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Amina was the elder daughter of King Bakwa Turunku, who founded the Zazzau kingdom located north of the city-state Gao on the Niger River, the capital of the Songhai Empire.
Queen Amina was a brilliant military tactician and is credited with the building of the famous Zaria wall. In the Songhai language she is remembered as "Amina, Yar Bakwa ta san rana," meaning "Amina, daughter of Bakwa, a woman as capable as a man."
The "Middle Passage" was the journey of slave trading ships from the west coast of Africa, where the slaves were obtained, across the Atlantic, where they were sold or, in some cases, traded for goods such as molasses, which was used in the making of rum.
The Middle Passage was the longest, hardest, most dangerous, and also most horrific part of the journey of the slave ships.  It has come to represent the ulitmate  in human misery and suffering.
The Largest Slave Auction was on March 3, 1859 in Savannah Georgia.  Pierce M. Butler  auctioned off the human portion of his property to help pay off his debts.  It was the largest sale of slaves on record in the United States, and it was referred to as "The Weeping Time."
Queen Amina's long generational journey is far from over.   Look for 'A Queen's Journey, Part 2'

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