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Nzinga Ana de Sousa Mbande (Swahili pronunciation: [n̩ˈʒiŋa]), Nzhinga (/ n ə ˈ z ɪ ŋ ɡ ə /; c. 1583 – 17 December 1663) was a southwest African ruler who ruled as queen of the Ambundu Kingdoms of Ndongo (1624–1663) and Matamba (1631–1663), located in present-day northern Angola.
May 15, 2023 · Queen Nzinga Mbande was a 17th-century African ruler of the Ndongo and Matamba Kingdoms of the Mbundo people, in present-day northern Angola. She is known for her diplomatic and military strategies in defending her kingdoms against Portuguese colonisers and the slave trade, successfully transforming them into a commercial state to rival ...
Mar 26, 2020 · Print. Queen Anna Nzinga, also known as Ana de Sousa Nzinga Mbande, was a queen of the Ndongo and Matamba Kingdoms (occupying what is today the country of Angola in the southern part of Africa) who lived during the 16th and 17th centuries AD. Queen Nzinga is best remembered for her resistance against the Portuguese, and setting her people free ...
Dec 10, 2020 · Known For: Queen of the central African kingdom of Matamba and Ndongo, who negotiated with, then battled, the Portuguese to maintain her country's independence and limit the trade of enslaved people. Also Known As: Dona Ana de Sousa, Nzinga Mbande, Njinga Mbandi, Queen Njinga. Born: 1583. Parents: Ngola Kiluanji Kia Samba (father) and Kengela ...
Jan 4, 2023 · Updated February 7, 2023. Between 1624 and her death in 1663, Queen Ana Nzinga ruled over the Ndongo and Matamba kingdoms while fending off European colonial forces. Wikimedia Commons The fearless ruler of the Ndongo and Matamba people of present-day Angola, Queen Nzinga fended off Portuguese slavers throughout the 17th century.
Ana Nzinga’s baptism, with the Portuguese colonial governor serving as godfather, sealed this relationship. By 1626, however, Portugal had betrayed Ndongo, and Nzinga was forced to flee with her people further west, where they founded a new state at Matamba, well beyond the reach of the Portuguese.
Jun 9, 2016 · Nzinga of Ndongo and Matamba, also known as Nzinga Mbandi, Anna Nzinga, and Rainha Ginga, was born in 1583 to the king of Ndongo, a kingdom of the Mbundu people in modern-day Angola.
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