We are unapologetic about still celebrating female African descendants as African goddesses of Met Gala 2024. Queens, goddesses, legends, name it, titles well suited to women able to rise above the universal obstacles of being dark-skinned females.

Our first black goddess, Serena Williams is the greatest tennis player of all time. She is the only player in the whole world to have what is called a Career Golden Slam. Meaning that she won all the four majors, plus Olympic gold medals in singles and doubles. For 319 weeks, she was world number on the world rankings list- 6+ years.

Another goddess, Amanda Gorman a writer, poet, activist and spoken word artist, came to prominence after her poem rendition at President Biden’s inauguration. She is an alumnus of Harvard College. Gorman cares about feminism, diaspora Africans and oppression.

Our next goddess is Janelle Monáe who is a singer, rapper, actress, songwriter and author of a collection of short stories. She was first signed on to Bad Boy Records and has made top 200 since then. Glass Onion, We The People, Home Coming are titles of sample movies and series she featured in.

Then we have Cynthia Erivo, an actress and singer who gained fame after The Colour  Purple for which she won Tony and Grammy awards. She played Harriet tubman and was nominated for an academy award. Her song, “Stand Up” was also nominated. She even portrayed Aretha Franklin in a national geographic  series in 2021.

Storm Reid is our final celebrant today. She has been acting since age nine. Right now, she is studying Dramatic Arts and African Studies at University of Southern California.

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