Queen Njinga Mbande - African Women You Need to Know

[@thelastradacompany]

Heres what inspired me the most out of this story... the sista who got on all fours to lift her sister up. She didnt stand back and say "naw i aint bout to do that". Her MENTALITY was intelligent enough to see the opportunity for all of her people, in this meeting and not just the queen. So she did her part. She helped raise another sista up instead of being jealous, hatin, tearing her down or leaving her hanging. Thats a true warrior and a real woman. ...note taken. 👍

[@kudjoeadkins-battle2502]

A real person. I don't know why they used a woman as the "seat", most records say it was a man. My point is not to take away from the power of women. Rather I am saying that what she did was powerful for her people.

[@PraiseTheFSMonster]

It was a man who she sat on.

[@TBOTSS]

@@kudjoeadkins-battle2502 No matter. However we do know that the 'human seat' was a slave.

[@TBOTSS]

@Shaggy Maluze Njinga was a slave trader and cannibal. The distinction between slave and servant is a modern one - inapplicable in the time period under consideration.

[@thalmoragent9344]

@@TBOTSS She was a cannibal?

[@LifeIsGood49]

Wow...today, as I comment in this video, I've learnt more about our African history. Now I know of Queen Njinga

[@brixcosmo]

Queen Nzinga (a.k.a. Ana de Sousa after converted to Christianity by Portuguese) allied with the Portuguese, enslaved and sold millions of slaves from weeker tribes around her kingdom in the regions that became known as The Portuguese Kingdom of Kongo (Angola e Congo). Afterwards betrayed the Portuguese and allied with Dutch Kingdom again for her own interest, wealth and power. Slavery existed in every Civilization. It was business. Slaves were sold just like Ivory, Gold, Weapons and Spices. African colonization and slavery by outer Civilizations started with Phoenicians-Carthaginians that came from Levante (Lebanon) and conquered North Africa and faught the Romans in the Iberian Peninsula. Continued in 1AD to 15th Century when Umayyad Caliphate (Muslim Moors) conquered all North Africa and the Iberian Peninsula (Portugal+Spain) and that's why Mali, Mauritania, Morocco, Argelia, Tunisia, Lybia, Egypt, Sudan are Muslim and speak Arabic. 15t Centuries before Portuguese ever sailed to Africa after defeating the Umayyad Caliphate (Muslim Moors) by conquering Algarve (South Portugal) and Ceuta (Muslim City in North Africa) in 1415. The Turquish-Ottoman also bought millions of slaves from North Africa. Much more than "European" Empires in all trans-Atlantic slave trade. Tell it like it is!

[@anthonymontes1500]

Oh man I remember learning about her on my personal time in middle school, then learning about King Njinga in an academic setting in college (and writing an academic paper). And oh man she was badass.

[@brixcosmo]

Queen Nzinga (a.k.a. Ana de Sousa after converted to Christianity by Portuguese) allied with the Portuguese, enslaved and sold millions of slaves from weeker tribes around her kingdom in the regions that became known as The Portuguese Kingdom of Kongo (Angola e Congo). Afterwards betrayed the Portuguese and allied with Dutch Kingdom again for her own interest, wealth and power. Slavery existed in every Civilization. It was business. Slaves were sold just like Ivory, Gold, Weapons and Spices. African colonization and slavery by outer Civilizations started with Phoenicians-Carthaginians that came from Levante (Lebanon) and conquered North Africa and faught the Romans in the Iberian Peninsula. Continued in 1AD to 15th Century when Umayyad Caliphate (Muslim Moors) conquered all North Africa and the Iberian Peninsula (Portugal+Spain) and that's why Mali, Mauritania, Morocco, Argelia, Tunisia, Lybia, Egypt, Sudan are Muslim and speak Arabic. 15t Centuries before Portuguese ever sailed to Africa after defeating the Umayyad Caliphate (Muslim Moors) by conquering Algarve (South Portugal) and Ceuta (Muslim City in North Africa) in 1415. The Turquish-Ottoman also bought millions of slaves from North Africa. Much more than "European" Empires in all trans-Atlantic slave trade. Tell it like it is!

[@CelebornGaming]

Found out about a month ago that she is my great+ grandmother. Pretty crazy but amazing at the same time. I've learnt so much about her since then and will continue to. It's been so great. Oh and it's Nzinga. Get it right.

[@kudjoeadkins-battle2502]

Where are you from? She didn't have children..

[@CelebornGaming]

@@kudjoeadkins-battle2502 she actually had a LOT of children. Mostly from concubines and sex slaves. That's where my grandfather comes into play.

[@kudjoeadkins-battle2502]

@@CelebornGaming when?

[@CelebornGaming]

@@kudjoeadkins-battle2502 1610. Why do you want to know so badly?

[@CelebornGaming]

@@kudjoeadkins-battle2502 well from the words of the great narrator himself, "I guess we'll never know."

[@landmark22]

why call it what it was Invasion not Colonialism

[@kwarrior2895]

Same shit.

[@deepminds777]

landmark22 why mexicans coming to the us called immigration and not colonialism?

[@kwarrior2895]

@@deepminds777 because Mexicans are not enslaving the people taking 90% of the resources and sending it back to Mexico and have a whole racist doctrine. Mexican Immigration is the same as Irish and Italian Migration.

