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 ====== Nonwestern Primary Source Materials ====== ====== Nonwestern Primary Source Materials ======
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 As with my premodern list, this list represents warrior women in the nonwestern cultures related to India and Hinduism, the Middle-East and the Islam, and Nigeria and Hausa folklore. I have traced the concept of the Amazon myth in a circle from Greece and Italy to Scandinavia, down through the Middle-East, Syria in particular, into India, and around to Nigeria, pointing towards Greece once more. Every area has stories about warrior women in their mythos, and they have a lot in common. The majority are archers, for example. Unlike the  Greek and Norse mythos, the women in the Mahabharata and the Qu'ran are religious figures themselves, not their "army," either aiding the male protagonist or defending him. This list compiles variations of these religious texts. I needed to make sure the various translations and meanings in the texts were similar. Neither of these books translates well into English. The Dahomey Amazons are something that has only recently come of interest to scholars, and myself only after they were revealed to be the inspiration for the Dora Milaje warriors in Black Panther. Most of what I have gathered on the Dahomey Amazons is through ethnographic pieces and collections of oral stories and accounts. Many of these texts appear theoretical because of their titles, but they are the only sources for some of these stories and myths. I have added as much Hausa folklore as I could find that influences the Nigerian archetype. The authors of modern African/Nigerian American speculative fiction, formerly Afrofuturism, are essentially putting a lot of these archetypes in print for the first time. In all, there are **27** texts total with 3 duplicates that are stories and tales.  As with my premodern list, this list represents warrior women in the nonwestern cultures related to India and Hinduism, the Middle-East and the Islam, and Nigeria and Hausa folklore. I have traced the concept of the Amazon myth in a circle from Greece and Italy to Scandinavia, down through the Middle-East, Syria in particular, into India, and around to Nigeria, pointing towards Greece once more. Every area has stories about warrior women in their mythos, and they have a lot in common. The majority are archers, for example. Unlike the  Greek and Norse mythos, the women in the Mahabharata and the Qu'ran are religious figures themselves, not their "army," either aiding the male protagonist or defending him. This list compiles variations of these religious texts. I needed to make sure the various translations and meanings in the texts were similar. Neither of these books translates well into English. The Dahomey Amazons are something that has only recently come of interest to scholars, and myself only after they were revealed to be the inspiration for the Dora Milaje warriors in Black Panther. Most of what I have gathered on the Dahomey Amazons is through ethnographic pieces and collections of oral stories and accounts. Many of these texts appear theoretical because of their titles, but they are the only sources for some of these stories and myths. I have added as much Hausa folklore as I could find that influences the Nigerian archetype. The authors of modern African/Nigerian American speculative fiction, formerly Afrofuturism, are essentially putting a lot of these archetypes in print for the first time. In all, there are **27** texts total with 3 duplicates that are stories and tales. 
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-==== North African  ==== +===== North and West African  ===== 
  
 [[Achebe, Chinua]] “Chike’s School Days.” (story) [[Achebe, Chinua]] “Chike’s School Days.” (story)
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 Dahomey,” (stories and accounts within) Dahomey,” (stories and accounts within)
  
-[[Blier, Suzanne Preston.]] “’The Path of the Leopard’ Motherhood and Majesty in Early  +[[Blier, Suzanne Preston.]] Not useful! 
-Danhome,” (stories and accounts within) + “’The Path of the Leopard’ Motherhood and Majesty in Early  
 +Danhome, 
 [[Cartwright, Keith.]] Reading Africa into American Literature Epics, Fables, and Gothic Tales. (stories) [[Cartwright, Keith.]] Reading Africa into American Literature Epics, Fables, and Gothic Tales. (stories)
  
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 [[New York Sun “The Amazons of Dahomey: An Account of the Female Warriors of an  [[New York Sun “The Amazons of Dahomey: An Account of the Female Warriors of an 
-African Kingdom]]+African Kingdom]]New York Sun
  
 [[Shaihu, Maalam]] Hausa Folklore (stories) [[Shaihu, Maalam]] Hausa Folklore (stories)
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 [[Stewart, Dianne]] Folktales from Africa (stories) [[Stewart, Dianne]] Folktales from Africa (stories)
  
-[[Sunjatta: A West African Epic of the Mande Peoples]] (story)+[[Sunjatta A West African Epic of the Mande Peoples]] (story)
  
 [[Tremearne, A.J.N.]] Hausa Superstitions and Customs: An Introduction to the Folk-Lore and  [[Tremearne, A.J.N.]] Hausa Superstitions and Customs: An Introduction to the Folk-Lore and 
 the Folk (stories) the Folk (stories)
  
-==== Middle-Eastern/Islamic ====+ 
 +===== Middle-Eastern/Islamic =====
  
 [[Akbar, Shaik]] Khawla bint Al Azwar The Woman who fought like Khalid bin Walid. (story) [[Akbar, Shaik]] Khawla bint Al Azwar The Woman who fought like Khalid bin Walid. (story)
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 [[Wilson, G. Willow]] Alif the Unseen (story) [[Wilson, G. Willow]] Alif the Unseen (story)
  
-==== Indian/Hindu ====+ 
 +===== Indian/Hindu =====
  
 [[Bahagavad-Gita]] (religious text)  [[Bahagavad-Gita]] (religious text) 
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 [[Seid, Betty]] “The Lord Who Is Half Woman (Ardhanarishvara).” (story within) [[Seid, Betty]] “The Lord Who Is Half Woman (Ardhanarishvara).” (story within)
  
 +[[Women of Note]]
  
-==== Miscellaneous ====+===== Miscellaneous =====
 [[Du, Nguyen]] The Tale of Kieu (story) [[Du, Nguyen]] The Tale of Kieu (story)
  
  
  
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