Calafia Returns to California

THERE IS ONE WOMAN WITHOUT WHOM CALIFORNIA WOULD NOT EXIST
Her name is Queen Calafia:
A Mythical Black Amazon Warrior Queen!
On Sunday, October 3rd, 2021, Queen Calafia returned to California. Joined by a parade of boats, she sailed beneath the Golden Gate Bridge aboard her Golden Royal Barge. Queen Calafia landed in Sausalito at 3:30pm, accompanied by her golden-clad Amazon warriors and griffins, to speak with us Californians.

CALAFIA’S HISTORY

Queen Calafia was a beautiful, black warrior Queen, who first appeared in the 1510 adventure novel of chivalry “The Adventures of Esplandian.” by Spanish poet Garci Rodriguez de Montalvo. She ruled over the fictional island of “California” and led a fierce army of Amazon women warriors and Griffins, flying mythical beasts. The captivating Queen Calafia and her story inspired Spanish explorers led by Hernan Cortes in 1536, who landed on the Baja California peninsula. Believing that they had discovered an island, they named it “California”, after Queen Calafia and her mythical reign – the name endures to this day, Explore more!

Queen Calafia and entourage arrive in Sausalito, California.

Cocky California bloviates about his super great State.

Riddler tells the riddle of Queen Calafia

There’s a name we know to be,
Once known and yet unknown,
that lives on the tips of our tongues
and yet goes unspoken.

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The New Calafian version
of the Seal of
the state of California

Calafia deserves to be on the Seal of the State she is named after.

Above is a draft drawing of our first Calafian Seal of the State of California. Below is the actual Seal of the State of California. The white woman warrior should be Calafia but clearly is not. Who is this character and why is she on the Seal of California? And why isn’t Calafia on the Seal where she clearly should be?

The New Calafian Seal of California was revealed during a SF Tenderloin Community Event, The Expo, November 19th , 2021 and then painted by everyone who wished to do so.