AFRICAN QUEENS PART 2

Queen Nzinga of Ndongo and MatambA! (SLAY QUEEN)

After researching about this queen I fell in love and at the same time I was mad, Why was I never taught in history class about her, Why didn’t anyone tell me about her growing up.

Queen Nzinga of Ndonga and Matamba (present-day Angola) is a continental pride and should be every girl’s idol before Barbie; she should be printed on bag packs and t-shirts.

 It’s believed she was born around the 1600s; she was born during the same time when Portuguese settlers were engaging in the slave trade, she was a smart intelligent fearless woman, and she quickly learned how to write read, and speak Portuguese, upon doing this her father the king interested her with negotiations between his kingdom and the Portuguese settlers, because of her skills she was next to the king and this would prepare her for a role she never saw coming.

When her father died, as per tradition her brother took over as the king of the kingdom in my head her father wished she had taken over but the tradition didn’t allow it, so her brother took over although he had little to no leadership skills he still did because of traditions.

Being a king in this era was not easy and certainly not for softies, Queen Nzinga’s brother was not strong enough for all the havoc that the Portuguese brought upon his kingdom so when Queen Nzinga returned from her usual visits to the Portuguese settlers, king Mbandi committed suicide  (am thinking the news she brought killed him, no literally) this was not good for her people, the kingdom was without a leader as an official leader because my girl Nzinga was already leading and stuff, anyways so when the was no leader and the people were mourning for their king the Portuguese settlers saw it as a great opportunity to attack and they did.

When this happened, wise girl, Queen Nzinga fled to the mountains with her people this is where she would form a mighty army that later defeated the Portuguese settlers for 40 years, for the whole 40 years she protected her people from the slave trade, halala girl. 

 She officially became a leader who ruled led and slain (literally slew) what is most remarkable about the great queen Nzinga was her strength to fight even when she was allowed to be weak (death of her father and brother) her passion for her people drove her to go beyond and above, she was no walkover she didn’t permit traditions and customs to control her, even though it was unheard of in her time for a woman to hold so many powers as a leader she still leads flawlessly and beautifully. 

I love her, she was a true supergirl powerhouse slay queen and every word you can think of. Queen Nzinga of the Ndongo and Matamba kingdom