The MuthaQueen Cyphr

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“Queen Mother

is a title reserved for a widowed queen consort
whose son or daughter from that union is the reigning monarch.
The term has been used in England since at least 1577.”
~Wikipedia

So - I’ve looked up the word… and I’m kind of wow’d by its meaning and a bit puzzled as to how I’ve managed to gain some personal relativity to it. Presently gaining a full understanding of the word, I cannot honestly say what power within the word “MuthaQueen” inspired me to use it to define my self - and my music publishing company -mind you(!) - But I did. What's done is done.

Now, I know I knew that the term had an English/Anglo-Saxon root, which is one of the reasons why I, an African-American woman, turned the phrase inside out - (or backwards -if you will), to offset some of the word’s Caucasian beginnings. I believe I did so in order to re-create it and make the term a little more applicable to self. But more than anything, I think I knew that several African women of ancient royalty were regarded as being Queen Mothers, and I desired to re-member my Ancestry by adopting the title. After all, I AM a Queen…!!!

But a Mother…?
Well -
not in the actual sense of giving birth to another human…!
But -
I’ve given birth to many thoughts and a plethora of works
(i.e.: music, art, businesses, movements, etc.)
So- in the aspect of my LifeWork in being a Creatrix-
yes(!) …I’m a Mother.

Now, the widow part- well- that’s a stretch…!
I’ve never officially been married (although I’d luv to be one day -God willing!) So I definitely cannot properly wear that hat.

However, if you philosophically take the plight of the Black Man and the Black Woman -in a way- one could almost say The Black Woman could generally be likened to a widow…
I mean, WHERE ARE OUR MEN=???
Rarely, are they with Us.
We feed and support our children - alone.
We might get a past-due child support payment -
but We are the ones to tuck in our sons and daughters to sleep at night… ALONE. So- generally speaking, mind you(!) …the Black Man Is Dead.

Spiritually, I can also link my self to The Divine Principles of Auset and Kali. My studies of Ancient Kemet and my dealings with Ifa has led me to a particular affinity for Auset (Oshun). Africa weeps and moans like the grieving Magdalena over Lazarus not yet risen.

I mean, don’t we ALL await
the return of Ausar…!? And then there’s Kali-Ma, the Hindu goddess who in ecstasy dances upon her consort’s corpse. Only the truly deep-end divers of thought are gonna even catch the connection…
(Widow = Auset = Magdalena = Kali-Ma)

But - I digress...!

The MuthaQueen Cyphr it is...!
A MuthaQueen I am.
and…
I AM that I AM.

~i. / om.