Queen Abla Pokou: Mother of the Ivorian Baoule people

Name: Queen Abla Pokou: Mother of the Ivorian Baoule people
Uploaded: 2021-05-12T13:29:31+00:00
Duration: 2 min 16 s
Channel: DW (English)
Description: Abla Pokou is an Akan queen who led her people from modern-day Ghana to Ivory Coast around 1770, where she founded the Baoule nation. Legend says she sacrificed her son to the river so that her people could cross over.

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Abla Pokou is an Akan queen who led her people from modern-day Ghana to Ivory Coast around 1770, where she founded the Baoule nation. Legend says she sacrificed her son to the river so that her people could cross over.