Tina Knowles Announces Upcoming Memoir, ‘Matriarch’

Tina Knowles, mother of Beyoncé and Solange Knowles, is gearing up to share her own life story with an upcoming memoir.

Matriarch will detail the life of the 70-year-old from her Creole roots in Louisiana to her upbringing in Galveston, Texas. It will also dive into her marriage to Mathew Knowles and their move to Houston, where she raised her two children and became a mother figure to so many others.

“I’m thrilled to announce that my memoir, MATRIARCH, will be publishing this April, and I’m excited to share its cover with you now,” Knowles revealed on Instagram Tuesday (Oct. 29) morning.

The Glamour Woman of the Year goes on, “I have always been a storyteller, and it’s something I learned from my mother. When I had a family of my own, I believed that my daughters needed to know where they came from in order to know where they were going. I’m now ready to share my story with all of you, so that we can all celebrate these themes of strength, motherhood, Black pride, and identity.

“I am calling this book MATRIARCH because what inspires me is the wisdom that women pass on to each other, generation to generation—and the inner wisdom we long to uncover in ourselves. Even at 70 I am still learning valuable lessons—revelations that I wish that I would have had at 40 or even 20. I want to share this knowledge now, one to one with the reader, as we laugh and sometimes cry together through all the stages of our lives.”

Beyoncé also shared her mother’s book to her own Instagram page, captioning the snap of its cover, “Mama, I couldn’t be prouder. My love for you goes beyond what I can say. You put your heart into this book. I’m happy for you to share some of the stories that shaped you into who you are. To know you is to love you. But please don’t spill too much Mama Tea.”

Check out the posts from Mama Tina and Bey announcing the book below.