Yaa Asantewaa
When fear stalls leadership, a queen mother’s courage restores resolve.
In a council thick with worry, the chiefs debated risk and consequences.
Yaa Asantewaa, Queen Mother of Ejisu, listened until caution began to sound like surrender.
She rose and spoke plainly: if the men would not go forward, then the women would.
Her certainty changed the room. Courage spread—born not in the body, but in the hearing.
The story endures as a lesson: when the moment asks for bravery, leadership is an action.