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Warrior Women

Warriorhood has long been associated with masculinity, but Remona Aly explores how the virtues of courage and valour also belong to the domain of women.

Warriorhood has long been associated with masculinity, but Remona Aly explores the female warriors throughout history who show that greatness, courage and valour also belong to the domain of women.

She rediscovers the stories of the Celtic warrior queen Boudicca, Umm 鈥楢mara who fought to protect Prophet Muhammed until she was 60, Mai Bhago who became bodyguard to the 10th Guru of the Sikhs, and Noor Inayat Khan - the first female Muslim to serve as a secret agent in the Second World War.

Remona also interviews Sergeant Wazeeha Laher, an intelligence analyst for the RAF, learning how the role of warrior continues to be redefined to incorporate women. And she explores depictions of warrior women in fiction and popular culture, looking at the battle cries of Beyonce, Dr Who鈥檚 first female regeneration, the children鈥檚 cartoon Burqa Avenger and the all-female Dora Milaje tribe from the box office hit Black Panther.

Throughout, Remona works to redefine warriorhood, showing this fighting spirit is not only found in men in the midst of warfare, but in the resilience of a mother in labour, in the fight of a shero against misogyny, and in the very essence of womanhood.

Presenter: Remona Aly
Producer: Sera Baker
A TBI production for 大象传媒 Radio 4

28 minutes

Last on

Sun 12 Sep 2021 23:30

Readings

Title: Dahomey and the Dahomans

Author: Frederick E Forbes

Publisher: Longman, Brown, Green,and Longmans


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Author: Edited by Tom Morris, Matt Morris, William Irwin听

Publisher: Open Court Publishing Co听


Title: Myth, morality, and the women of the X-men

Author: Dr Rebecca Housel

Publisher: Open Court Publishing


Title: In search of the warrior spirit

Author: Richard Strozzi Heckler

Publisher: Blue Snake Books


Title:听 Florentine Codex, General History of the Things of New Spain

Author: Bernardino de Sahagu虂n

Publisher: University of Utah Press

Music

Title: Boadicea

Performer: Enya

Album: Anywhere Is

Label: 大象传媒 Records

Title:Reach Out

Performer: Simona Abdallah

Album: Reach Out

Label: Elevation Records

Title: Pray For Me

Performer: The Weeknd, Kendrick Lamar

Album: Black Panther The Album - Music From And Inspired By

Label: Top Dawg Ent./Aftermath/Interscope Records; 2018 Aftermath Records

Title: Run The World (Girls)

Performer: Beyonce

Composer: Palmer, Adidja Azim/Nash, Terius Youngdell/Pentz, Thomas Wesley/Wall Van De, Nick L

Album: 4

Label: Columbia Records

Title: Dr Who (Series 11 Opening Titles)

Performer: Segun Akinola

Composer: Ron Grainer

Album: Doctor Who - Series 11 (Original Television Soundtrack)

Label: Silva Screen Records

Title: Flight

Performer: Anoushka Shankar

Album: Traces of You

Label: Deutsche Grammophon

Title: I Bow to You Waheguru

Performer: Manika Kaur (feat. Talvin Singh)

Album: I Bow to You Waheguru

Label: 2015 Manika Music

Broadcasts

  • Sun 10 Mar 2019 06:05
  • Sun 10 Mar 2019 23:30
  • Sun 12 Sep 2021 06:05
  • Sun 12 Sep 2021 23:30