[@aertishipper6765]

​@@deepminds777 You racists really have nothing in your brains but worms and hate huh. Immigrants are seeking asylum and migrating for their own lives/safety, while white colonizers/invaders did not need to immigrate; They did so purely out of greed, enslavement, supremacy and conquest. Colonizers did all that as well as enforced racist oppressive rules that still harm people to this day, how the fuck are you comparing Mexicans (people who have a right to be in the US) to invaders. Read a history book moron. I cant believe i just had to explain this... bigotry does a number on the mind

[@aertishipper6765]

@Godess Of Beauty that idiot was comparing IMMIGRATION to european colonialism.... you have to be so historically ignorant and racist to make such a horrific and senseless comparison in the first place. european Colonialism is racist violent genocide with the goal of expanding empire, mexican immigration is done for out of desperation, families and individuals seeking asylum from the very conditions caused by european colonialism. He is OBVIOUSLY racist for comparing the two and thinking theyre the same.

[@HistoryLover1550]

Njinga's story has captivated and inspired me since I read about her life in the book "African Princess." Truly a brilliant, stalwart and courageous individual.

[@alanzo428]

Stalwart and courageous? Is she really when she was also a fkn Slave Trader?

[@HistoryLover1550]

@@alanzo428 I was referring to her battles against the Portuguese but do not condone her participation in the slave trade. Still, she was a product of her time and did what she had to do in order to rule and survive.

[@sergiomorais4906]

@@HistoryLover1550 ... and what about her battles againt the africans on the behalf of the portuguese? What about the invasion and destruction of other African kingdoms? What about the murder of her brother children?

[@HistoryLover1550]

@@sergiomorais4906 I do not praise her for those deeds and do not assume that I do. She lived in a ruthless time and had to operate by ruthless calculating means. Nobody is perfect, we can both agree on that.

[@hacatan24]

I was surprised that she got rid of her own religion and went to Catholic....

[@jerichoraia]

Nzinga Mbande not "Njinga Mbandi"

[@amaramoramei9959]

actually, Njinga/Nginga is her original name. Nzinga is just how it's written in English

[@feliz5919]

JJ Raia Nzinga is how its written in english. her original name (not in english) IS actually Njinga Mbandi... :/ just saying...

[@chinmia]

Thank you!

[@rda-gama2567]

Exactly!

[@brixcosmo]

Queen Nzinga (a.k.a. Ana de Sousa after converted to Christianity by Portuguese) allied with the Portuguese, enslaved and sold millions of slaves from weeker tribes around her kingdom in the regions that became known as The Portuguese Kingdom of Kongo (Angola e Congo). Afterwards betrayed the Portuguese and allied with Dutch Kingdom again for her own interest, wealth and power. Slavery existed in every Civilization. It was business. Slaves were sold just like Ivory, Gold, Weapons and Spices. African colonization and slavery by outer Civilizations started with Phoenicians-Carthaginians that came from Levante (Lebanon) and conquered North Africa and faught the Romans in the Iberian Peninsula. Continued in 1AD to 15th Century when Umayyad Caliphate (Muslim Moors) conquered all North Africa and the Iberian Peninsula (Portugal+Spain) and that's why Mali, Mauritania, Morocco, Argelia, Tunisia, Lybia, Egypt, Sudan are Muslim and speak Arabic. 15t Centuries before Portuguese ever sailed to Africa after defeating the Umayyad Caliphate (Muslim Moors) by conquering Algarve (South Portugal) and Ceuta (Muslim City in North Africa) in 1415. The Turquish-Ottoman also bought millions of slaves from North Africa. Much more than "European" Empires in all trans-Atlantic slave trade. Tell it like it is!

[@rda-gama2567]

Angola has lots of young ladies called after her name (Nzinga)

[@brixcosmo]

And José Eduardo dos Santos im honor of your Great Corrupt Dictator. Both Corrupted Heroes like you love them! Congrats! Queen Nzinga (a.k.a. Ana de Sousa after converted to Christianity by Portuguese) allied with the Portuguese, enslaved and sold millions of slaves from weeker tribes around her kingdom in the regions that became known as The Portuguese Kingdom of Kongo (Angola e Congo). Afterwards betrayed the Portuguese and allied with Dutch Kingdom again for her own interest, wealth and power. Slavery existed in every Civilization. It was business. Slaves were sold just like Ivory, Gold, Weapons and Spices. African colonization and slavery by outer Civilizations started with Phoenicians-Carthaginians that came from Levante (Lebanon) and conquered North Africa and faught the Romans in the Iberian Peninsula. Continued in 1AD to 15th Century when Umayyad Caliphate (Muslim Moors) conquered all North Africa and the Iberian Peninsula (Portugal+Spain) and that's why Mali, Mauritania, Morocco, Argelia, Tunisia, Lybia, Egypt, Sudan are Muslim and speak Arabic. 15t Centuries before Portuguese ever sailed to Africa after defeating the Umayyad Caliphate (Muslim Moors) by conquering Algarve (South Portugal) and Ceuta (Muslim City in North Africa) in 1415. The Turquish-Ottoman also bought millions of slaves from North Africa. Much more than "European" Empires in all trans-Atlantic slave trade. Tell it like it is!

[@PraiseTheFSMonster]

I can't believe they got so many facts wrong in such a short video. They even got her NAME wrong.

[@brixcosmo]

Queen Nzinga (a.k.a. Ana de Sousa after converted to Christianity by Portuguese) allied with the Portuguese, enslaved and sold millions of slaves from weeker tribes around her kingdom in the regions that became known as The Portuguese Kingdom of Kongo (Angola e Congo). Afterwards betrayed the Portuguese and allied with Dutch Kingdom again for her own interest, wealth and power. Slavery existed in every Civilization. It was business. Slaves were sold just like Ivory, Gold, Weapons and Spices. African colonization and slavery by outer Civilizations started with Phoenicians-Carthaginians that came from Levante (Lebanon) and conquered North Africa and faught the Romans in the Iberian Peninsula. Continued in 1AD to 15th Century when Umayyad Caliphate (Muslim Moors) conquered all North Africa and the Iberian Peninsula (Portugal+Spain) and that's why Mali, Mauritania, Morocco, Argelia, Tunisia, Lybia, Egypt, Sudan are Muslim and speak Arabic. 15t Centuries before Portuguese ever sailed to Africa after defeating the Umayyad Caliphate (Muslim Moors) by conquering Algarve (South Portugal) and Ceuta (Muslim City in North Africa) in 1415. The Turquish-Ottoman also bought millions of slaves from North Africa. Much more than "European" Empires in all trans-Atlantic slave trade. Tell it like it is!

