Nzinga of Ndongo and Matamba

Nzinga of Ndongo and Matamba

Nzinga Ana de Sousa Mbande Swahili pronunciation: [n̪.ʒ̩ĩ̝ˑŋ̟̆a̤̞], Nzhinga /nɪziːŋgə/ (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. Born into the ruling family of Ndongo, her father Ngola Kilombo Kia Kasenda was the king of Ndongo. Njinga received military and political training as a child, and she demonstrated an aptitude for defusing political crises as an ambassador to the Portuguese Empire. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Nzinga of Ndongo and Matamba has received more than 1,599,848 page views. Her biography is available in 34 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 26 in 2019). Nzinga of Ndongo and Matamba is the 3,767th most popular politician (up from 4,884th in 2019).