Why would Emperor Menelik of Ethiopia ride into battle against the Italians with his Queen?A soldier of the Ethiopian army asked:
“Emperor, Your Majesty why do you ride into battle with your Queen?”
Emperor Menelik explained,
“I would rather die in battle with my Queen, then leave her home to be raped by a bunch of devils and beasts.””The Ethiopian woman “goes with her husband to war, and often becomes his avenger, should he fall. Usually she is fiercer in battle than the man. Europeans sometimes kill themselves, rather than fall into the hands of the African woman.”
