had more power in West African Kingdoms compared to other places in the world?