Steppes of Creation
Abuk's Garden

Abuk is the first woman, according to the Dinka people of Africa. She is the patron goddess of women and gardens. This page is dedicated to a garden of women, past and present. Women of color who have made an impact on the world, so profound, that their legacy should not be forgotten. As flora does bloom, their gifts brought beauty, peace, and harmony to the world and its people.

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Divine One

Sarah Vaughn

"Don't try to fix the students, fix ourselves first"

Marva Collins

For blacks, Oscar road is slow going

Hattie McDaniel

"A violinist had a violin, a painer his palette. All I had was me"

Josephine Baker


"greatest military strategist that ever confronted the armed forces of Portugal."

Queen Nzingha

"We weren't pushing Black is beautiful. We just showed it."

Katherine Dunham

Behind every great man stands an even greater woman

Nandi Zulu

"If I could have convinced more slaves that they were slaves, I could have freed a thousand more"

Harriet Tubman

"I got my start by giving myself a start."

Madame CJ Walker

"snatch'd from Afric's fancy'd happy seat: What
pangs excruciating must molest, What sorrows labour in my parents breast?"

Phyllis Wheatley