By Unveiling Queen Makeda, The Enigmatic Queen Of Sheba
The Enigmatic Queen Makeda is one of the Queens that reigned magnificently in the BC. She is commonly referred to as Queen of Sheba because she was from the then kingdom of Saba or Sheba, a place many historians say has a historical link between Ethiopia and Saudi Arabia.
Based on the same history, many centuries ago, Africa, then known as Alkebulan, was the only part of the world where women ruled in the position of Kings and Warriors. This then means Queen Makeeda couldn’t have been Queen in a place like Saudi Arabia where till this day, Women do not outrightly have a say in the government and politics of the land.
Similar twist in narrative was said about Cleopatra of the Ptolemaic kingdom, now Egypt; to have originated from Greece, where in fact, up until 1952, women were not allowed to vote in Greece not to talk of rule the kingdom.
Here is the story of Queen Makeda, famously recognized as the Queen of Sheba, whose heritage merges history and myth across cultures, revered in Aksum, Ethiopian, Christian, and the Jewish traditions.
The Queen of Sheba governed a sprawling and affluent realm in the Horn of Africa, Aksum, now Ethiopia around the 10th century BCE, drawn by King Solomon’s celebrated wisdom, Makeda journeyed to Jerusalem bearing opulent gifts, seeking his counsel and challenging his wisdom.
Their transformative discourse resulted in an exchange of profound ideas, and according to historians, including biblical account, the union produced a son named Menelik, who would rise to become the first emperor of Ethiopia and establish the Solomonic lineage that brought about the bloodline of the Ethiopian Jews, also called Beta Israel.
Makeda’s timeless legacy as a wise and formidable monarch embodies the deep cultural bonds between Africa and the ancient Near East.
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