This article based on an Africa centered world view examines the social place and roles of queens and queen mothers. The article points out some social tasks performed by queens and queen mothers. The latter are discovered as lovers and objects of love, rights and duties holders. They are as well discovered as warriors and rulers. This article succeeds in revaluing the image of women by using some stereotypes that the society has attributed to them: woman-machine, woman-source of pleasure, and woman-producer.