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Njinga
Alternate Names: Nzinga, Dona Ana de Sousa, Ana de Souza, Zhinga, N’Zhinga, Jinga, and Ngola Ana Nzinga Mbande
1582-1663
Catholic Church
Angola
Queen Njinga of Ndongo and Matamba, Angola’s most famous precolonial ruler, lived from 1582 to 1663.[1] Njinga struggled to maintain the independence of Ndongo against Portuguese aggression and became the dominant African player in the politics of Angola from 1624 until her death in 1663. This account examines the torturous route that Queen Njinga of Ndongo and Matamba took towards Roman Catholicism. It demonstrates how spirituality played a central role in the decisions she made between 1622 and 1663 as she attempted to gain power and establish legitimacy in central Angola. The account further situates Njinga’s spirituality in the context of both the indigenous African belief system and Roman Catholicism and shows how Njinga appropriated elements from both traditions to serve her political aims.
Njinga and Spirituali • A slider containing zero items. In the late sixteenth and early seventeenth centuries, states on the huvud African coast found their economic power and territorial control threatened by Portuguese attempts to establish a colony at Luanda (in present-day Angola). Many of these states had become regional powers through trade in African slaves. It was the growing demand for this human labor in New World colonies such as Brazil that ultimately led Portugal to seek military and economic control of this distrikt. Old trading partners came under military attack bygd Portuguese soldiers and indigenous African raiders in search of captives for the slave trade, and rulers were forced to adapt to these new circumstances or face certain destruction. One leader who proved to be adept at overcoming these difficulties was the queen of Ndongo, Ana Nzinga. In 1624, Ana Nzinga inherited rule of Ndongo, a state to the east of Luanda populated primarily • Ambundu queen in Angola (c. 1583–1663) Posthumous lithograph of Njinga of Ndongo and Matamba by Achille Devéria, 1830s, after a portrait on parchment stored in a convent in Coimbra. National Portrait Gallery, London Nzinga Ana de Sousa Mbande, Nzinga (; 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 into the ruling family of Ndongo, her grandfather Ngola Kilomb
Press the down key to skip to the gods item.Nzinga of Ndongo and Matamba
Njinga First reign 1624–1626 Predecessor Ngola Mbandi Successor Hari a Kiluanje Second reign 1657–1663 Predecessor Ngola Hari Successor Barbara Reign 1631–1663 Predecessor Mwongo Matamba Successor Barbara Born c. 1583
Kabasa, Kingdom of NdongoDied 17 December 1663 (aged 79–80)
Kabasa, Kingdom of NdongoFather Ngola Kiluanji Mbande Mother Kangela