[@D3Watkins]

Why didn’t our ancestors keep this same energy like Queen Nzinga did. how did millions of Africans become slaves to not only white men but to native americans as well.

[@alanzo428]

With s little more research you'll find out that this woman trapped and sold off defenseless African people to slavers until the demand for slaves got so high they turned their sights on her family too?

[@ricardoaguiar179]

@@alanzo428 take what you read with a grain of salt what you have just said was written by some random puerto rican woman and was debunked ages ago

[@sergiomorais4906]

@@ricardoaguiar179 what was debunked? that the woman was not a slave trader? who debunked this? bring the references.

[@ricardoaguiar179]

@@sergiomorais4906 the same woman that said "there are no slaves in my kingdom" ? Yes early on she sold slaves (like most rulers at the time) but once she realised Europeans were purposefully targeting Africans especially of her kingdom she stopped

[@sergiomorais4906]

@@ricardoaguiar179 She really said that? references? there were always slaves on her kingdom: prisioners of war, blasphemists and adulterers. The mindset of blacks opposed to white did not exist at the time, it was her power opposed to other powers, either african or european powers. That's why she converted to Christianity later in life, the religion of the "invaders". The history is much more complex than reducing to the opposition between blacks and whites, there's a ton of shades of grey in between.

[@bellomuhammad6406]

Movie needs to be made on this

[@taylaschultze3303]

Also wondering about the music ;)

[@mcg293]

Its Nzingha. What is the point of making 'history' documentaries if you keep getting African history wrong and telling lies about European history?

[@amaramoramei9959]

Her real name is Njinga Mbandi true to the original phonetics of her name. This "Nzingha/Nzinga" is how English people like to write her name.

[@aelearning1545]

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[@brixcosmo]

Queen Nzinga (a.k.a. Ana de Sousa after converted to Christianity by Portuguese) allied with the Portuguese, enslaved and sold millions of slaves from weeker tribes around her kingdom in the regions that became known as The Portuguese Kingdom of Kongo (Angola e Congo). Afterwards betrayed the Portuguese and allied with Dutch Kingdom again for her own interest, wealth and power. Slavery existed in every Civilization. It was business. Slaves were sold just like Ivory, Gold, Weapons and Spices. African colonization and slavery by outer Civilizations started with Phoenicians-Carthaginians that came from Levante (Lebanon) and conquered North Africa and faught the Romans in the Iberian Peninsula. Continued in 1AD to 15th Century when Umayyad Caliphate (Muslim Moors) conquered all North Africa and the Iberian Peninsula (Portugal+Spain) and that's why Mali, Mauritania, Morocco, Argelia, Tunisia, Lybia, Egypt, Sudan are Muslim and speak Arabic. 15t Centuries before Portuguese ever sailed to Africa after defeating the Umayyad Caliphate (Muslim Moors) by conquering Algarve (South Portugal) and Ceuta (Muslim City in North Africa) in 1415. The Turquish-Ottoman also bought millions of slaves from North Africa. Much more than "European" Empires in all trans-Atlantic slave trade. Tell it like it is!

[@craigdavid1408]

what is the song

[@happyngulube1871]

Queen Nzinga

[@brixcosmo]

Queen Nzinga (a.k.a. Ana de Sousa after converted to Christianity by Portuguese) allied with the Portuguese, enslaved and sold millions of slaves from weeker tribes around her kingdom in the regions that became known as The Portuguese Kingdom of Kongo (Angola e Congo). Afterwards betrayed the Portuguese and allied with Dutch Kingdom again for her own interest, wealth and power. Slavery existed in every Civilization. It was business. Slaves were sold just like Ivory, Gold, Weapons and Spices. African colonization and slavery by outer Civilizations started with Phoenicians-Carthaginians that came from Levante (Lebanon) and conquered North Africa and faught the Romans in the Iberian Peninsula. Continued in 1AD to 15th Century when Umayyad Caliphate (Muslim Moors) conquered all North Africa and the Iberian Peninsula (Portugal+Spain) and that's why Mali, Mauritania, Morocco, Argelia, Tunisia, Lybia, Egypt, Sudan are Muslim and speak Arabic. 15t Centuries before Portuguese ever sailed to Africa after defeating the Umayyad Caliphate (Muslim Moors) by conquering Algarve (South Portugal) and Ceuta (Muslim City in North Africa) in 1415. The Turquish-Ottoman also bought millions of slaves from North Africa. Much more than "European" Empires in all trans-Atlantic slave trade. Tell it like it is!

