Netflix’s Queen Charlotte vs Nigeria’s Hidden Ezza Crowns: 300 Years of Recognition and Erasure

We all watched Bridgerton’s Queen Charlotte rise to fame with her crown and story. But our Ezza king and queen lost their names, crowns and history. In 1734 Germany documented Anton Wilhelm Amo, the first Black professor, and preserved his record for centuries. In 1761 Britain crowned Queen Charlotte and inspired a Netflix series. Yet in 1892 British forces seized the crowns of Nnele Aniigo Ezeko and Ezekuna. Today they sit in the British Museum labelled “Ibo artifact” without names, dates or context. On May 18, 2026, we filed FOI-26088 requesting the museum’s records on the Ezza crowns. Britain has 20 working days to reply. The world embraces a fictional Black queen on screen. Can it acknowledge a real one in its vaults?

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