"I was supposed to do Coachella the year prior but I got pregnant unexpectedly. And it ended up being twins, which was…"

"If you’ve ever sat in a room with twins, immediately you’re forced to deal with this confusion. You’re afraid to call…"

"More tears. Disgraceful. I was getting just like Kester, weeping at the drop of a hat, but of course I was Kester. I'…"

"For one of us was born a twin And not a soul knew which."

"From the age of 14, she fought with her father in battles against the Malinkes, whom neighbored Burkina Faso"

"The princess was so phenomenal that her father, the king, wouldn’t let her wed for fear she would leave and the kingd…"

"Yennenga was a woman who demonstrated what was looked at as male dominated techniques and skills. Not only did she pe…"

"She planted a field of okra before the king’s house, and when it was ripe she left it past its time on the ground wit…"

"Choosing the princess's name for her first album was "a way of saying we are today's Yennenga;Burkinabe artists"

"Princess Yennega was brilliant, fearless, and a badass woman referred to as Yennega the Svelte"