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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]
Born Mvemba a Nzinga, he was the son of Manikongo (Mwene Kongo) (king) Nzinga a Nkuwu, the fifth king of the Kongo dynasty. In 1491, Mvemba a Nzinga was in his thirties and was the ruler of Nsundi province in the northeast portion of the kingdom. Mvemba a Nzinga competed for political power and trade revenue with fellow nobles, including ...
The Kingdom of Matamba (pre-1550–1744) was an African state located in what is now the Baixa de Cassange region of Malanje Province of modern-day Angola.Joined to the Kingdom of Ndongo by Queen Nzinga in 1631, the state had many male and female rulers.
Nzinga of Ndongo and Matamba (c. 1583–1663), Central African warrior queen; João I of Kongo, also known as Nzinga a Nkuwu or Nkuwu Nzinga; Afonso I of Kongo (c. 1456–1542 or 1543), also known as Mvemba a Nzinga or Nzinga Mbemba; Nzinga Blake (born 1981), American/Sierra Leonean actress
In 1631, Matamba was invaded by the warrior queen Nzinga Mbande of the neighboring Northern Mbundu Kingdom of Ndongo. From then on, the state would be ruled by Ndongo monarchs of the Guterres Dynasty.
He was married to Queen Nzinga a Nlaza, a first cousin. [2] She had a son by the king named Nzinga Mbemba. She would later help him become king of Kongo after her husband's death. [2] Under the reign of Nzinga a Nkuwu, Kongo had grown to 100,000 square kilometers and contained a very centralized government. [3]
Nzinga refused to recognize Hari a Ngola, claiming that he was of slave origin and not eligible to reign. She reoccupied Kindonga and began mobilizing the support of all the sobas opposed to Hari an Angola and Portuguese rule, leading to a second war with Portugal. Sousa's army defeated Nzinga again in 1628, forcing her to flee the islands.
Nzingha: Warrior Queen of Matamba, Angola, Africa, 1595 is a 2000 book by Patricia McKissack about Queen Anna Nzinga as a girl told through fictitious diary entries based on real historical events. It is part of the book series The Royal Diaries .