[@tracypowers9704]

This is my Ancestor! Awesome

[@brixcosmo]

Queen Nzinga (a.k.a. Ana de Sousa after converted to Christianity by Portuguese) allied with the Portuguese, enslaved and sold millions of slaves from weeker tribes around her kingdom in the regions that became known as The Portuguese Kingdom of Kongo (Angola e Congo). Afterwards betrayed the Portuguese and allied with Dutch Kingdom again for her own interest, wealth and power. Slavery existed in every Civilization. It was business. Slaves were sold just like Ivory, Gold, Weapons and Spices. African colonization and slavery by outer Civilizations started with Phoenicians-Carthaginians that came from Levante (Lebanon) and conquered North Africa and faught the Romans in the Iberian Peninsula. Continued in 1AD to 15th Century when Umayyad Caliphate (Muslim Moors) conquered all North Africa and the Iberian Peninsula (Portugal+Spain) and that's why Mali, Mauritania, Morocco, Argelia, Tunisia, Lybia, Egypt, Sudan are Muslim and speak Arabic. 15t Centuries before Portuguese ever sailed to Africa after defeating the Umayyad Caliphate (Muslim Moors) by conquering Algarve (South Portugal) and Ceuta (Muslim City in North Africa) in 1415. The Turquish-Ottoman also bought millions of slaves from North Africa. Much more than "European" Empires in all trans-Atlantic slave trade. Tell it like it is!

[@Trudesk]

E as legendas em português?

[@purple4463]

Oh no!! NOT Queen "Njinga", it's Queen NZINGA.

[@brixcosmo]

Queen Nzinga (a.k.a. Ana de Sousa after converted to Christianity by Portuguese) allied with the Portuguese, enslaved and sold millions of slaves from weeker tribes around her kingdom in the regions that became known as The Portuguese Kingdom of Kongo (Angola e Congo). Afterwards betrayed the Portuguese and allied with Dutch Kingdom again for her own interest, wealth and power. Slavery existed in every Civilization. It was business. Slaves were sold just like Ivory, Gold, Weapons and Spices. African colonization and slavery by outer Civilizations started with Phoenicians-Carthaginians that came from Levante (Lebanon) and conquered North Africa and faught the Romans in the Iberian Peninsula. Continued in 1AD to 15th Century when Umayyad Caliphate (Muslim Moors) conquered all North Africa and the Iberian Peninsula (Portugal+Spain) and that's why Mali, Mauritania, Morocco, Argelia, Tunisia, Lybia, Egypt, Sudan are Muslim and speak Arabic. 15t Centuries before Portuguese ever sailed to Africa after defeating the Umayyad Caliphate (Muslim Moors) by conquering Algarve (South Portugal) and Ceuta (Muslim City in North Africa) in 1415. The Turquish-Ottoman also bought millions of slaves from North Africa. Much more than "European" Empires in all trans-Atlantic slave trade. Tell it like it is!

[@sadafmirdhe9247]

loved it

[@brixcosmo]

Queen Nzinga (a.k.a. Ana de Sousa after converted to Christianity by Portuguese) allied with the Portuguese, enslaved and sold millions of slaves from weeker tribes around her kingdom in the regions that became known as The Portuguese Kingdom of Kongo (Angola e Congo). Afterwards betrayed the Portuguese and allied with Dutch Kingdom again for her own interest, wealth and power. Slavery existed in every Civilization. It was business. Slaves were sold just like Ivory, Gold, Weapons and Spices. African colonization and slavery by outer Civilizations started with Phoenicians-Carthaginians that came from Levante (Lebanon) and conquered North Africa and faught the Romans in the Iberian Peninsula. Continued in 1AD to 15th Century when Umayyad Caliphate (Muslim Moors) conquered all North Africa and the Iberian Peninsula (Portugal+Spain) and that's why Mali, Mauritania, Morocco, Argelia, Tunisia, Lybia, Egypt, Sudan are Muslim and speak Arabic. 15t Centuries before Portuguese ever sailed to Africa after defeating the Umayyad Caliphate (Muslim Moors) by conquering Algarve (South Portugal) and Ceuta (Muslim City in North Africa) in 1415. The Turquish-Ottoman also bought millions of slaves from North Africa. Much more than "European" Empires in all trans-Atlantic slave trade. Tell it like it is!

[@calumbasilva868]

OMG SHE IS FROM MY TRIBE MY PARENTS WOULD TELL ME STORIES ABOUT HER.

[@brixcosmo]

Queen Nzinga (a.k.a. Ana de Sousa after converted to Christianity by Portuguese) allied with the Portuguese, enslaved and sold millions of slaves from weeker tribes around her kingdom in the regions that became known as The Portuguese Kingdom of Kongo (Angola e Congo). Afterwards betrayed the Portuguese and allied with Dutch Kingdom again for her own interest, wealth and power. Slavery existed in every Civilization. It was business. Slaves were sold just like Ivory, Gold, Weapons and Spices. African colonization and slavery by outer Civilizations started with Phoenicians-Carthaginians that came from Levante (Lebanon) and conquered North Africa and faught the Romans in the Iberian Peninsula. Continued in 1AD to 15th Century when Umayyad Caliphate (Muslim Moors) conquered all North Africa and the Iberian Peninsula (Portugal+Spain) and that's why Mali, Mauritania, Morocco, Argelia, Tunisia, Lybia, Egypt, Sudan are Muslim and speak Arabic. 15t Centuries before Portuguese ever sailed to Africa after defeating the Umayyad Caliphate (Muslim Moors) by conquering Algarve (South Portugal) and Ceuta (Muslim City in North Africa) in 1415. The Turquish-Ottoman also bought millions of slaves from North Africa. Much more than "European" Empires in all trans-Atlantic slave trade. Tell it like it is!

[@YujiroHanmaaaa]

Queen Nzinga was not sitting on a slave but a loyalist volunteer citizen who saw that her glorious queen was being humiliated by a stranger addressing her queen while seated. Stop repeating distortions, start telling her true story...

[@sergiomorais4906]

It was a slave, her kingdom based its economy on slavery, even long before the european arrived to Africa. Slave trade was endemic in almost all the continent.

