Recent scientific reevaluations of remains have historians rethinking the prevalence of women fighters throughout history.

Made up of Wakanda’s most skilled warriors, the Dora Milaje (meaning ‘The Adored Ones’ in Wakandan) are women who have pledged their lives to the throne and the protection of the Black ...

When France sent ambassador Jean-Marie Bayol to Dahomey to secure a deal for the kingdom's rich natural resources, he was greeted by an elite force of all-women warriors known as the Agooji.