Medusa was Actually a Black Woman! And an African Queen!
As the story goes, she was an African Queen/Goddess that actually symbolized female wisdom among many many many other ideals. That being said, there are any SCHOLARLY sources confirming this story. This story does have various sources however that I used to cross reference it’s telling, listed below. It should also be mentioned that certain aspects of the story does have scholarly sources, such as sources confirming Africa’s impact on Greek mythology and philosophy.
This stands to bolster the story’s credence as there is an undeniably basis for the claim, but without further ado, here’s the sources!
Allblackmedia.com , Trudreadz,com , libertywritersglobal.com, and blackliberationlovenunity.com all provide a background and basis into the story.
Blk Hist Coloring Sheets: Black Women Edition
12 Coloring sheets to give to your children all about black women in our history!