Artist: Jalen Brinks, a teen in Peterborough.
Queen Zingha
Zingha Mbandi Ngola, Anna (also, Nzinga Mbandi Ngola or Ginga Mbandi Ngola).
Born 1581 or 1582; died Dec. 17, 1663.
Became ruler of the state of Ndongo (Angola) in 1624 or 1623 and of Matamba in the late 1620’s.
Zingha was an African warrior queen who kept the Europeans from enslaving her people until her death.
"She was a fierce anticolonial warrior, a militant fighter, a woman holding power in a male-dominated society, and she laid the basis for successful Angolan resistance to Portuguese colonialism all the way into the twentieth century,"
~ Aurora Levins Morales
"Queen Nzinga’s record as a military leader, diplomat, spiritual leader and mother belie any simplistic conception of gender identities in African societies. She has a special position in Angolan history and is seen as an important root of African nationalism both because of her resistance to colonial rule and because of her success in breaking the regional power of the old ethnic provinces." More Information here.
For More information on Zingha please visit the below websites:
https://encyclopedia2.thefreedictionary.com/Zingha+Mbandi+Ngola%2C+Anna
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Njinga:_Queen_of_Angola
http://www.africanfeministforum.com/queen-nzinga-angola/
https://www.blackpast.org/global-african-history/queen-nzinga-1583-1663/
https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/portuguese-slave-traders-were-no-match-for-angolan-queen-nzinga-mbandi
Read about her in The Book of Black Heroes: Women in the Struggle.
Zingha Mbandi Ngola, Anna (also, Nzinga Mbandi Ngola or Ginga Mbandi Ngola).
Born 1581 or 1582; died Dec. 17, 1663.
Became ruler of the state of Ndongo (Angola) in 1624 or 1623 and of Matamba in the late 1620’s.
Zingha was an African warrior queen who kept the Europeans from enslaving her people until her death.
"She was a fierce anticolonial warrior, a militant fighter, a woman holding power in a male-dominated society, and she laid the basis for successful Angolan resistance to Portuguese colonialism all the way into the twentieth century,"
~ Aurora Levins Morales
"Queen Nzinga’s record as a military leader, diplomat, spiritual leader and mother belie any simplistic conception of gender identities in African societies. She has a special position in Angolan history and is seen as an important root of African nationalism both because of her resistance to colonial rule and because of her success in breaking the regional power of the old ethnic provinces." More Information here.
For More information on Zingha please visit the below websites:
https://encyclopedia2.thefreedictionary.com/Zingha+Mbandi+Ngola%2C+Anna
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Njinga:_Queen_of_Angola
http://www.africanfeministforum.com/queen-nzinga-angola/
https://www.blackpast.org/global-african-history/queen-nzinga-1583-1663/
https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/portuguese-slave-traders-were-no-match-for-angolan-queen-nzinga-mbandi
Read about her in The Book of Black Heroes: Women in the Struggle.