Anna Nzinga was born in 1583 in what is current-day Angola to a father, Ngola Kilombo Kia Kasenda, who was the ruler of Ndongo, a kingdom in central Africa, and a mother, Kengela ka Nkombe. When Anna's brother, Mbandi, deposed his father, he had Nzinga's child murdered. She f...
Queen Nzinga Mbande was a ruthless and powerful 17th century African ruler of the Ndongo and Matamba Kingdoms (modern-day Angola). Nzinga fearlessly and cleverly fought for the freedom and stature of her kingdoms against the Portuguese, who were colonizing the area at the time. Around the t...