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Has history erased the Queen of Sheba's true identity?

How depictions of the Queen through the ages could be examples of historical 'misogynoir'.

Playwright Jessica Hagan and director Jessica Kaliisa explore how representations of the Queen have been manipulated through time to erase her true racial origins.

Many historians agree that the kingdom of Sheba was in what is now modern-day Ethiopia.

Image: Queen of Sheba from the manuscript "Bellifortis" by Conrad Kyeser, 1402-05 Credit: Staats und Universitätsbibliothek Göttingen

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