Njinga of Angola

Njinga of Angola
Author: Linda M. Heywood
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Total Pages: 321
Release: 2019-01-25
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 0674237447

One of history’s most multifaceted rulers but little known in the West, Queen Njinga rivaled Elizabeth I and Catherine the Great in political cunning and military prowess. Today, she is revered in Angola as a heroine and honored in folk religions. Her complex legacy forms a crucial part of the collective memory of the Afro-Atlantic world.

Njinga of Ndongo and Matamba

Njinga of Ndongo and Matamba
Author: Ekiuwa Aire
Publisher:
Total Pages: 40
Release: 2021-05
Genre:
ISBN: 9781777117955

Njinga of Ndongo and Matamba book follows the story of a renowned African legend named Queen Njinga and serves to teach the historical truth behind her inspirational story in a way that is relatable to today's kids.⁠

A History of West Central Africa to 1850

A History of West Central Africa to 1850
Author: John K. Thornton
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 387
Release: 2020-03-26
Genre: History
ISBN: 1107127157

An accessible interpretative history of West Central Africa from earliest times to 1852 with comprehensive and in-depth coverage of the region.

Njinga Mbandi, Queen of Ndongo and Matamba

Njinga Mbandi, Queen of Ndongo and Matamba
Author: Sylvia Serbin
Publisher: United Nations Education, Scientific & Cultural Organization
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2015
Genre: Angola
ISBN: 9789231001147

"Njinga Mbandi (1581-1663), Queen of Ndongo and Matamba,defined much of the history of 18th century Angola. A dept diplomat, skillful negotiator and formidable tactician, Njinga resisted Portugal's colonial designs tenaciously until her death in 1663."--Cover, page

Nzinga

Nzinga
Author: Moses L. Howard
Publisher:
Total Pages: 308
Release: 2016-08-17
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 9781939423405

Nzinga, in history and legend, is a brilliant leader during a time of violent upheaval. This fictional biography brings to life the Angolan culture in a flourishing African kingdom, now lost, where early explorers' maps of West Africa call out: "Here reigned the celebrated Queen Nzinga!"

Slave Trade and Abolition

Slave Trade and Abolition
Author: Vanessa S. Oliveira
Publisher: University of Wisconsin Press
Total Pages: 189
Release: 2021-01-26
Genre: History
ISBN: 0299325806

Well into the early nineteenth century, Luanda, the administrative capital of Portuguese Angola, was one of the most influential ports for the transatlantic slave trade. Between 1801 and 1850, it served as the point of embarkation for more than 535,000 enslaved Africans. In the history of this diverse, wealthy city, the gendered dynamics of the merchant community have frequently been overlooked. Vanessa S. Oliveira traces how existing commercial networks adapted to changes in the Atlantic slave trade during the first half of the nineteenth century. Slave Trade and Abolition reveals how women known as donas (a term adapted from the title granted to noble and royal women in the Iberian Peninsula) were often important cultural brokers. Acting as intermediaries between foreign and local people, they held high socioeconomic status and even competed with the male merchants who controlled the trade. Oliveira provides rich evidence to explore the many ways this Luso-African community influenced its society. In doing so, she reveals an unexpectedly nuanced economy with regard to the dynamics of gender and authority.

Nzingha

Nzingha
Author: Pat McKissack
Publisher: Scholastic Inc.
Total Pages: 136
Release: 2000
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 9780439112109

Presents the fictional diary of thirteen-year-old Nzingha, a sixteenth-century West African princess who loves to hunt and hopes to lead her kingdom one day against the invasion of the Portuguese slave traders.

Central Africans, Atlantic Creoles, and the Foundation of the Americas, 1585-1660

Central Africans, Atlantic Creoles, and the Foundation of the Americas, 1585-1660
Author: Linda M. Heywood
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 385
Release: 2007-09-10
Genre: History
ISBN: 0521770653

This book establishes Central Africa as the origin of most Africans brought to English and Dutch American colonies in North America, the Caribbean, and South America before 1660. It reveals that Central Africans were frequently possessors of an Atlantic Creole culture and places the movement of slaves and creation of the colonies within an Atlantic historical framework.

The Atlantic Slave Trade from West Central Africa, 1780–1867

The Atlantic Slave Trade from West Central Africa, 1780–1867
Author: Daniel B. Domingues da Silva
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 249
Release: 2017-06-26
Genre: History
ISBN: 1107176263

This book traces the inland origins of slaves leaving West Central Africa at the peak period of the transatlantic slave trade.