[@theylive5851]

@@sergiomorais4906 exactly she aint no fu cking hero

[@brixcosmo]

Queen Nzinga (a.k.a. Ana de Sousa after converted to Christianity by Portuguese) allied with the Portuguese, enslaved and sold millions of slaves from weeker tribes around her kingdom in the regions that became known as The Portuguese Kingdom of Kongo (Angola e Congo). Afterwards betrayed the Portuguese and allied with Dutch Kingdom again for her own interest, wealth and power. Slavery existed in every Civilization. It was business. Slaves were sold just like Ivory, Gold, Weapons and Spices. African colonization and slavery by outer Civilizations started with Phoenicians-Carthaginians that came from Levante (Lebanon) and conquered North Africa and faught the Romans in the Iberian Peninsula. Continued in 1AD to 15th Century when Umayyad Caliphate (Muslim Moors) conquered all North Africa and the Iberian Peninsula (Portugal+Spain) and that's why Mali, Mauritania, Morocco, Argelia, Tunisia, Lybia, Egypt, Sudan are Muslim and speak Arabic. 15t Centuries before Portuguese ever sailed to Africa after defeating the Umayyad Caliphate (Muslim Moors) by conquering Algarve (South Portugal) and Ceuta (Muslim City in North Africa) in 1415. The Turquish-Ottoman also bought millions of slaves from North Africa. Much more than "European" Empires in all trans-Atlantic slave trade. Tell it like it is!

[@brixcosmo]

You like Japonese Culture? I like it too. Do you know the relation between Portuguese and Japan in 16th Century? Portuguese didn't go to Africa to enslave people. Portuguese were traders and decided to bypass the Muslim Turquish-Ottoman Empire that had controlled all Spice Trading in the Mediterranean Sea by 1450. Asian Spices were a big thing in that Era. They were sold mostly in the Mediterranean Sea's Costal territories (South Italy, Greece, Turkey, etc). So Portugal decided to bypass them and sail to the Source of the Asian Spices. India. It took almost 100 years (1415-1498) to get to India 'cause no one was able to sail around South Africa. That cape's waters, rocks, currents destroyed hundreads of boats and killed thousands of people. Vasco da Gama finally figured it out in 1498 and reached India. Goa (India) became a Portuguese State/TradePort from 1510 to 1961. Mallaca (Malasya) also from 1517 to 1641. In 1517 Portuguese reached China and made a trading Alliance with the Ming Dinasty and that's how Macau became a Portuguese State/TradePort from 1557 to 1999. In 1543 Portuguese landed in Japan and made a Trading Alliance with Japan that is celebrated to this day. We built the Port of Nagazaki in 1557. The same USA was so kind to Nuclear Bomb. What about that truth!? Now USA and Japan are Allies. We also introduced Tempura in Japonese Cuisine. They made it globally known. Creepy fact... Japonese traded Japonese Slaves for Portuguese Weapons during the Invasions of Korea in 1592 - 1597. Mostly concubines that were taken to Macau. Portuguese State in China. Truth will set you free if you're not biased when looking at History 'cause every ancient Civilizations conquered territories to eachother in an Era where there were no concepts of Continents nor Countries.

[@alfonsoantonromero932]

Historia exagerada de una reina "feminista", negra, vencedora en pleno siglo XVII, vamos que lo tiene todo ideal. La verdad es que a los portugueses al comienzo solo les interesaba el litoral de Angola por el comercio de esclavos, no se dedicaron a fondo a conquistarla. Mientras su hermano sensato quería un acuerdo, ella prefirió una guerra larga y cruel. Después no sé lo de que mataba a sus maridos, ¿pero eso es un buen ejemplo? ¿NO pueden buscar una empresaria o una reina constructiva que fomentara el progreso y la riqueza?

[@brixcosmo]

Queen Nzinga (a.k.a. Ana de Sousa after converted to Christianity by Portuguese) allied with the Portuguese, enslaved and sold millions of slaves from weeker tribes around her kingdom in the regions that became known as The Portuguese Kingdom of Kongo (Angola e Congo). Afterwards betrayed the Portuguese and allied with Dutch Kingdom again for her own interest, wealth and power. Slavery existed in every Civilization. It was business. Slaves were sold just like Ivory, Gold, Weapons and Spices. African colonization and slavery by outer Civilizations started with Phoenicians-Carthaginians that came from Levante (Lebanon) and conquered North Africa and faught the Romans in the Iberian Peninsula. Continued in 1AD to 15th Century when Umayyad Caliphate (Muslim Moors) conquered all North Africa and the Iberian Peninsula (Portugal+Spain) and that's why Mali, Mauritania, Morocco, Argelia, Tunisia, Lybia, Egypt, Sudan are Muslim and speak Arabic. 15t Centuries before Portuguese ever sailed to Africa after defeating the Umayyad Caliphate (Muslim Moors) by conquering Algarve (South Portugal) and Ceuta (Muslim City in North Africa) in 1415. The Turquish-Ottoman also bought millions of slaves from North Africa. Much more than "European" Empires in all trans-Atlantic slave trade. Tell it like it is!

[@ryufight7987]

And she also sold slaves and had slaves herself . When people tel a story they need to tell the full story

[@dr.m-beenzunamwiinganakazw9106]

Liberty!

