The Black Amazon Queen Who Gave Her Name to California
Calafia is a myth, but she’s an icon of Native power
Published in
4 min readFeb 22, 2021
Know this — due east of the Indies there is an island called “California” — just by the terrestrial paradise. It was populated by Black Amazons… they were clad in armor of gold, as were the beasts upon which they rode… there reigned in the island of California the mighty and beautiful…
