Over the years, several scholars especially in the Western world have misrepresented the African woman in their critical works. This may be as a result of the misconception and the presumptuous point of view impressed on then by either Africans themselves or Western tourists/writers who do not understand and appreciate the African culture. The general conception about the African woman especially pre-colonial Africa, is that she is marginalized and dominated by the patriarchal society, perpetually labouring for the male folks, has little or no voice in the society, subjected to early and forced marriage, oppressed and deprived of her rights. This paper intends to disabuse the minds of scholars from this fallacy, by bringing into light the portrait of an African woman in pre-colonial Africa as presented by Africans, residing in precolonial African environment. Through the eyes of two historical playwrights, Jean Pliya in Kondo le Requin and Djibril Tamsir Niane in Sikasso ou la Grande Citadelle, the African woman is presented as a strong warrior, a determining factor in enthroning a king, a mother per excellence, a lover, a care giver, a protagonist for development and most importantly a determinant of what a child would be in future as she is his/her first teacher in life.