Queen Alba Poukou was a courageous woman who ruled the Akan people, a tribe of Ghana in West Africa. The people lived at peace for a long time until a man of the tribe decided that a woman should not be allowed to rule. The queen had to flee along with those who supported her, and her enemies followed in order to kill them all. The legend says that they reached a river and could not cross it, in despair the Guru of the village who had escaped with the queen called upon the ancestors who told them that the queen had to sacrifice what was most precious to her. She laid her son on the river and huge hippopotamus emerged from the water serving as a bridge, allowing the people to cross to safety. The incantations the Guru made to the ancestors zapped all his energy and killed him. The people cried “Ba Ouli”, meaning “the druid is dead”, from then on, the people were called “Baoule”. This tribe still exists in the present day Ivory Coast.

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