HistoryAfricaAfrican roots: The story of Queen Abla PokouTo view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that supports HTML5 videoHistoryAfricaGwendolin Hilse04/30/2021April 30, 2021Abla Pokou is an Akan queen who led her people from modern-day Ghana to Ivory Coast around 1770, where she founded the Baoule nation. Legend says she sacrificed her son to the river so that her people could cross over.https://p.dw.com/p/3smd3Advertisement