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African Queens is a 2023 docudrama series focusing on female monarchs, airing on the streaming service Netflix. The series is produced and narrated by Jada Pinkett Smith and features dramatized fictional re-enactments as well as interviews with experts. The first season covers Njinga, Queen of Ndongo and Matamba, and
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Nzinga Ana de Sousa Mbande, Nzinga (/ 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. [1]
Netflix's upcoming documentary series African Queens explores the lives of prominent queens of Africa throughout time. Its first season focuses on Njinga, the 17th-century warrior queen of Ndongo ...
There were many kingdoms and empires in all regions of the continent of Africa throughout history. A kingdom is a state with a king or queen as its head. [1] An empire is a political unit made up of several territories, military outposts, and peoples, "usually created by conquest, and divided between a dominant centre and subordinate peripheries".
Iapa, queen of the city Dihrani – Esarhaddon conquered eight kings and queens of the land Bāzu [112] Baslu, queen of the city Ihilum – Esarhaddon conquered eight kings and queens of the land Bāzu [112] Qedarite. Zabibe (reigned c. 750 –735 BC) Samsi (reigned c. 735 –710 BC) Yatie (reigned c. 710 –695 BC)
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Amanirenas (also spelled Amanirena), was queen regnant of the Kingdom of Kush from the end of the 1st century BCE to beginning of the 1st century CE. [1] She is known for invading Roman occupied Egypt and successfully negotiating the end of Roman retaliation, [2] retaining Kushite independence.