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Somalia's ballsiest queen, she took power from men either figuratively or literally - by ordering much of the gender castrated.…
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When the most powerful man in the world made plans on her country, she: turned down his marriage proposal, destroyed his armies, and defiled his head so famously that she became legend for centuries thereafter.
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Ka'ahumanu
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