Do you remember the Budweiser series of posters “Black Kings and Queens of Africa”? This was brought back to my memory from a tweet by @SistaToldja a few days ago. How about I had ALL 30 of the posters on my bedroom walls growing up. I know you are jealous that my childhood was so charmed and classy! Don’t be mad your mama ain’t get you all edu-muh-cated by the alcohol corporations. (We were fancy.) Regardless of the ridiculousness of it being presented by Budweiser I still learned a lot and gained a lot of pride from those posters. Each poster had a synopsis of the contribution made to history by the particular king and/or queen.
Below are some of my favorite posters:
My favorite (Although it scared me a little) was Hannibal. I thought it was dope that he had elephants all up in the mix… Hannibal – Ruler of Carthage 2nd Century BC :
He looks like my Uncle Dwight, lol...
You couldn’t tell me Nefertiti& Akhenaton weren’t my great(x20)-grandparents. In fact, you still can’t tell me otherwise… Akhenaton – Pharaoh of Egypt 14th Century BC:
ooooh Black Love....
Oh you think you the Queen of Sheba or something? Well Makeda really was…. Makeda – Queen of Sheba 10th Century BC :
THE queen of Sheba! Tell me she ain't fly!
This is the lovely Nzingha – Amazon Queen of Matamba, West Africa 17th Century AD, I know she has to be my cousin, we favor. I got African in my fammmm-leeeeee.
Queen Nzingha... I need to find some artifacts of her hairdresser.... . that fro is luxurious....
Yes I remember wow .. you brought it back
Never heard of these posters but they are really cool!
Those posters were the SHIT! You’re bringing back memories with this one.
It was like Christmas when a new one came. Thats how I found the name of my imaginary first born daughter, Queen Zaria. lol
Girl yes!