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Njinga of Angola

Review – African Queens: Njinga

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]

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Catherine Parr

A first look at Alicia Vikander as Katherine Parr

We’ve been given a first look at Alicia Vikander as Katherine Parr in the upcoming film “Firebrand.” First look at Alicia Vikander as Katherine Parr in the Cannes-bound ‘Firebrand’. pic.twitter.com/rmMX6ZDdiV — ɴᴏᴛ ᴀʟɪᴄɪᴀ ᴠɪᴋᴀɴᴅᴇʀ ⊛ (@AliciaVikanderD) April 27, 2023 The film is based on the novel Queen’s Gambit by Elizabeth Fremantle and focuses on her [read more]