From Netflix comes the African Queens series, and the first series focuses on Njinga, Queen of Ndongo and Matamba. Netflix describes it as “a new documentary series exploring the lives of prominent and iconic African Queens. The first season will cover the life of Njinga, the complex, captivating, and fearless 17th-century warrior queen of Ndongo [read more]
A new documentary about Queen Njinga of Angola is coming to Netflix next week. The synopsis reads, “From Executive Producer Jada Pinkett Smith comes a new documentary series exploring the lives of prominent and iconic African Queens. The first season will cover the life of Njinga, the complex, captivating, and fearless 17th-century warrior queen of [read more]
Queen Njinga was born around 1583 as the daughter of Ngola Kiluanji Kia Samba, while her mother was of a Mbundu royal lineage, who passed their status through the matrilineal line and so she was doubly privileged. She would go on to rule the Ndongo and Matamba Kingdoms, in an area that is now known [read more]
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