Includes bibliographies

gPart 1 :|tEthiopian and Egyptian queens and goddesses -- |tThe African Eve : introduction and summary /|rIvan Van Sertima --|tThe great queens of Ethiopia /|rLarry Williams and Charles S. Finch --|tThe female Horuses and great wives of Kemet /|rDiedre Wimby --|tNefertiti : queen to a sacred mission /|rSonia Sanchez --|tTiye : Nubian queen of Egypt /|rVirginia Spottswood Simon --|tEgypt's Isis : the original black madonna /|rEloise McKinney-Johnson --|tAfrican goddesses : mothers of civilization /|rRunoko Rashidi --|gPart 2 :|tThe black woman in ancient art -- |tFemale style and beauty in ancient Africa : a photo essay /|rCamile Yarbrough --|tThe image of woman in African cave art /|rRosalind Jeffries --|gPart 3 : |tConquerors and courtesans --|tAfrican warrior queens / |rJohn Henrik Clarke --|tAfrican women in early Europe / |rEdward Scobie --|tHypatia and women's rights in ancient Egypt /|rbeatrice Lumpkin --|tBlack madonnas of Europe : diffusion of the African Isis /|rDanita Redd -- |tHatshepsut /|rDanita Redd