S2 E7: Queen Nzinga's fantastic resistance to the Portuguese

07/08/2019 6 min Temporada 2 Episodio 7
S2 E7: Queen Nzinga's fantastic resistance to the Portuguese

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Welcome to a new Sankofa flight that lands in the Ndongo kingdom, roughly 16th century Angola. We are going on an official visit to her Excellency, Queen Nzinga Mbandi Queen of Ndongo and Matamba, a fine diplomat, a skilled negotiator and formidable strategist, a remarkable example of women's governance, who opposed tenacious resistance to the Portuguese colonial projects and until his death in 1663, marking the history of 17th century Angola.

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