From centre stage to the edge of the page: how Inca queens and princesses were pushed to the margins of historical records

Anyone who has lived in or studied South America could probably name a couple of Inca emperors and possibly even some lower-level Indigenous warriors. Pachakutik, Huayna Capac, Huascar and Atahualpa are household names. But how many people know the name of Pachakutik’s empress (Anawarki)? Or any of Huayna Capac’s hundreds of daughters, the half-sisters of Huascar and Atahualpa (Quispe Sisa, Mama Sarpay, Beatriz Huaylas, Cori Duchicela and Curi Ocllo…