[@brixcosmo]

Queen Nzinga (a.k.a. Ana de Sousa after converted to Christianity by Portuguese) allied with the Portuguese, enslaved and sold millions of slaves from weeker tribes around her kingdom in the regions that became known as The Portuguese Kingdom of Kongo (Angola e Congo). Afterwards betrayed the Portuguese and allied with Dutch Kingdom again for her own interest, wealth and power. Slavery existed in every Civilization. It was business. Slaves were sold just like Ivory, Gold, Weapons and Spices. African colonization and slavery by outer Civilizations started with Phoenicians-Carthaginians that came from Levante (Lebanon) and conquered North Africa and faught the Romans in the Iberian Peninsula. Continued in 1AD to 15th Century when Umayyad Caliphate (Muslim Moors) conquered all North Africa and the Iberian Peninsula (Portugal+Spain) and that's why Mali, Mauritania, Morocco, Argelia, Tunisia, Lybia, Egypt, Sudan are Muslim and speak Arabic. 15t Centuries before Portuguese ever sailed to Africa after defeating the Umayyad Caliphate (Muslim Moors) by conquering Algarve (South Portugal) and Ceuta (Muslim City in North Africa) in 1415. The Turquish-Ottoman also bought millions of slaves from North Africa. Much more than "European" Empires in all trans-Atlantic slave trade. Tell it like it is!

[@autumnmaemurphy1920]

Gaining independence would mean they were DEPENDENT. sounds like ws is dependent

[@rainstriderstreamflower5645]

They only porvided that poor woman a carpet to sit on while the comannder got a seat! HOW RUDE!

[@brixcosmo]

Queen Nzinga (a.k.a. Ana de Sousa after converted to Christianity by Portuguese) allied with the Portuguese, enslaved and sold millions of slaves from weeker tribes around her kingdom in the regions that became known as The Portuguese Kingdom of Kongo (Angola e Congo). Afterwards betrayed the Portuguese and allied with Dutch Kingdom again for her own interest, wealth and power. Slavery existed in every Civilization. It was business. Slaves were sold just like Ivory, Gold, Weapons and Spices. African colonization and slavery by outer Civilizations started with Phoenicians-Carthaginians that came from Levante (Lebanon) and conquered North Africa and faught the Romans in the Iberian Peninsula. Continued in 1AD to 15th Century when Umayyad Caliphate (Muslim Moors) conquered all North Africa and the Iberian Peninsula (Portugal+Spain) and that's why Mali, Mauritania, Morocco, Argelia, Tunisia, Lybia, Egypt, Sudan are Muslim and speak Arabic. 15t Centuries before Portuguese ever sailed to Africa after defeating the Umayyad Caliphate (Muslim Moors) by conquering Algarve (South Portugal) and Ceuta (Muslim City in North Africa) in 1415. The Turquish-Ottoman also bought millions of slaves from North Africa. Much more than "European" Empires in all trans-Atlantic slave trade. Tell it like it is!

[@keithsmith4110]

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[@brixcosmo]

Queen Nzinga (a.k.a. Ana de Sousa after converted to Christianity by Portuguese) allied with the Portuguese, enslaved and sold millions of slaves from weeker tribes around her kingdom in the regions that became known as The Portuguese Kingdom of Kongo (Angola e Congo). Afterwards betrayed the Portuguese and allied with Dutch Kingdom again for her own interest, wealth and power. Slavery existed in every Civilization. It was business. Slaves were sold just like Ivory, Gold, Weapons and Spices. African colonization and slavery by outer Civilizations started with Phoenicians-Carthaginians that came from Levante (Lebanon) and conquered North Africa and faught the Romans in the Iberian Peninsula. Continued in 1AD to 15th Century when Umayyad Caliphate (Muslim Moors) conquered all North Africa and the Iberian Peninsula (Portugal+Spain) and that's why Mali, Mauritania, Morocco, Argelia, Tunisia, Lybia, Egypt, Sudan are Muslim and speak Arabic. 15t Centuries before Portuguese ever sailed to Africa after defeating the Umayyad Caliphate (Muslim Moors) by conquering Algarve (South Portugal) and Ceuta (Muslim City in North Africa) in 1415. The Turquish-Ottoman also bought millions of slaves from North Africa. Much more than "European" Empires in all trans-Atlantic slave trade. Tell it like it is!

[@kingkon6940]

Why we don’t born at that time

[@brixcosmo]

You'd be enslaved by her. Queen Nzinga (a.k.a. Ana de Sousa after converted to Christianity by Portuguese) allied with the Portuguese, enslaved and sold millions of slaves from weeker tribes around her kingdom in the regions that became known as The Portuguese Kingdom of Kongo (Angola e Congo). Afterwards betrayed the Portuguese and allied with Dutch Kingdom again for her own interest, wealth and power. Slavery existed in every Civilization. It was business. Slaves were sold just like Ivory, Gold, Weapons and Spices. African colonization and slavery by outer Civilizations started with Phoenicians-Carthaginians that came from Levante (Lebanon) and conquered North Africa and faught the Romans in the Iberian Peninsula. Continued in 1AD to 15th Century when Umayyad Caliphate (Muslim Moors) conquered all North Africa and the Iberian Peninsula (Portugal+Spain) and that's why Mali, Mauritania, Morocco, Argelia, Tunisia, Lybia, Egypt, Sudan are Muslim and speak Arabic. 15t Centuries before Portuguese ever sailed to Africa after defeating the Umayyad Caliphate (Muslim Moors) by conquering Algarve (South Portugal) and Ceuta (Muslim City in North Africa) in 1415. The Turquish-Ottoman also bought millions of slaves from North Africa. Much more than "European" Empires in all trans-Atlantic slave trade. Tell it like it is!

