PSA: In order for Black women to be soft, they have to feel safe. Sit with that (and yourself) the next time you interact with a Black woman who isn't.
Do not allow anyone to distort this history into claiming that she allowed for independence on the continent. Independence was WON despite her attempts to stop it. In fact, when her father died, she was on a tour of the colonies attempting to discourage independence movements ✨
Her reign as queen is older than the oldest African colony to gain independence. Her reign is older than Ghana & she'd been queen for ~4 yrs when the Gold Coast gained independence. When Nkrumah was attempting to turn the Gold Coast into the Republic of Ghana she tried to stop it
Reminder that Queen Elizabeth is not a remnant of colonial times. She was an active participant in colonialism. She actively tried to stop independence movements & she tried to keep newly independent colonies from leaving the commonwealth. The evil she did was enough