[@johngiraltbedford]

I was searching for great individuals for a project I'm working on when I stumbled across Queen Nzinga/Njinga. I was excited to include her, but there are some troubling facts that I've come across: "Increasing slave exports from Nzinga's domains gave her the means to build armies that ranged widely and expanded the resurrected Matamba kingdom until it ranked as the largest state in the region during the 1640s. Much of her strategy was directed at diverting slaves from surrounding regions into Matamba." The Journal of African History, page 210, last paragraph. "Avoiding the Portuguese axis leading to Luanda, she attacked westward through the lands of the Ndembu, the southern Kongo chiefs in the highlands between Matamba and the sea, and contacted the Dutch slavers who were becoming increasingly frequent visitors to the bays and inlets north of the Portuguese capital during the 1630s." The Journal of African History, page 211, middle paragraph. "When other Dutch forces drove the Portuguese out of Luanda in 1641 in a remote episode of the European Thirty Years War, they removed the last Portuguese restraint on Matamba's commercial and political domination of the Mbundu. They were to reap rewards in the form of slaves bought from Nzinga through the 1640s. the Dutch reported purchases of up to 13,000 in some years." The Journal of African History, page 211, middle paragraph. "The Dutch departure from Angola therefore necessitated a rapprochement with the Portuguese. Her nearly twenty-five years of implacable hostility dissolved after 1650 in a subservience that became the cornerstone of her diplomacy until the end of her life in 1663." The Journal of African History, page 212, top paragraph. ""The terms of the agreement assured Nzinga a monopoly over slave exports by concentrating the trade at a feira at her capital; the presence of Portuguese allies, traders and a resident representative of the governor, at the heart of the kingdom further consolidated her internal control. She committed herself in addition to send an annual tribute in slaves and to provide military assistance to the Portuguese when required." The Journal of African History, page 212, middle paragraph. You can read the journal here, but it might cost you if you don't have a subscription to JSTOR: www-jstor-org.hal.weber.edu/stable/180812?seq=11#metadata_info_tab_contents I suppose if we celebrate people like George Washington and Thomas Jefferson who owned slaves then we can also celebrate people who sold slaves. Maybe I'm missing something here but this is my understanding of her: She fought Portuguese slave traders in her youth only to establish herself as a slave trader who exported even more slaves than the previous ruler allowed. In the end, she allied with the Dutch to help kick out the Portuguese until the Dutch left and she was forced to ally herself with the Portuguese again, this time owning a monopoly on the slave trade in her region. Any thoughts on what the journal reports compared to what the video says?

[@PraiseTheFSMonster]

She took the slaves as refugees. She didn't keep them as slaves but instead gave them freedom. She fought slavery harder than anyone. I'm not going to read the rest of your comment because it's way too long.

[@TBOTSS]

@@PraiseTheFSMonster She was selling 25,000 slaves a year to the Dutch. Her Kingdom's wealth came from the capture, use and selling of slaves. She herself was the daughter of a slave. She murdered her nephew, when he was still a child. The Portuguese aligned more with the other Kingdoms (Kongo for example) who were major competitors with Njinga Mbande's people for slaves. She did NOTHING to stop or reduce the slave trade, she only wanted to exclude the Portuguese from the local trade. Like all African nations, she NEVER argued against the trade but for who should control it (meaning herself). EDUCATION 101.

[@PraiseTheFSMonster]

@@TBOTSS Citation fcking needed dude. Typing "EDUCATION 101" doesn't count.

[@TBOTSS]

@@PraiseTheFSMonster Some of what I said is contained in the post above by TEFL hero above, in which you replied "I'm not going to read the rest of your comment because it's way too long." You one ignorant human being.

[@TBOTSS]

@@PraiseTheFSMonster Oh dear, you have run away.

[@skywrss]

lol

[@Maia_Cyclist]

There is a movie about her

[@calebwalters1869]

Um, so why is her showing off how she subjegates and objectifies her own people the main event of the video? Why not elaborate on how great of a warrior queen she was in her victories instead of trying to show us an example of her ability to negotiate which ends up being no such thing and is instead an example of her pride and ego being more important than her handmaid? I'm not saying she was all bad, because honestly this is the first I've ever heard of her, but this introduction screams, "TYRANT" even if she really was a sort of hero. I sincerely hope this is just the BBC being twisted wokies instead of also being another evil historical figure being painted as good for actions that are at least concerningly objectionable.

[@brixcosmo]

Queen Nzinga (a.k.a. Ana de Sousa after converted to Christianity by Portuguese) allied with the Portuguese, enslaved and sold millions of slaves from weeker tribes around her kingdom in the regions that became known as The Portuguese Kingdom of Kongo (Angola e Congo). Afterwards betrayed the Portuguese and allied with Dutch Kingdom again for her own interest, wealth and power. Slavery existed in every Civilization. It was business. Slaves were sold just like Ivory, Gold, Weapons and Spices. African colonization and slavery by outer Civilizations started with Phoenicians-Carthaginians that came from Levante (Lebanon) and conquered North Africa and faught the Romans in the Iberian Peninsula. Continued in 1AD to 15th Century when Umayyad Caliphate (Muslim Moors) conquered all North Africa and the Iberian Peninsula (Portugal+Spain) and that's why Mali, Mauritania, Morocco, Argelia, Tunisia, Lybia, Egypt, Sudan are Muslim and speak Arabic. 15t Centuries before Portuguese ever sailed to Africa after defeating the Umayyad Caliphate (Muslim Moors) by conquering Algarve (South Portugal) and Ceuta (Muslim City in North Africa) in 1415. The Turquish-Ottoman also bought millions of slaves from North Africa. Much more than "European" Empires in all trans-Atlantic slave trade. Tell it like it is!

[@calebwalters1869]

@@brixcosmo Interesting. Yes, practically every civilization in history had slavery, and I already new of the Muslim slave trade being extensive, but not about those background details. Thanks.

[@brixcosmo]

@@calebwalters1869 It was as extensive as it was Muslim spreading throughout Africa and Europe. Turquish-Ottoman enslaved "white" women from North Europe for their harems too. Turquish-Ottoman and Umayyad Caliphate together bought Millions of slaves from Africa. Much more than the trans-Atlantic slave trade. Turquish-Ottoman bought them from the North Coast without really entering territories. "European" Empires from the South with the same modus-operandi 'cause in the early voyages thousands died because of Malaria. Africans were kind of Imune to it. "Arabs" from the East. It still happens to this day in Sudan. Mostly women traficked for sexual slavering. We can't look at this Eras like everyone wasn't Medieval/Primitive when compared to the last centuries. Nor take sides. "Muslim" vs "Christians". "Middle-Eastern" vs "Europeans". "Europeans" vs "Africans" and so on so on. Everyone F***ed up. Everything must be put into context. Everyone was slave, enslaver, conquerer and conquered, etc. Not always Civilizations spreaded conquering. Phoenicians came from Lebanon to Egypt to trade and were integrated peacefully much before they settled in Carthage and founded the Carthaginian Empire. There's parts of the History of Portugal that i as an inclusive person can't be proud obviously but have to put it into context. But the Portugal i was born in 1980 was always a multiethnic and multicultural where no one refers to People by their skin color like in USA for example. That for us is insainly racist but it's normalized there by every Ethnic/Cultural groups. USA even disclose that in IDs which for us is self-inflicted segregation. It is what it is. I understand that the origin of that grouping/labelling was also fighting for the rights of different ethnic/cultural groups. In the other hand i guess if they all call themselves only American and stop refering to eachother by skin color that would help to create equality. Like Morgan Freeman once said about how you stop racism. Maybe that's nahive to think or maybe like things are today that would be seen for some groups as washing their ancestors culture.

[@rainstriderstreamflower5645]

Queen Njinga reminds of a Harriet Tubman!

[@brixcosmo]

Queen Nzinga (a.k.a. Ana de Sousa after converted to Christianity by Portuguese) allied with the Portuguese, enslaved and sold millions of slaves from weeker tribes around her kingdom in the regions that became known as The Portuguese Kingdom of Kongo (Angola e Congo). Afterwards betrayed the Portuguese and allied with Dutch Kingdom again for her own interest, wealth and power. Slavery existed in every Civilization. It was business. Slaves were sold just like Ivory, Gold, Weapons and Spices. African colonization and slavery by outer Civilizations started with Phoenicians-Carthaginians that came from Levante (Lebanon) and conquered North Africa and faught the Romans in the Iberian Peninsula. Continued in 1AD to 15th Century when Umayyad Caliphate (Muslim Moors) conquered all North Africa and the Iberian Peninsula (Portugal+Spain) and that's why Mali, Mauritania, Morocco, Argelia, Tunisia, Lybia, Egypt, Sudan are Muslim and speak Arabic. 15t Centuries before Portuguese ever sailed to Africa after defeating the Umayyad Caliphate (Muslim Moors) by conquering Algarve (South Portugal) and Ceuta (Muslim City in North Africa) in 1415. The Turquish-Ottoman also bought millions of slaves from North Africa. Much more than "European" Empires in all trans-Atlantic slave trade. Tell it like it is!

[@promisesmithee943]

she was also a devout christian

[@kudjoeadkins-battle2502]

Devout? Where did you get that from?

[@brixcosmo]

Queen Nzinga (a.k.a. Ana de Sousa after converted to Christianity by Portuguese) allied with the Portuguese, enslaved and sold millions of slaves from weeker tribes around her kingdom in the regions that became known as The Portuguese Kingdom of Kongo (Angola e Congo). Afterwards betrayed the Portuguese and allied with Dutch Kingdom again for her own interest, wealth and power. Slavery existed in every Civilization. It was business. Slaves were sold just like Ivory, Gold, Weapons and Spices. African colonization and slavery by outer Civilizations started with Phoenicians-Carthaginians that came from Levante (Lebanon) and conquered North Africa and faught the Romans in the Iberian Peninsula. Continued in 1AD to 15th Century when Umayyad Caliphate (Muslim Moors) conquered all North Africa and the Iberian Peninsula (Portugal+Spain) and that's why Mali, Mauritania, Morocco, Argelia, Tunisia, Lybia, Egypt, Sudan are Muslim and speak Arabic. 15t Centuries before Portuguese ever sailed to Africa after defeating the Umayyad Caliphate (Muslim Moors) by conquering Algarve (South Portugal) and Ceuta (Muslim City in North Africa) in 1415. The Turquish-Ottoman also bought millions of slaves from North Africa. Much more than "European" Empires in all trans-Atlantic slave trade. Tell it like it is!

[@578sundriedAZ]

spaniards

[@brixcosmo]

Queen Nzinga (a.k.a. Ana de Sousa after converted to Christianity by Portuguese) allied with the Portuguese, enslaved and sold millions of slaves from weeker tribes around her kingdom in the regions that became known as The Portuguese Kingdom of Kongo (Angola e Congo). Afterwards betrayed the Portuguese and allied with Dutch Kingdom again for her own interest, wealth and power. Slavery existed in every Civilization. It was business. Slaves were sold just like Ivory, Gold, Weapons and Spices. African colonization and slavery by outer Civilizations started with Phoenicians-Carthaginians that came from Levante (Lebanon) and conquered North Africa and faught the Romans in the Iberian Peninsula. Continued in 1AD to 15th Century when Umayyad Caliphate (Muslim Moors) conquered all North Africa and the Iberian Peninsula (Portugal+Spain) and that's why Mali, Mauritania, Morocco, Argelia, Tunisia, Lybia, Egypt, Sudan are Muslim and speak Arabic. 15t Centuries before Portuguese ever sailed to Africa after defeating the Umayyad Caliphate (Muslim Moors) by conquering Algarve (South Portugal) and Ceuta (Muslim City in North Africa) in 1415. The Turquish-Ottoman also bought millions of slaves from North Africa. Much more than "European" Empires in all trans-Atlantic slave trade. Tell it like it is!